Hacking my motivation cycle

I have decided to restructure my tracking goals in accordance with the self-reporting interval. Meaning I broke down the numbers required for the entire year into blocks of 6 and I will finish my first interval on April 1. 

Requirements on April 1st:
Push-ups/sit-ups: 6106
AOK, sparing, hand form, weapon form: 129
km: 215

I'm curious to see whether this will help me hack my motivation cycle. I know, there is no silver bullet, but I have realized that certain situations either strengthen or weaken my drive. For example, a new start and a blank slate tend to increase my ambition, while falling behind does the opposite.
In the last days of the year of the snake, just before resetting my trackers for the year of the horse, I felt kind of defeated. I half-heartedly added my last few numbers but I didn't feel the urge to push to finish the year strong. Why? because it felt like it didn't really matter anymore, at least for my push-ups and sit-ups. The strides app displays everything over 10.000 as 10K, so I finished my year with 23.7K sit-ups and 25.4K Push-ups so adding 35 or not at the end didn't even show. 

The other issue is watching the gap grow. If the distance between where I am and where I should be keeps increasing it eventually creates a mental barrier. Catching up starts to feel more unrealistic and that alone will quietly drain my motivation.

Of course every push up counts whether the app displays it properly or not but I also recognize that my motivation is influenced by how progress is framed. And if that is true then maybe I can use that to my advantage.
So I'm excited to experiment with shorter intervals, smaller more manageable numbers, and fresh resets along the way. 

I'll report back if this has helped or not!



sit-ups: 2566
push ups: 2307
km: 35
AOK:41
Da Mu Hsing: 41
Bokken:15





Comments

  1. KhonaMarch 3, 2026 at 6:27 AM

    By the looks of it you’re well on your way to the 6106 as of April 1st! Yay you!

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