By Leo Babauta

Many people don’t exercise or eat healthy because they think it’s hard or takes discipline.

They’re missing out on a lot of fun.

If you do it the wrong way, exercise is difficult and boring and too much work. If you do it the wrong way, eating healthy takes too much discipline. And so people (myself included, just a few years ago) often do unhealthy things, because it’s easier or more fun. It’s easy to not exercise, and to watch TV or surf the Internet instead. It’s more fun to eat a pile of nachos or fries, to eat fried chicken or sweets.

We want fun, not strict discipline and boringness.

The trick is fairly simple: figure out what’s healthy, and figure out what’s fun. Then find the... More...