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Read for 15 minutes in the morning when you’d otherwise check email.<\/em><\/p>\n

That was the nugget I took away from an interesting post I read yesterday about how to fit reading into a busy schedule.<\/p>\n

\"ImageCoincidentally, I had already done that yesterday.\u00a0 And I did it again today.\u00a0 (Seth Godin’s Linchpin<\/em><\/a>; I highly recommend it.)<\/p>\n

It works.\u00a0 15 minutes spent doing something worthwhile instead of doing something worthless goes a long way to making you feel great all day.<\/p>\n

Tricks to Help You Find Time<\/h3>\n

I like productivity blogs<\/a>, especially when they’re about creating meaning, not just efficiency.\u00a0 Sometimes I wish NMA was one of these blogs.<\/p>\n

But an interesting thing happened when I tried to pretend today.\u00a0 As I attempted to write a list of easy ways to find time for running (or whatever “training” is for you), I realized that this approach missed something big.<\/p>\n

I could suggest a lot of little tricks, many of them applicable to finding time for anything, not just running.\u00a0 Eat cleaner<\/a> so you have more energy and need less sleep.\u00a0 Stop watching America’s Got Talent<\/em>.\u00a0 (I’d have used Lost<\/em>, Gary Vaynerchuk<\/a>‘s favorite example, if it weren’t over.)\u00a0 Stop checking email, Facebook, and Twitter so much.<\/p>\n

There’s a lot of time in most people’s day that isn’t particularly relaxing or productive, and that’s time you could use for running, which at its best is both.<\/p>\n

Running-specifically, you could get a headlamp and run at night, if that’s the only chance you have.\u00a0 Or multitask with your running time: You can meditate<\/a>, brainstorm, socialize, or listen to a book on tape while you run (this is one I actually do).<\/p>\n

All of these can help.\u00a0 But every single one of them misses the big point<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That point?<\/p>\n

You have to make training a “must.”\u00a0 Only then will you do it consistently.<\/h3>\n

There are shoulds and there are musts.\u00a0 Shoulds might get done, musts will<\/em> get done.<\/p>\n

So how do you make running a must? How do you make sure you do it when there are a million other things screaming for your attention?<\/p>\n

Running has to become a part of you.\u00a0 You have to become a runner.\u00a0 Running needs to be the 10% automatic deduction from your paycheck that goes into a 401k.\u00a0 It has to be non-negotiable.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard that people who exercise continually for six months become addicted to it and the chances of ever stopping tend to zero.\u00a0 It becomes a habit.<\/p>\n

A part of you.\u00a0 A must.<\/p>\n

How to Make Running a Must<\/h3>\n

Willpower isn’t usually enough.\u00a0 It works for a while, then it dies out.<\/p>\n

If that’s the case, what do you?<\/p>\n

You make running a must by taking an action that commits you.\u00a0 For me, it’s as simple as signing up for a race.\u00a0 When I’ve paid actual money for something, it becomes painful and embarrassing not to train for it.<\/p>\n

Another way to commit is to tell everyone you know that you’re going to complete that 10K, that marathon, or that Ironman.\u00a0 What if you printed up business cards promising <\/em>you’d do something and handed them out to the people you love and respect the most?<\/p>\n

It’s scary to do this.\u00a0 If you slack off, you look really, really dumb.<\/p>\n

If you’ve read this far, you realize that’s exactly the point.<\/p>\n

That’s how you make running a must.\u00a0 Once that’s done, finding time is the easy part.<\/p>\n

How do you<\/strong> make running a must?<\/p>\n

This post is part of a series on motivation for running<\/a>.\u00a0 Check out the rest!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read for 15 minutes in the morning when you’d otherwise check email. That was the nugget I took away from an interesting post I read yesterday about how to fit reading into a busy schedule. Coincidentally, I had already done that yesterday.\u00a0 And I did it again today.\u00a0 (Seth Godin’s Linchpin; I highly recommend it.) 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