To be fit, you don’t need to be David Goggins or run 100-mile ultramarathons. To build a reading habit, you don’t have to read one book per day. To start meditating, you don’t need to be a Buddha-like perfect meditator.
It is perfectly fine to be inspired by these super-achievers but the point of building good habits is not to win Olympic medals.
Even a modest amount of running and workout or 20-30 minutes of regular meditation can dramatically change your life. You just have to get started.
And by the way, most marathoners I know started their fitness journey with walk-and-runs. So quite likely, in a few months, you will reach heights you never imagined. But even that is not the point.
The point is to build a good life. And for that, all you need is a few simple habits such as exercise, meditation, and gratitude, that you practice regularly.
So don’t make it complicated — you are not going to the world championship.
All you just need to do is start the journey, as you are, where you are.
– Rajan