WHETHER you’re going on a diet, taking up a new sport or just trying to wake up earlier, here’s your foolproof guide to not sticking to any of it.
Bore everyone to death talking about it
Tell anyone who will listen about the transformative effects of cold-water swimming until you see pain in their eyes. They’ll be so terrified of you mentioning it again you won’t have to explain why you gave up after two weeks.
Blame someone else
Despite spending a grand on all the equipment for triathlons and then deciding it’s not for you, it’s not your fault. It was having the wrong coach, an unsupportive partner, demanding children, and so on. Definitely not that it was a really stupid idea in the first place for a lazy fucker like you.
Keep taking up other things
You’re batch cooking, you’ve started doing calisthenics, you’re reading a book a week, you’re vegan – you’re doing so many things who knows what you’ve started and what you’ve given up? If you suddenly realise you’re wearing snowboarding boots in a yoga class it’s a good sign that you’ve bailed on something else.
Take up meditation
Meditation is perfect for guilt-free giving up. No one can meditate more than a few times, not even monks, who only wear robes to hide their iPads. You can literally start, give it up and say you used to do it all in a day – while still sounding deep and spiritual.
