Day 147: Why should you choose 'inconvenience' to achieve your goals?

Hello and good evening!
I am a side-hustling salaryman who will change his life in 100 days.

Every day, I commute to work by bicycle,
which takes about 30 minutes one way.

In my area, public transportation is very
poor, and commuting by car is very common
to get to work, making it a
car-dependent societyas well.

So, when I tell people around me that I commute by bicycle,
they are very surprised.

In a region where it seems like every adult owns a car,
our household only has one.

So why don't I drive a car in such an area?

There are two reasons.

One isfor savings.
Owning a car is very
expensive to maintain.
Gasoline costs, insurance premiums, and vehicle inspection fees
also add up.

Even if you don't drive it, it costs money
just by owning it.

However, the reason I consider the most important is

for exercise.

Exercise is necessary for health,
which I think everyone
agrees with.

And,it is important to continue and make exercise a habit
.

So, where should I exercise?
When I thought about that,
I was a little worried.

Because I have a lazy personality,
I don't think I would keep up with
going to the gym or
purposely making time to exercise.

So, when I decided to exercise continuously,
I sold the car I had at the time.

I dared to choose inconvenience.

By choosing inconvenience,
I felt like, 'I have no choice but to use my bicycle.'

It is said that when you want to change yourself,
changing your environment is important,
and I chose to let go of my car.

With this, I created an environment where I
could not use a car even if I wanted to.
(The one remaining car is used by my family,
so I cannot use it freely.)

My only option is the bicycle.

Now, can you also
use this way of thinking?

If there is a
future you want to achieve,
please try changing your environment.

The important thing is
to narrow things down to a state
where there are no other options.

Then, you will
have no choice but to
continue with that option.

If your goal is to lose XX kilograms through dieting, you could
dare to live far from the station,
or if you want to pass a certification exam, you could

lock your computer and smartphone, creating an environmentwhere you cannot unlock them yourself,
and so on. I think
creating an environment where you automatically act in line with your goalsby intentionally choosing an inconvenient environmentis actually easier than thinking about various things.

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See you tomorrow.
Have a wonderful day.

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