30 Days Trial

It has been a long time since I have done any exercise. I feel that my stamina is going down and I get tired easily. This is not a good sign. I had tried to do some Tai Chi exercises after work. However, it seems like I cannot persist. I used to exercise regularly. I jogged 3 days a week for at least 5 km. On top of that, I had Tai Chi classes twice a week. But now because of the busy working life and my favorite Korean series on TV at night, I hardly exercise.

Recently I came across a very interesting idea which is called 30 Days to Success. How it works is that let's say you want to start a new habit for example jogging for at least 3 times a week. You think of this as a temporary activity. You do it for a 30-day trial. After 30 days you will not need to continue this anymore.

I think it is the nature of humans that whenever we need to change our daily habits, it seems very hard for us to make a start. We will feel overwhelmed when we think that we need to continue to do this for the rest of our life. We get fed up and never make a start. But if we think of this as only a temporary change, then it will become not that difficult for us. Anyway, after 30 days we will be able to go back to our normal daily life.

So what happens is after 30-days of trial, it will become a habit to us and it will be easier for us to continue to maintain the habit. This is a powerful way to improve our life.

I am going to try this out with 15 minutes of simple Tai Chi exercises every day for a 30-day trial.