Escapism And Ignorance- Unused Gym Membership Syndrome

I feel it necessary to say that I am enjoying life a good deal more than I did before 10 years and one amongst the several important reasons for my happiness is the positive improvements that I have incorporated in my way of life.

I will not go into the gruesome details, but sufficient to say that the work I've done to be in good physical shape, fit and vibrant has been a great deal more than valuable, and that it's also made positivity and joy a whole lot simpler and produced great results in other areas of my life.

During this I've also learnt a lot regarding the function of the mind in the pursuit for health.

Unfortunately, for many people, self-sabotage is a common companion!

Almost all of us are familiar with someone who has obtained a gym membership, visited twice and somehow "forgotten" for the rest of the year. "I'm too busy", some of them say, but not too busy to head to the pub, spend the afternoon window-shopping, or fill their daily TV quota. As a way of life (perhaps as a species?!) we're conditioned to use justifications when we come across a gap between a given purpose and what we in point of fact do, and we behave as if on some level this works exceptionally well for us.

But how will it be if all our cultural conditioning told us to say rather "Oh dear, I don't seem to be going to the gym. There seems to be a conflict between my conscious and unconscious mind! I'd better get it fixed!"? A bit like "Oh look, we've run out of milk. I'll just go to the store and get some", instead of the elaborate and inefficient socio-linguistic avoidance ritual that is the norm.

I have to tell you that I am regularly visiting the gym and I am free from any form of guilt. That's not to say that there aren't any areas in my life where I'm making excuses and getting bad results (I wish!) But several years ago I made the decision that health was vital, and I sought for and discovered tools that would overcome my tendency to opt out of my own wellbeing.

Luckily this isn't something that requires "determination" (which is actually rare, and very hard to cultivate) - modern coaching technology bypasses the requirement to grit your teeth and sweat blood to accomplish goals :)

Obviously Unused Gym Membership Syndrome isn't the only health concern where the unconscious mind gets in our way.
How many overweight people feel - rightly - that they're missing out on a lot?
How many people who smoke would love to be liberated from the economical and self-esteem burdens their habit brings them? (Not to mention all that tedious health stuff they talk about on the packets, of course.)
How many people would like to live in a universe where real food tasted as nice as Maccas, and was just as handy? Many people do in reality inhabit that world.

However you could simply say that health, fitness, energy and enthusiasm for life are "things that other folks have". But you can choose for yourself.
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