Thursday Talk-Thread 1
Let's have a fun and insightful little discussion
A little over a week ago, I had announced that we’d be having Thursday conversation threads. And here’s the first one!
The topic for today is the habit that has impacted your life the most. I’ll go first, for me, it’s a hard choice between reading and working out, but I’ll go with working out.
In the 5 years since I started working out, I have gone from a weak skinny fat teen to a strong, lean, and muscular young adult. And the physical aspect is not even the main benefit.
The incredible boost to my self-esteem, the inculcated qualities mainly discipline, and the insatiable hunger to improve myself - these are the benefits that have propelled working out to the top spot in my habit totem pole.
If not for this, I might still have been that wimpy stuttering skinny kid with rock-bottom self-confidence. Working out is just empowering.
Now, it’s your turn. I and the others would love to know what has been the most impactful habit for you and how exactly has it impacted your life.
The habit of Journalling has impacted my life the most. I have been able to feel better in difficult times and it has been kinda therapeutic to me. When I feel the need to check if I'm on track, I just pen it down. It is a great way of self-reflection. I have learned to be appreciative of my own journey and it's pace too. It has helped me see myself evolve and grow. No matter how absurd some things written in the past feel, I acknowledge that it was a phase and I wrote what I felt. Most importantly, it has added to my self-esteem, as I started making decisions and learning through experiments. It taught me to be the judge of ownself rather than always looking for some mentor's opinion on every little thing. This journal is a place which taught me to love myself, to be kind to myself in a world where being a busy bandwagon and perfection is given so much importance.
I'm not much of a habits man, to be honest! My days are as varied as the stars in the sky. The thing that has made my life most interesting, however, is curiousity.