'Just Do It'. It's an easily recognisable and memorable slogan by one of the most popular brands, and I've always wondered what it meant (typical me, over-analysing everything!)
I remember being confused way back in Year 8 during the height of the small Nike rucksacks when everyone at school had one (mine was pastel pink, btw). 'Just Do It'? Do what?! It was only when I was lying in bed last night, going over the day's events and thinking about just having bought some running gear with that infamous swoosh on a few hours earlier, that I realised what it meant in the current context of my life.
I've interpreted it as the most wonderful mantra for motivating myself to go to the gym, or for a run outside on the days when I prefer to be in the fresh air. Sitting around and thinking about going to the gym will not get you to the gym. Intentions are nothing without action - thoughts are merely intangible things until we put them into practice and alter our behaviour. Of course there are days when I'm tired or fed up or have had a stressful day and the anxiety has exhausted the last trickles of energy and motivation, but another part of me knows that this is all in the mind. Exercising when you're feeling rubbish is more important than doing it when you're feeling good.
So I 'Just Do It'. Just one tiny action - put your kit on. Don't think about what you're going to do once you get there, or whether you'll have enough energy to sustain an entire session, or about the actual effort of getting ready and making your way to the gym/outside. The mere act of putting on your kit is half the problem solved and will make you want to get out and exercise, instead of staying in your comfy clothes and crawling back into bed or lounging about on the sofa and thinking about the run that could have been...
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