Self-discipline, don’t give up easily
This is a passage from the article "The Highest Relaxation: Self-Discipline" by the author Anna who is me.
When I saw this passage, I felt that it was tailor-made for me. It is a warning to myself and a criticism of my inability to adhere to self-discipline.
It has been almost 200 days since I woke up early. Most of the time I can get up around 5:30 in the morning. Then do what you like. Exercise stretching, check-in with various software. Listen to a book while washing. Later I got acquainted and read the articles every day. I listened to the conversation between teacher Xu Wenbing and Liang Dong in the Himalayas and became addicted to the interpretation of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic. Or, just read a book. After persisting for a long time, I feel that I have really done a lot. I have read a lot, become more self-disciplined, and my work efficiency has also improved. I like this state very much. Everything is slowly getting better.
But in the past few weeks, every weekend, a voice will appear in my brain: It’s the weekend, relax. There is no battle between heaven and man in my mind, my brain indicates before my body that I don’t need to get up early in the morning. As a result, I haven't been able to wake up until seven o'clock on weekends these past few weeks. When I wake up, I see that it's still dark outside and I don't want to get up. I lie in bed and turn on my phone, and I always stay in bed until eight o'clock. I will comfort myself in my heart. According to the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, it is said that to go to bed early and get up late in winter is to comply with the way of heaven and the way to maintain health. It is difficult to go from loose to tight, but easy to go from tight to loose. I destroyed my self-discipline so easily.
Another sign of lack of self-discipline is reading novels. I especially like reading online novels. Today’s online novels can be said to be in a crazy high-yield period, with so many novels and so many novels. If you open any software or network, there will be online novels. Of course, these novels are also a mixed bag of good and bad. If you watch a lot, you can naturally tell the difference at a glance. I read some novels and then gave up after reading a few sentences. The writing style is really immature and childish. However, some online novels are of high quality and high level. Those Internet writers have a high level of literary accumulation. When they write about a certain aspect of knowledge, it is obvious that the author has fully prepared lessons and fully understood the knowledge in this area. For example, it writes about food, medicine, and Feng Shui. The depth of knowledge and the sophistication of details are breathtaking. Seeing these, I always admire these novelists. They have imaginations that are as powerful as ever.
When reading this kind of novel, it is easy to be sucked into that kind of situation and unable to extricate yourself. I know that I am a person without perseverance, but I often laugh at myself. How can I say that I have no perseverance? I feel particularly perseverant when reading novels. Ever since I learned about online novels, I have been obsessed with online novels for several years. As soon as I read the online novel, all other things took a back seat and I didn’t want to do it anymore. However, being addicted to the illusory world created by online novels and unwilling to come out and face reality is ultimately a sign of childishness.
After getting to know and seeing many self-disciplined and inspirational celebrities on the Internet, I felt deeply guilty for my behavior. So I want to change myself and live a self-disciplined life. I did it slowly and persisted well in getting up early. Reading novels also makes me feel a lot better. But sometimes I still can't hold myself back. I just click on those online novels out of habit. Many novels are too long. So it always takes a lot of my time. Not to mention the delay, his eyes were also greatly damaged. So I always set limits for myself in my heart: watch it for a short while, or not watch it at all. The overall situation is much better now, and I hope I can truly be self-disciplined. At least don't spend too much time on online novels. If you really want to read, then the input must be output, and after reading the novel, you must write a book review. This might make more sense.
Don’t indulge yourself, don’t make any excuses, be strict with yourself, be more self-disciplined, persist for a long time, and you will thank yourself. Thank you Jian You for your article and thank you Jian You for your reminder. I will try my best to restrain myself and achieve self-discipline. Get maximum freedom and relax.