Flash and I have been struggling with motivation, so we were trying to figure out a solution. Flash suggested we have a contest. His idea was to go to the gym 5 days a week for a month staight. The winner would get a prize.
Kirby: So if you complete it, you get a prize, and if I do it as well, I get a prize. What's the point of buying each other prizes then.
Flash: What?
Kirby: Well, if I buy you a prize for however much money, and then you buy me a prize for the same amount of money that's dumb. I should just buy myself a present. But that wouldn't work for me because waiting a month to buy myself something I want is dumb. I'll just go buy it tomorrow.
Flash: Uh, well what would be a better prize then?
Kirby: *Shrug.
So I thought about it, and thought about it, and realized Flash sucks at follow through. The chances of him going an entire month of working out 5 days a week without fail were slim to none.
Before I had been thinking that it was do able and that we would probably both win, like a tie, but on second thought I realized my chances of coming out of this with a straight up win.
Kirby: So I've given your contest some more thought.
Flash: And?
Kirby: We need some ground rules. 1. You can not take two days off in a row. 2. We need to track our workouts on the whiteboard calendar where we can both see it.
Flash: What if I get sick and don't work out for two days.
Kirby: Then you lose. Period.
Flash: Lots of people at work are sick, what if I get sick? That's not fair.
Kirby: Suck it. This contest is serious. If you're going to get sick it better be a 24 hour cold because you only get one day off at a time.
Flash: Whatever.
Kirby: If you get sick due to your pathetic immune system and take two days off in a row you lose. You are a loser and must live with the shame of your failure. BUT, you have the option to start your 4 weeks over, beginning with the next day you work out. If, from that point on, if you can complete 4 consecutive weeks of 5 workout days a week, you will win a prize of slightly lesser value.
Flash: Lame.
Kirby: Um, no, I think you mean awesome. It's called a second chance. The goal is to do the 4 weeks and form good habits and get in shape. If it takes two tries to do so that's okay, the goal is to do it, but you want to do it on the first try, because the spoils are the sweetest the first time around.
Flash: Okay.
Kirby: Please note that I have agreed to this contest on the grounds that I believe quite strongly that you will fail.
Flash: Are you trash talking me?
Kirby: Most certainly. You've already started trying to find loopholes with your talk of illness. You don't got the stuff.
Flash: That's not very nice.
Kirby: You know what else isn't very nice. Losing.
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