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I write most of these blogs on my laptop.
Usually start them as a note on my phone.
Flesh them out on the phone, tablet or laptop.
And then do the majority of it, the editing, finishing off and so on the laptop.
I’ve only ever had relatively basic laptops.
Not much I do requires a high spec.
Most of the time a basic model is fine.
It wasn’t the other day though.
I had several things happening at the same time.
A video exporting from the editing software.
Some things uploading and others downloading.
Several programmes open.
And, all of a sudden, the cursor started getting all laggy.
A couple of seconds delay between me moving the mouse and the cursor moving on the screen.
Which made it pretty much impossible to use.
I kept missing the things I meant to click.
Anything I would drag and drop kept missing it’s target.
So I went and did my workout and, by the time I came back, it was fine.
It was surprising what a different that relatively small delay made.
Made it so much harder work.
And the same is often true with our goals.
If there’s a too much of a delay between our input and output, it can be hard work.
If the only benefits we perceive of our choices are in the distant future, it can be hard to make those choices.
If we just see the better food choices and exercises as a way to look better in several months time and live longer in a number of decades…………
We can easily lose motivation to do those things.
If we chose to see those choices as having both those longer term benefits…………..
And immediate, right here and now, benefits………….
They become much easier to make
If we choose to see exercise and better food choices as a way to feel better immediately…………..
To have more energy today and tomorrow…………..
To have better mood and energy levels right away………..
To be able to face the day and our challenges more effectively…………
As well as those longer term benefits………….
It can become a no-brainer.
Rather than thinking about depriving ourselves or making ourselves do something we don’t really fancy doing for some distant benefit………..
It can be a question of “Do I want to feel better today and tomorrow?”.
Which is a much easier one to be motivated by, no?
Much love,
Jon ‘Mickey’ Hall
