365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success


Day 39: On Moderation as a Bad Thing



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

Day 39: On Moderation as a Bad Thing

Sometimes moderation is a bad counselor.

—Fausto Cercignani

 

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In yesterday’s entry, we talked about moderation being a good thing.

Today we’ll approach the topic from a different perspective.

Some  people  use  moderation  as  an  excuse  to  not  do  their  best,  often

mistaking mediocrity for moderation.

“Let’s  call  it  a  day.  I’ve  already  worked  five  minutes  more  than

yesterday. You gotta stay in balance.”

“Let’s  stick  with  the  same  weight  for  the  next  five  workouts,  even

though I can easily lift it. Moderation is key.”

“I’ve already gone down two sizes. I guess I’m still a bit overweight,

but let’s not forget that going to the extreme is a bad thing.”

If  you  use  moderation  as  an  excuse  not  to  push  your  limits,  you’re

mistaking moderation with mediocrity. If you’re trying to lift a weight that

you can barely lift off the floor, some moderation will be good for you. If

you’re lifting it like it’s a feather and telling yourself you’re still doing great

because  at  least  you’re  exercising,  you’re  letting  mediocrity  limit  your

growth.


Sticking to easy things that are well within your grasp isn’t moderation

.

Equating  mediocrity  with  moderation  largely  comes  down  to  having



low  standards.  A  person  who  thinks  that  exercising  once  a  week  is

incredible because most of his friends only exercise with a TV remote will

most  likely  stop  challenging  themselves  well  before  it  would  be  wise  to

remember about moderation.

That’s  not  to  say  that  you  should  compare  yourself  to  other  people;

compare  yourself  to  yourself  from  the  past.  If  today  (a  year  since  you

started to exercise) you’re still performing the same exercises with little to



no  improvement,  perhaps  you’ve  confused  moderation  with  self-

congratulation.

Moreover (as we’ve already covered when talking about moderation as

a  good  thing),  you  should  also  apply  moderation  to  moderation  itself.  It’s

impossible to always follow the middle path.

Sometimes you’ll zig and sometimes you’ll zag. One day might spend

12 hours working on an important project so that you can spend the entire

next day with your family. There’s nothing unbalanced in it, as long as you

move  from  an  extreme  in  one  thing  (like  work)  to  an  extreme  in  another

(like family), without staying too long in either one.





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