"Old habits die hard", goes the saying ... 

Yet do they really if one sticks to what one wants to do, and does the thing regularly? 

I dont know why, I've been thinking about this since I woke up - for some odd reason, the thought popped into my mind that a certain point in my life, stepping outside the house in the morning without my morning shower seemed utterly unthinkable - much like going to bed without my (at that time piping hot) shower did. 

It just didnt feel right. No why! 

(as they say in China, no why, hehe). 

Upon arriving in China at the age of 23 ,I was nigh amazed to discover a brand new world out there. 

I wont get into the more salacious aspects of this lovely new world ? - you guys get the drift. 

But, one of the things I found insane at the time was the Chinese took a shower - or bath, whichever - at NIGHT. Never in the mornings. 

To them it was as alien as it was to me to NOT take a shower in the mornings. 

And no, they didnt all smell terrible - the ones that did never took care of personal hygiene either way - which could happen anywhere in the world. Ugh, that stench you get coming off some people, especially in the winter "its too cold to shower". Pah! 

I thought about it. 

And it made sense. 

The Chinese are particularly fastidious about the nightly "bath" or rinsing or shower - I remember a certain Carol once telling me "you sleep in different bed then!" when I was rebelling against her telling me to go shower (we hadn't done much that required it anyway that day, I think or maybe we had). 

That never happened. LOL. 

But, think about it, if you bathe at night, unless you sweat buckets for whatever reason while sleeping, it makes sense in an odd manner - you wont be "dirty" upon waking up. 

In any case, it's physical exercise that really cleans the way it matters - the body - from the inside out. 

Martin Farmer Burns wrote about that in his sage manner in "Lessons of Wrestling and Physical Culture" if I've got the book name right - I suspect not, hehe - "lessons in"- that the average laborer sweating it out all day is likely far, far cleaner than the average Joe preening himself or herself and lathering on fancy lotions or what not while being sedentary all day in the office. 

And it's true. 

But back to habits. 

That habit changed for me ... when? I can't even remember, I think after I started climbing the hill? 

No, maybe not then - I think it was after I stopped working for other people at the age of 25?

No, not even then ... 

I have no idea when it changed. I honestly cannot remember, but for years now I've been showering at night - but never in the mornings no matter what. Or post workout if it's an especially sweaty one - in summers etc, but otherwise, never in the mornings. 

And it seems as natural to me as breathing does this habit. 

In the Middle East, the shower is done in the afternoons apparently. 

They sleep for two hours in the afternoon, much like in Spain (do they still do it there??) 

They also have Thursday and Friday off as weekly holidays, not Sat and Sunday ... 

Habits!

Dr Maxwell Maltz wrote about habits in Pyscho Cybernetics, I believe for most people it takes 22 days to form a new habit and stick with it? 

(the subconscious gets the picture?) 

I dont know. 

For me, it takes but a day once I decide on something. 

And while I sometimes find myself reverting back to old habits - some of them die HARD, hehe - for the most part, for yours truly chameleon in every regard, it's as easy to pick up a new habit for me as putting on a new sweatshirt, perhaps. 

Anyway . 

(and it will be for YOU too if you learn how to do it). 

Habits, my friend, are key not just in terms of your personal life. 

They come into play in EVERYTHING you do - business included. 

Por ejempelo, yours truly thinks years ahead in terms of everything - you guys already know this (or you should, at any rate). 

Jeff Bezos was once asked about his stunning results (for Amazon) in 2017 I think. 

He sagely replied by saying "it was baked years ago". (or something to that effect, but you get the gist). 

Thats how I think too. 

And baking means you form a habit, and do the things daily which might not be generating results NOW, but they WILL in the future if you keep at it, have faith, et al - but only if you make repetition of that thing a priority which can only happen if it becomes a HABIT. 

Fact, my friend. 

Anyway - in terms of fitness, once you get the fitness HABIT locked in, it's nigh impossible to shake it - or kick it. 

You can kick nicotine addiction, alcoholism, or drug addiction if you really try. No need for idiotic fancy counseling either, set your mind to it, and just do it (sorry, I know certain people get pissed off at just doing it, but at end of the day YOU have to get down to brass tacks and DO, or it will never ever work long term or at all). 

But when you get the natural high from exercising the right way - and doing deep breathing like I advocate, why would you WANT to kick it? 

In fact even if you programmed your subconscious to turn you back to "el lardass" - I bet it wouldn't accept the command. Hehe. Neither would your conscious mind want to give it, neither should it. 

Moral of the story - FORM the fitness habit. 

Start small, build from there. 

Rome wasn't built in a day - but built it CAN BE. 

Follow along with me in the 0 Excuses Fitness System, and see what is possible for yourself, my friend. 

Follow along with me in the videos I put out regularly, and FIND out that what might seem impossible for now may just be possible quicker than you think. 

And start forming positive habits today - NOW - in EVERY regard. 

Thats that. 

Back soon. 

Best, 

Rahul Mookerjee