An Instagram post is haunting me

625 days ago, I shared this post on Instagram. 

The first paragraph in that post’s caption reads:

By God's grace, at the end of this year, I want to fully know and understand the meaning of #selfdiscipline. 

When I think about my life since I shared that Instagram post—and in the context of its caption—what comes to mind are the lessons that I learnt and moments that I persisted:

—I learnt that I wasn’t writing frequently, 

so I persisted and ended up writing at least 2000 words every day since January 2019

—I learnt that I sucked at finishing projects well, 

so I persisted and stopped getting stuck on the big picture

—I learnt that I wasn’t physically fit 

so I persisted and, somehow, ran at least once a week in the past 9 months

—I learnt that I had unhealthy eating habits

so I persisted, listened to my wife and now, smoothies are my favourite drinks and I rarely eat after 7 pm. 

—I learnt that I was getting overwhelmed with every new task

so I persisted and started splitting my work hours into 50 minutes of focused work and 10 minutes of break time i.e the pomodoro technique

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