Physics doesn’t just apply to the world around us, it works in our lives too. A human at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force, typically stress.

I’m no stranger to this concept. I’ve been complacent much of my life because it was the easiest path to take. Think of oil in a pan — it just fills in the easiest route to take without worrying about coating the entire pan. It’s up to the cook to make sure the oil goes where it needs to. We can be our own cooks. If the oil is our motivation and drive, we have to direct it to have it balance out our life pan. It’s an art, really. We have to tilt our motivation in the direction it needs to find an equilibrium.

Think of your hobbies and the things you do to feel good like working out or taking walks or even cooking. You can’t spend all your energy doing one thing. If you’re in school you can’t be studying all the time. Even the most driven people in the world — your Elon Musk types — can’t accomplish what they need to without a balance.

Check yourself. Take a look at how your’re spending your time and how you’re directing your energies. Time is our most essential resource. Are you filling yours with things to balance you as a person? If not that’s ok. Come back to the idea of physics in day-to-day life. Get the ball rolling with your habits. Start the thing that has been nagging at the back of your mind. For me, it was writing this post.

It’s cliche and annoying to hear but the only thing preventing you from doing the things you’d like to do is yourself. Want to get in shape? Start by exercising when you get the chance. Find what works for you. If that means doing 10 push-ups every time you get killed in a video game then so be it. We’re creatures of habit, humans. I read somewhere that it takes a month of consistent behavior for it to become a habit. Habits become things that are essential to our routine that make us feel out-of-whack without them. What do you want your habits to be? Drinking a beer every evening when you get home? How about flossing your teeth while you watch your evening tv show? Maybe meditating before going to sleep?

Get started now. Don’t wait. The clock is ticking on you becoming who you desire to be. Get up, get out, go get it.

-AnonymousDoob