Hinesh Chauhan talks about how autumn worsens his physical and mental health, triggering productivity inertia. He relies on six daily habits: sleep, nutrition, exercise, nature time, mindfulness, and gratitude journaling. When momentum stalls, he uses low-friction tactics like short walks and habit cues to restart.
Lets talk inertia, Newton's second law of physics or motion in the fall. Every fall is the hardest time for me. If I look, if I did an analysis of my entire life, you'd see more illness, you'd see probably more autoimmune symptoms, greater mental challenges in general. As days get shorter, the weather gets colder, reminds me that I'm freaking tropical and why the heck did my parents immigrate here? But even academically, my fall semester was always the crappier semester and it's a struggle and I'm not on any medications this year. So staying on top of things is oh so important. Which comes down to inertia and momentum. Summer was wonderful. Spring, summer, ups and downs or break in that in my routine with vacation, work, trips, kids schedule and so forth. Now coming into the fall, it's so easy to be more tired, to skip out on exercise, on journaling for me on mindfulness or meditation and other things that I need time in nature to maintain my ability to function at a level that I need to function, to do what I want, to stay healthy, to be fit. Because without a certain amount of exercise, actually without all of the things that I need to do, which is good sleep, good nutrition, good exercise, time in nature, mindfulness, journaling, gratitude journaling specifically. So those are my magic six that I use to stay sane because it's a slippery slope and I know those who know know that lock last loss or lack of momentum throws you off and and the more tired you become the more you push it off. But it's the reverse. It's having to. I'm not going to go for a run, I'm not going to go for a bike ride. But I will go out for that 20, 30 minute walk, aim for 30, make it brisk. I will sit and journal and take a break even though I know that I'm behind on things because I was sick, because I'm more tired and slow and need more sleep. But it's counterproductive to just push through. And I relive these reminders and lessons over and over and over and it's just ridiculous. I can have it scribbled across my walls. It would make a difference. I could have all the post its that I do the writing on my bathroom mirror of all these things to help me get into the right mindset or frame of mind to do what I need to do. Because yeah, I'm probably in one of the most challenging periods of my life as I'm building what I'm with uncertainty on my own limited resources. All the things that other entrepreneurs can can relate with and ADHD years which just makes things a bit more hard for me. Considerably harder in some weeks, especially this time of the year. So inertia. Getting back on that wagon. It's. It's doing that. I don't feel like it. I'm going to do five push ups. I don't feel like it. I'm going to get out. Just getting dressed and getting outside makes all the difference. You hear talk about putting your gym shoes and gym clothes next to your bed so you wake up and step into them and get going. Do things that reduce the resistance. Do things that facilitate you to do the things that help you. Have a clock. Have an alarm that forces you to take a break. Have your journal right there. Get up and move. How to sit stand station. Just get your body moving so you get the healthy endorphins and your body and your joints get lubricated and all those good things happen to you so you can live a better, happier life. So inertia. Create the outcomes you want by setting yourselves up for creating those outcomes. Good luck. Share Share below How do you overcome these things? How do you stay on top of it? How do you not fall back into the same things that I fall back on, even though I've learned them over and over and over again? Do tell.
