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Discipline Is Not as Strict as You Think It Is
Discipline is active conscious awareness in practice.
The word “discipline” gets tossed around a lot. Often, it’s attached to a concept of doing something with full attention, within rigid parameters, and with no room for mistakes. Visions of Marine Corps drill sergeants making soldiers march in strict order often come to mind for me.
Many things people do partway — but not fully — get attributed to insufficient discipline. Diets fail because you break them with ice cream, exercise programs go off the rails when you skip a day at the gym, writing habits don’t get established when you don’t set a time every day to practice, and so on. Too little discipline and shit doesn’t get done. Your art isn’t made, your practice isn’t improved, and you leave a bad impression of yourself.
What if I told you that’s not the truth of discipline? What if discipline is less rigid and more about mindful, consciously aware practice?
A different approach to discipline
For many years now, I’ve been studying various forms of mindfulness, conscious reality creation, self-awareness, and numerous related psychological and spiritual notions. I’ve read and listened to some amazing people and their ideas, but also slogged through some…
