> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://acmewong.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Transcend Discipline - URL: https://acmewong.com/transcend-discipline/ - Published: 2026-09-24T00:47:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-24T00:47:00.000Z - Author: Acme Wong I've never been consistent with going to the gym. I've lost count of how many times I've tried. My technique is to get motivated, watch YouTube videos, figure out what workouts I should do, go to the gym *maybe* once a week for the next month, twice the following month, and then stop. And I think what I just described was my best record. What about the guys and gals who hit the gym 3+ times per week EVERY WEEK for years? How do they do it? I think the biggest mistake we make is seeing some chick or some dude who is in incredible shape and go, "wow they must be so disciplined..." When we do that, we put them *and their achievements* on a pedestal, and that pedestal is on the peak of Mount Everest. Good luck getting there. When we project that they have massive discipline, our brains cannot comprehend how we could ever think that we could get fit when we have so little in comparison. Our brain goes, "Psh yeah right lady, that ain't gonna happen for us," and then we subconsciously sabotage ourselves. Life gets busy or we get really into our work or we grab on to any other reasonable excuse and we quietly give up... at least until we make a new resolution next New Year's Eve. Okay so rewind, if it isn't discipline then what is it? These gym Supermen and Superwomen likely had big obstacles early on in their fitness journey. Obstacles which did require discipline to overcome. But that was years (or decades) ago for them. What they do now to stay fit (or get fitter) doesn't require discipline. Sure, it requires effort. They have to push their bodies harder than they've ever pushed their bodies before if they want to grow. But they do that multiple times a week... every single week... every single month... every single year... and they've done it for years and years and years. On leg day, if someone asks them, "yo instead of going to the gym today do you wanna come over with all your closest friends and play all your favorite video games all day long?" The gym rat who's in peak physical fitness is 100% saying either (1) "no," or (2) "sounds great, I'll be there after the gym." But if they were *forced* to NOT go to the gym and had to go play games, it would require tremendous discipline for them to stay calm and chill and play all day when all they really want to do is drop down and do supersets of push-ups and planks until they've hit their limit and then squat and do whatever other fitness stuff that people do. Meanwhile, I'd just be there playing the games nonstop because that's what I'm used to doing. *You don't need discipline to do the things you're used to doing.* The super fit people at the gym who push themselves hard, year after year, don't need discipline to get to the gym and work out because that's just what they're used to. The painter who spends 8 weeks single-handedly painting an enormous, beautiful mural on the side of a building doesn't need discipline, that's just what they're used to. It comes down to our habits, the things that we do repeatedly. The deeper our habits go, the more those behaviors–and what those behaviors represent–alter our identities. So in the beginning, we do need to practice discipline to get a habit going because we're acting toward our new identity, which will rub uncomfortably against our old identity. Repeated action is the bridge we build from old identity to new. We perform an action to start a new habit. The next time we perform that habit it'll be a tiny bit easier. Whether it's going to the gym, writing a blog post, recording a YouTube video, painting, or eating a healthy meal, the first time we do it will be hard. That first time requires true discipline. Every time thereafter requires less discipline. After a hundred times, it's a normal thing you do that requires little discipline. After a thousand times, it's like breathing air. It becomes you. You being you requires no discipline. So transcend discipline by sticking with whatever habits you're building, staying consistent long term, and just watch as you become the type of person others look at and think, "Wow he's so disciplined!" It won't be discipline though, it's just you doing what you're used to. Upgrade the things that you are "used to" doing. Aim for 100 days in a row of whatever habit you're trying to build. That'll get you to the starting line. That's when you start reshaping your identity. Commit to it and I'll see you on the other side of 100\.