Have you noticed that if you roll out of bed and head out for your run, that the hardest part was just gettting out of the house and taking the first step? It’s not the run that’s the challenge, it’s getting to the first step.

Have you also noticed that the hardest part of starting a tedious task is the first three minutes? After that, you seem to figure it out albeit slowly. It’s not the task that’s the challenge, it’s the momentum to start that stops us.

Patricia Ryan Madson writes of this phenomenon, Kick-Start Your Life! Make Your Bed

Kick-start your life—walk, run, crawl, fly, bicycle; move in the direction of your purpose. Love your parents? Pay them a visit. Need to write? Sit down at your desk. Want to have more friends? Show up at a volunteer job or a class in a subject that interests you. Need to exercise? Go to the gym or walk to the park. Believe in ecology? Take a plastic bag to the neighborhood park and pick up trash.

What do you do to kick start your life?