195 - Discipline Is Just Boredom Tolerance
Most people think discipline is about pain tolerance. I don't think that's entirely true anymore.
You don't quit the things you want because they hurt. You quit because they got boring. After my last ultra in October, I pulled the next race off my calendar and dropped into six months of pure maintenance mode.
No countdown. No target. Shoes on the couch and the version of me who didn't want to lace them up. This episode is what I learned sitting in that room.
What you'll walk away with:
Why pain is easy to narrate and boredom isn't
The specific muscle modern life has been starving
One line…
The skinny
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