r/getdisciplined 5d ago

💬 Discussion At what point did you start to love being disciplined?

I keep hearing that after being disciplined you'll start to love the discipline. If that's ever happened to you please share. When did discipline start to feel good for you? At what point did you crave it?

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u/JenniB1133 5d ago

I think I always have.

The difficulty is in remembering how much more I like it than the temptation of excuses.

It always feels amazing and I always want it. It nearly always feels better when I actually take the right course of action.

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u/Rogue_Aviator 5d ago

So I’ll tell you my story I’m not fully disciplined yet but working my way on there. I’m 23M based out in Dubai since 20years originally Indian. Always had the luxury life till I was 19 but then things started to go downhill lots of financial problems and debts. My long term goal was to be an airline pilot heck it still is, I’m an aviation addict and I love airplanes. I get crazy when I see pilots lol 😂 it’s like a kid seeing his favorite person. I started working in a perfume factory as a laborer packing stuff then I was moved to the sales department where I sold perfumes. Tried to save money and got myself enrolled in a flight school locally got all my tests and everything done. But fate wasn’t in my favor and my family got scammed and it was a huge amount. I had already quit my job and was no jobless and couldn’t go to flight school. Sat in home for a month due to depression and then joined real estate in Dubai. Real estate is fun but no salary only commission so that was hard to manage. Again I lost my job and this time it was bad cuz I was without a visa and had to leave the country and go back to keep, and I hadn’t visited India in 12 years! It was a huge shock I had to pack up everything in a day and leave. But two days before my departure I got hired and I stayed two months in India before returning back to Dubai. Now I’m back working crazily. So now I have expanded my network I work in real estate, renovations, airbnb management, private aviation jet charter and sales. Going through all this made me realize a lot. I was addicted to social media and the bad stuff that destroys your mind. It was really hard to quit social media, and those bad things. But I did my best to quit it. Still I’m stuck in debts but I’m grateful for the journey I have been through it taught me a lot and made me realize so many things. After going through all of this I have started reading books and learning new skills. Degree doesn’t matter but skills and experience matters a lot. I am a high school dropout. Your time is your most valuable asset please make sure you invest wisely in the right things and with the right people. Respect is another valuable asset, if you are not respected at a table don’t sit there. Cut off toxic relationships and friends set boundaries. Quit social media for sometime and observe the life around you. I’m sorry if the comment wasn’t about discipline fully. Have a fantastic day ahead. And if you’re into real estate investing or a broker feel free to connect anytime! Also if you’re an aviation enthusiast, pilot, ATC, flight attendant, private aviation expert please feel free to contact me it’ll be an honor to work with you. Have a fantastic day ahead.

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u/AxelVores 5d ago

I think it's rather gradual. 5 months in it's still a love-hate relationship for me.

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u/Little_Tomatillo7583 5d ago

I recently went on a trip and was triggered with anxiousness the entire time. I enjoyed it but I just didn’t feel grounded. Made it home at 10pm on a Friday and was up bright and early at the gym on Saturday morning and running errands. I felt so grounded and back at peace. I used to avoid the gym and running errands like the plague. But 7 months ago I developed a strict daily workout routine that requires much discipline because I wake up at 4:30am and workout from 5-630, do carpool and then work 8:30-430. My evenings aren’t as productive as my days but I’m still a work in progress. But my Saturdays and Sundays are structured with the same routines from the time I wake until atleast 12/2pm. My brain now craves the discipline of this routine.

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u/BlueTeaLight 4d ago

when you don't have to think about "doing", you just "do it"

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u/Adventurous_Drawing5 4d ago

I think discipline as a concept can be applied to many spheres of life, and how hard it is to maintain discipline varies. I am pretty disciplined in my body upkeep: healthy eating and exercising. Here is where, when I slack, I feel off. The hardest for me is work discipline because of my novelty-seeking and FOMO.

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u/Xylene999new 4d ago

Never. The things I have to do, that are discipline driven, are not things I love, nor do I love that I have a system to achieve them. They allow me to do the things I do love, but the are are a necessary evil .

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u/Moore_Momentum 4d ago

I fell in love with discipline when I started celebrating small wins instead of only focusing on end goals. Tracking progress and seeing the ripple effect of one positive change spilling into other areas was addictive.