I was talking to some of my fellow exercisers at the gym. We are a predictable bunch who take the same classes on a regular basis. We have seen a lot of other people start enthusiastically and then disappear but there is a core group of steadies.
As we talked we concluded that we came because we had made an emotional and financial committment to being physically fit. And we each found that having a consistent schedule made it a lot easier. We had stopped asking ourselves did we feel like going we just do it. Of course we all take time off for travel and unexpected committments but then get back to the routine that works for us.
We all decided that we came to the gym because we valued being physically fit. Yet the driving force was really emotionally based. We had each made an mental committment to ourselves to go to the gym. Yet the question remained why had we persevered. So what came first the mindset or the action of going to the gym? Why do we make personal committments in some areas of life and not in others?
