I just said something to myself for the second time. A sort of mantra.
I said it yesterday too. Both times were as I was getting ready to workout. Both times, a part of my brain wanted an excuse to not exercise. (But listen, I’m exhausted 24-7 at the mitochondrial level so if I listened to my brain I’d never get out of bed).
It was the most basic thing but it totally works.
“This isn’t a decision I’m making. It’s just a thing I’m doing,” I told myself.
And both times the mantra allowed my brain to go back into autopilot of getting ready to workout- pulling on the sweatpants, getting out the goggles, etc.
And that was that.
We’re so used to making decisions throughout the day. And for the last two years, my life has had an extra layer of decision-making. Sometimes I wrestle with things over and over again for months.
But it’s important to distinguish when a decision isn’t needed, or when you’ve already made one. And that’s what my workout is – a decision I’ve already made and don’t need to make again.
I love that I have outsmarted my own brain. Lara-1, Brain-0.
This mantra calls for a pic of my favorite swim of the year- at the Palm Springs Swim Club.