Ian's view that good days feel good because of recent bad ones. If everything were good, it would become the new baseline and stop feeling good.
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- The painful run after leg day
The day after heavy squats, Ian dreaded his run, and his calves and legs felt horrible. Mid-run he reminded himself that the days he flies only feel great because of runs like this one. If…
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- Good days need bad days
The beauty and the pain are each meaningless without the other. Older people tend to have absorbed this, while younger people still try to avoid all pain and do life 'by the book'.
Stop trying to make the bad days good and stop living too much in the good days, and just allow yourself to be with the full experience of life.
- Reframe pain mid-effort
When a run (or a day) feels terrible, remind yourself that this is what will make the good ones feel good. Stop trying to make bad days good, don't cling to good ones, and allow the full…