Atomic habits: just show up to the gym or start running. If you can’t run 5 miles run 1. Can you force yourself to run 1 mile every day? Also make accomplishin

Atomic habits: just show up to the gym or start running. If you can’t run 5 miles run 1. Can you force yourself to run 1 mile every day? Also make accomplishing your goals as easy as possible. You don’t have to get up at 4:30 to run or workout. If you have cravings for drinking or smoking or drugs, watch TV or play video games to distract yourself. Once you start running, you have to deliberately choose to stop. To skip a day all you have to do is not choose to run. Humans have inertia, we naturally don’t make choices = starting and habits is hard. I think attributing habits to willpower makes it harder for people to start, because they fear they’ll have to put in a lot of willpower and suffering in order to succeed. Effort comes naturally and it’s a means to an end - when you’re running to catch a train you don’t think about how hard you’re running.