My parents have emphasized that discipline is important and is usually what makes a person successful(i'm asian if it wasn't already clear enough). After observing successful people, I found that what my parents were preaching was not far from the truth.
Making my bed
I believe that I learnt discipline through building good habits(enforced by my parents of course). Obviously, this started with personal hygiene like brushing my teeth and taking showers. Habits which I picked up after being nagged at constantly(I practiced them inconsistently though).
After noticing a pattern of successful people having discipline. I decided to be stricter on myself, forcing myself to make my bed, brush my teeth and take a shower. Over time, these activities have become encoded in me, things that I do every single day now.
What's funny is, I always felt that making my bed was pointless, since I was going to sleep in it the next night anyway, and brushing my teeth was pointless, since I was going to eat again anyway.
After forcing myself to perform such activities, I learned that as pointless as they were, they somehow managed to build discipline in me.
Exercising
After building a routine of making my bed, brushing my teeth etc. into my daily routine, I stated working out after a friend of mine recommended some regiments which could help me keep fit.
Working out to me is not so much to be buff or good looking, rather, it makes me feel that I am doing something productive each and everyday. It also helps boost my mood and relieve my stress.
Picking a workout that you are able to do everyday without straining yourself too much is important though. Start with smaller reps and lesser sets and eventually work your way up, this is to ensure that it isn't so challenging at the beginning, making it easier for you to soldier through each and every day.
Adding this to my daily routine helped remove the lethargy I felt from a long day.
Finding my interest
Finally, I needed a direction in my life. Having discipline with nothing to do was kind of counter intuitive. finding my interest could also have been what pushed my discipline to the next level.
When I started my E-Commerce store, I woke up at 7am and slept at 1am every single day. Without any alarms, wake-up calls or anything of that sorts. having the discipline built up before this definitely helped, but being truly passionate about what I was doing gave an even stronger driving force.
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