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Did you watch the SpaceX take off the other day (week last Saturday innit)?
The first privately funded sending of a human crew into space.
We watched it with the kids (well, Charlie fell asleep while it was happening).
And they were all very interested in the levels of acceleration.
Going from standing to thousands of miles and hour in minutes.
And they asked about the jettisoning of the large fuel tanks after only a handful of minutes.
We explained that the vast majority of the energy needed was for the ‘getting going’.
Overcoming that initial inertia.
Getting off the ground.
Counter-intuitively, it was using less and less fuel the faster it went.
The remaining fuel needed once in orbit and for returning to earth was a small fraction of that needed to get it into orbit.
And that’s often the way with many things.
Starting exercising again can feel a massive task.
As can changes to eating.
It’s that “getting of the ground”.
Overcoming the “inertia”.
Counter-intuitively, it can be easier doing a ten mile run in six months than it can be doing a 100m today.
It can be easier to train 6 days a week in a year than it can be to do that first short workout back.
It can be easier to eat in average maintenance or deficit everyday for years than it can be to do it for one day.
Tracking our food for a week or a month can be easier than just opening that app up and having a look.
The good news there is…………….
That, as hard as that next step is…………..
The following one will be a little easier.
And each subsequent one, on average, easier still.
We just need to get off the ground.
Escape the ‘gravity’ that holds us down.
Once we get into ‘orbit’ it becomes relatively easy.
Much love,
Jon ‘Exploration Technologies Corp’ Hall
