Controlling Your Mind

I’ve been reading every day about Stoicism.

As best I can tell, being stoic is the act of monitoring and tempering your thoughts. The practice has been really helping me.

Many times over the last 10 days, I have found myself in situations where my thoughts are running away from me. This leads to the standard reactions, such as …

• checking my email

• walking in circles

• doing nothing

• delaying my next set in the weight room

Recently I have been repeating this mantra to myself.

“Control your mind. Control your thinking.”

When I say that to myself, it reminds me that I am in charge. If I am delaying my next set on the squat rack, it’s only because my mind is controlling me.

It’s been helping a lot.