10/19/2026
If you can’t get your workout in, do 10 push-ups. If someone told me this, I would kick them in the shin.
Can’t get 7–10k steps? Walk to the mailbox and back.
I’d kick them in their other shin.
Make one homemade meal with protein and produce and call it a win.
Middle finger.
But...
This is actually really great advice. And advice I give clients sometimes too.
Focus on what you can do versus what you can’t.
Get used to setting aside time for something and honoring the boundary around it. I believe all of that.
And yet, tell me to do 10 push-ups, and I’m like, get outta my face with that, man.
I’m a recovering all-or-nothing thinker.
It’s hard for me to feel good about doing 10 push-ups instead of my entire workout when I know I’m capable of more.
Plus, what the f**k is that going to do for me anyhow?
So I’ve found a different way to approach it.
What I’m doing has to feel both meaningful and approachable.
For me, that’s 3 exercises, 3 sets, 10 reps in my apartment gym. Takes 15–20 minutes. I can make time for that and feel good about what I did.
With food, it’s having 4–8 low-prep or no-prep anchor meals I can make at home, pick up, or order in. Stuff I like. Easy enough to get together when I don’t feel like doing much.
Ten push-ups might work for you. Cool. Do them.
For me, I need a little more to feel like it’s worth doing.
And I’ve figured out what that looks like. Meaningful and approachable. Both matter.