The Surprising Mindset Shift That Transformed My Chase for Perfection into Real Progress
But I made a deal with myself: just run three times a week. That’s it.
No pace requirements. No distance goals. Just show up and run.
Some days I’d go for thirty minutes. Other days, five minutes in, my body would tell me it was done, and I’d walk the rest.
And you know what? I counted those days as wins. Because I showed up. I did the thing, even imperfectly.
This approach flies in the face of how most of us are taught to pursue goals.
We’re told to set specific, measurable targets. And there’s value in that.
