Last December, I began writing this blog.
One post per day. Something I notice, or “see” – usually in the “health” culture, often related to ways of thinking or approaching the concept of “high performance.”
First and foremost, this was as an experiment for myself. To see if and how it altered how I “look” at things, knowing subconsciously that I have committed to writing something about an observation.
The impact has been huge.
Years ago I ran another experiment.
20 minutes of meditation each day, for 30 days. Two weeks in, again, the impact was significant, so, I more or less stuck with it from that point.
I’ve run other experiments like this – mobility work, strength training, handstands, swim training…
For all of these, the significance is not that it is “every day” as some sort of challenge or acheivement (usually, nobody knows when I decide to run these things), the power is in the compounding effect.
Kind of like compounding interest in a bank – there’s no break.
The duration of the practice or the size of the task is just chosen, usually based on a bit of research, or an estimate that it “should be enough to see if there is a result.”
The body and mind begin to learn at a subconscious level. The physiology starts to understand the message we are telling it. The frequency is so high, it is in tune with our daily rhythm – as regular as the sun rise. We start to change the structure of our ego, of our behaviour patterns.*
Once it is daily, we don’t even have to try any more.
If you are interested in creating some significant changes in the way you approach something, think or move, adopting a “daily” practice or approacch might bring the impact you are looking for.**
*On the flip side, some practices that we might do daily that are not serving us are well worth noticing and perhaps managing
**For a lot of things, I don’t recommend such high frequency. In hindsight, doing this for the strength work, mobility work, handstands etc at different times didn’t serve me as well as the meditation or writing. The load from these more “yang” practices was really high over time. Choose wisely!
