Willpower is Weird.

Mental health is just as, if not more, important than physical health.

A person can work so hard to be fit and eat healthy, but without good mental health, that won't mean as much as it would with the good mental health.

Part of having a good mental health is having a strong willpower.

If you are doing a workout program or diet because of societal pressures rather than for yourself, you won't have a strong willpower to stick to it.

Mental state is 90% of the battle.

Willpower was something I've been battling with recently.

I think I tried too hard to not have a break in any of what I was doing and it just depleted any and all of my willpower.

I learned, the hard way, to not be afraid to take a cheat day in either working out or diet or writing.

It has been a few weeks of sticking with my diet strictly, but once a week, I'm still happy to splurge a bit. I'll have the cupcake or the enchiladas.

Working out, I'll take an extra rest day every so often.

It has helped so much. I'm giving myself a chance to replenish that which I've previously depleted.

Now another thing I've been doing is not spending money.  At least, any extra money. This is something that I'm concerned to give myself a cheat day.

If I buy one thing, what's to stop me from buying other things?

I do struggle with that, quite a bit. In fact that's probably the most difficult

Willpower is a weird thing.

What is the thing you struggle most with where willpower is concerned?

Until next time,
Shelby