Simple start

What is the point of starting simple? Imagine you have to run a marathon. Do you train yourself to start running a marathon? No. Because you will give up on the second day due to fatigue, muscle cramp and you might spend enormous time to beat yourself up over a quick failure.

Now let’s look at another way of starting. You start by walking 30 minutes for one week. Then, you start to brisk walk for the same amount of time for 2nd week. At the 3rd week, you mix brisk walk with jogging. The 4th week, you start to jog for the same amount of time everyday. And on the 5th week, you are already timing yourself through a marathon distance.

What do we learn here? We can gain steady improvement by starting simple. If we live a busy life, a simple starting step is like a good seed. It can be incorporated into your busy life naturally and you allow your mind to develop ahead of your physical movement instead of the other way around.

You can put your mind at ease instead of freaking out over it. You can gain momentum by even a small step everyday. The key here is simple- keep it at baby steps and repeat it daily. And there is a word appointed for this – discipline.