I would suggest, you take a some time off. In the beginning, the discipline is very important. It helps with breaking the bad habits, and introducing the new ones. But once you have your first and stable results, which you do, judging from your description, you may want to listen to that "I don't feel like it" voice in your head. Try to understand who is talking? It may be one of your habits, it may be caffeine, it may be excessive sugar, it may be social conditioning, it may be fear. In that case you can continue to apply discipline. But! It may very well be your subconscious mind, you healthy awaikened body, that is trying to give you a hint that you might need to take a rest for a while, or eat something your body needs. The irony is that the bad habits and your body are using the same means to communicate with your conscious mind. It helps to learn to tell them apart.
I'll give you an example. In my early twenties, I wanted to achieve financial independence. And the path i've taken is to save, invest and build passive income. The problem was that I've earned very little those days. Still I used self-discipline and saved about 90% of my income. I was ruthless. Russia is cheaper then the US, but still it was very tough. But I had my goal in mind - I saved, invested and my passive income increased. The time went by but at some point my passive income stopped increasing.
I tried to be harder on myself, but it didn't help. I got exactly the "running in place" feeling. So I stopped and analysed the situation. By that time I was already financialy independend on a safety level. My earned income trippled, quintupled if I counted my passive income. But being hard on myself and saving all the time, played a trick on me. I was so concentrated on saving, that I began to miss opportunities, and you need that to invest effectively.
So I gave myself a break. I set aside a sum of money I could spend without undermining my long term financial goals and... went on shopping spree. I'm not a fan of shopping, but this time I treated myself to the best. Also I gave some money in addition to that to charity. Obviously the money I've reserved for this excersise vanished very quickly. But I made myself to "unstick" from the froogal mindset. I started to see the opportunities again, and while I still save a lot, I make sure I keep my perspective. And my passive income began to increase from that time onwards.
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Ilya. |