Dad has a 6am appointment tomorrow so I’m driving him instead of getting my run in first like I’ve been doing since I started this week.
Already annoyed at myself for even worrying about this, but last time something knocked my routine off (the invoice stuff, not running related) it took me a good while to pick it back up again.
Does anyone actually keep a new habit going through stuff like hospital runs and early starts, or is it just going to reset once life gets in the way?
Driving your dad to an early appointment isn’t skipping the habit, it’s just one day moved around. For me the habit died when I stopped deciding to restart, not from missing a day.
HealthyHue said it’s just one day moved around, and normally I’d agree, but I think the risk is specifically in the early mornings when a habit’s still new. I started jogging again back in August and what actually killed it for me wasn’t one big disruption, it was three mornings in a row where I had something scheduled early and told myself I’d just go after work instead, then kept not going.
that’s exactly it for me too, lost my 6am run and it took 9 days to get back
Both have a point – skipping once isn’t quitting, but early starts do wobble easier in week one. Mine took 3 weeks to rebuild after my invoice mess, so I’d just restart tomorrow.
I drive my mom to early appointments pretty often now, and what actually saves the habit for me is squeezing the run in that same evening instead of waiting for tomorrow!
just push the run to after, still counts~
how many days in are you right now… that part feels like it decides everything
still pretty early for me too honestly, that’s exactly why one off morning like this scares me more than it probably should
What got me is the early start part more than the hospital trip itself, since my one experience with an early slot, a driving lesson that kept getting bumped earlier, is what actually threw mine off, not the occasional busy evening.
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