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Small enough to start

Five small steps for the routine you keep restarting: shrink the start until it’s unrefusable, cross the doorstep, show up easy, let the habit be the goal — and know in advance that week three is the one that counts.

  1. Step 1 of 5Start smaller than feels worth doingFive people found the same door: five-minute walks, two push-ups, one jump more than yesterday. The start has to be small enough to be unrefusable.5 min · one small step
  2. Step 2 of 5The threshold mileNorwegian has a word for the hardest part of every workout: dørstokkmila — the doorstep mile. Getting out the door IS the workout; the rest follows.5 min · one small step
  3. Step 3 of 5Keep showing up. Intensity can wait.Three people, independently, one order of operations: the easy workout you repeat beats the hard one you quit. Show up small rather than skip.10 min · one small step
  4. Step 4 of 5The habit is the goal. Fitness is the result.Your first months’ only job is making showing up automatic — and the workout itself is the reward, not a coupon you spend on treats.2 min · one small step
  5. Step 5 of 5Week three is where it starts countingWeeks one and two run on novelty. One person marked where the habit is actually built: week three, when you keep going only because you said you would.2 min · one small step
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