Habit versus motivation

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It’s so blatantly clear to me now how good habits require less motivation. On any given week day I wake up and I just start my routine: Wordle -> blog post -> mediation -> cardio -> stretch -> strength set -> shower. My habits are stacked, and I just have to start solving the daily Wordle puzzle and the rest of my routine effortlessly falls into place. No thinking, no effort, no motivation needed.

But I do things differently on weekends and here I am at 5:30pm writing my blog post, and I am needing to motivate myself to get anything else done. Motivation is hard. Stacked habits are easy.

Now, I just need to figure out how to stack these things on my weekends, because starting this routine when I should be thinking about dinner sucks.

Alarm set for a bedtime meditation, and off to the treadmill I go.

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2 thoughts on “Habit versus motivation

  1. Sue Waters

    I’m wondering what you will decide your routine will look like on the weekend compared to the week days for stacking your habits? I’ve decided I’m fine with my weekends being less structured.

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    1. David Truss

      I’m stuck and probably going to just stick with my motivation challenge. Saturday mornings I go for a walk with a buddy, and I can’t wake up before that to do my routine. Sunday mornings I’m up early to zoom call my uncle. I’m sure I can set something up, but it seems like work and not something I’ll stick to.

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