Re:Try exercise to improve memory, thinking
by eitland on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:45AM
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> I don't get what system in our brain causes so much resistance to new obviously rewarding habits.
I won't go into details about what I think - but two books that have helped me understand and deal with the symptoms (and possibly helped me help others) are:
Do the Work - Steven Pressfield
The Now Habit - Neil Fiore
Re:Try exercise to improve memory, thinking
by agumonkey on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:31AM
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Thanks, just what I was looking for.
ps: something someone (I forgot who) said too is : finish finish finish. multitasking is only worth to an extent; past some point it becomes an addiction in itself.
Re:Try exercise to improve memory, thinking
by nicolashahn on Friday December 29, 2017 @03:03AM
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>I don't get what system in our brain causes so much resistance to new obviously rewarding habits.
Easy. Before agriculture, calories were hard to come by. If you ran around for no good reason, that meant you wouldn't have enough energy to catch whatever animal was nearby when you needed food and you'd die. Death by hunger was a much more real threat than death by sedentary lifestyle when evolution was wiring all our circuits up.
Sometimes it's so hard, to get started. It's indeed a huge step to begin a schedule. That said I also found that there's a step where I'm motivated just to see if I can reach a goal. Say 5km jogging. And when I reached it, I may try a new goal, but very often I suddenly lose most desire and pleasure. Before that, every mile felt like a victory nearby. Now it's meh. I guess it's necessary to account for such "plateau" and wave around a goal for a while, then have a stretch up period, then loop.