Day 22

Read this today on Steve Pavlina's blog:

"The five pillars of self-discipline are: Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence. If you take the first letter of each word, you get the acronym “A WHIP” — a convenient way to remember them, since many people associate self-discipline with whipping themselves into shape."

Crikey. Someone actually thinks up this stuff.

Read some more:

"Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state. 

Imagine what you could accomplish if you could simply get yourself to follow through on your best intentions no matter what. Picture yourself saying to your body, “You’re overweight. Lose 20 pounds.” Without self-discipline that intention won’t become manifest. But with sufficient self-discipline, it’s a done deal. The pinnacle of self-discipline is when you reach the point that when you make a conscious decision, it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll follow through on it."

Ahh.

Well, I definitely just made the conscious decision to go and get the Nutella out of the pantry, and eat some off a spoon, and I certainly followed through on it, but I think that is not quite an indication that I have reached Self-Discipline Nirvana.

It's been a long day so I'm off to bed.

M xx