A body in motion remains in motion while a body at rest remains at rest until acted upon by an external force. Isn’t that how it goes? How do I avail myself of the external force required to get my morning exercise program back on track? I am close to 3 weeks without any right now. It feels like the new norm to sleep in on workdays and go to work without exercise. At the close of the workday, I feel unenthused about doing anything other than crawling under the covers and remaining motionless while watching TV, reading or just lounging. This is not what I want. It leads to apathy about other things in my life, too.
It’s really worse than that, though. Each day I plan to get up and work out and each day I find it easy to say, “what’s another day.” I am listless and uncaring that I’m not accomplishing the things I plan for my day. At work, I long for the day to end so I can go home and go to bed early. I look forward to Friday when I don’t have to get up the next morning. It is a pitiful existence.
This is an illustration of one of the 7 deadly sins: Sloth. It is a great word, sloth. It words sounds expressive of its meaning.
I have got to break the cycle. I do know what to do about it. I need to pray for willingness.