This creates the false impression there is a neat separation between internal and external pressure. In reality, life is a tangle. You're pushing your taxes be

This creates the false impression there is a neat separation between internal and external pressure. In reality, life is a tangle. You're pushing your taxes because you had a busy quarter at work getting that project out the door. Your pushing your running because you've been overeating due to stress at work/with kids/etc. Your pushing your personal project because dealing with a personal situation is just too much right now. Maybe you're pushing because you drank the koolaid (and who hasn't?) that you should 'live life to it's fullest' and be busy every waking second. In general, pushing is I think a crutch that we sometimes need to use, but probably should use a little as possible. In an ideal life, all those things would fit in naturally. I find accepting limits, revising my priorities, and taking freedom I actually have (as opposed to me and/or society being trained to not recognising it) to do what feels good is a better approach. Discipline is not in pushing, discipline is in understanding yourself, your environment and setting honest priorities.