THE BODY REMEMBERS.



One of the best things that has happened to me this year so far is going through Pastor Irene Emmanuel’s 100 Days of Discipleship crash course on YouTube. Honestly, it was its own kind of epic.

I started from day one and kept going, and before I knew it, it became part of my daily routine. A day wouldn’t pass without me watching at least one video. It was really nice. It felt like it became a part of me.

Around that same time in school, I was trying to stick to a workout routine, but because I know myself and my laziness, I decided to apply James Clear’s “habit stacking” idea.

It’s basically pairing something you enjoy with something you want to be consistent in.

So I grew to love the daily videos so much that whenever it was time to watch “my video of the day,” I used it as an opportunity to work out alongside it.

You see the trick? Brilliant.

And it worked like magic. Since I had to watch a video daily, it automatically meant I had to work out daily too. No excuses. No negotiation. Whether I was tired or not, my body had learned the rhythm.

I had gotten to around day 75 when one day, I logged into YouTube and suddenly, the course was gone. Just like that. It no longer existed.

I was genuinely pained, because it had become such a solid part of my day, and now I was left trying to figure out what could possibly replace it.

But what shocked me the most was what happened after.

One day, around the exact time I usually watched the videos, I found myself lazily scrolling, and subconsciously, I opened YouTube and started searching for the course. When I realised what I was doing, I laughed, because I knew it wasn’t there anymore.

But my body didn’t know that.

Routine had trained me so well that even without my deliberate effort, my system still yearned for it. Sometimes, I would even hear the intro sound in my head, like my subconscious was experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

And that’s when it hit me.

Dearest reader, research says it takes about 66 days to form a habit, and the thing about habits is this: your body remembers. Even when the thing is gone. 

Your mind may forget, but your body never truly does.

Because once something becomes a rhythm, it becomes a part of you.


@favvy_Okwansđź–¤.

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