All day in bed, doing nothing but scrolling, eating, and repeating. Depression and anxiety hit you so hard. You broke, feel bad, and you hate your life. You want to change something, but you lack the motivation to take the first step. You don’t even know from where to start, as you’re stuck in a deep, dark pit, and nothing sounds right at the moment.
That night, at 3 am, you watched that “you can do it” video, and it gave you the feeling that you have the power to end poverty in the world, even though you don’t know how you would pay your next month’s bills. That night, you decided to start putting your life together, change yourself, and become a brand new person, promising to do it “tomorrow.”… What a liar.
Let’s be honest, we all know you won’t start tomorrow, or the day after. The reason being A. You want to go from 0 to a 100 in one day, and B. You have no idea where to start. So forget about the plan of becoming a brand new person; save it for another day. Instead, what you have to do is ‘Clean shit, Train a bit, and Repeat.’
- Clean shit.
In my personal humble experience, I have never seen a depressed, feeling bad person living in a clean environment. You will always find them living in a garbage; dirty cloths thrown on the floor, 3 days dishes compiled on the sink, eating junk food… I don’t know if depression that leads to garbage environment or garbage environment that leads to depression; until it is proven, start to clean your space, your body and your food, this has an immediate feel good effect on you, and gives you the will to change things. - Train a bit.
Humans have existed for 200.000 years, and during all this time, they were fighting for their survival, cultivating their food, and building their own houses. Human body is used to be active; the lazy life we know in modern society has started only in the 19th century. You can’t change 199.800 years of body habits in just 200 years.
Just start by going for a long walk in a park. Your body needs to move to wakeup and provide the energy you need to change things. - Repeat.
You have to establish a routine. It doesn’t matter what you will do in your day; you can wake up late, play video games, or read a book if you want. The most important, is to do the same thing, the same time, everyday. That will teach you discipline, which will help you to keep up fighting for the long run.
Inner peace, good shape, and discipline are all you need to scale up your life, and they are not that hard to achieve, as you may see. Of course, there are many other ways to attain them. My method is ‘Clean shit, train a bit, and repeat.’
Zo Writes 