RE: The Art of Setting a Personal Challenge
Thank you for sharing. You'll heal eventually and you'll be doing planks and pushups in no time.
How do you like group workouts? Personally I want nothing to do with a bunch of other people "motivating me" to work out; I'm just not wired that way. What do you like about it. I find it so odd the whole concept of a CrossFit thing where you race and do things together, and challenge one another. My skin itches, but not on the outside, like my stomach needs to be scratched, or some really awkward moment in a movie and I have to look away. What draws you to it?
Personal goals are wonderful! One of the first things you can do is share and tell people about it, and then it becomes real, and you have an external factor to motivate you.
I like the Jerry Seinfeld strategy:
James Clear said it best for me
One of my personal goals is to write something every day. I have to write something and post it somewhere. I use the Jerry Seinfeld method to "not break the chain!" So far it has been transformative and I've been following it since October.
You know, I am not good at motivating myself. I really need that group atmosphere to keep going. What I've noticed over the years is that I have become one of the classmates who encourages others to push. It's a strange feeling as I've never enjoyed being looked at or raising my voice, but I am always shouting and calling people by name to let them know they've got this. It's exhilarating.
Thank you for sharing. I'm so fascinated by the group exercise thing because I'm so personally adverse to it but don't want to write it off out of hand without understanding it.
I like how you encourage others to participate and offer support. Does it motivate you when others do it for you?
What changed between the start and now that you're the one making the culture live?