Overestimate v/s Underestimate

"We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period"

An individual who wishes to excel, always tries to learn something new, learn from mistakes, make somebody his or her idol, follows principle. But many fail in doing so. And that is simply because we want to do all that at once. Remember tomorrow will be bright, if you learn to break the darkness in present. Do it step wise and in most convenient way as per your wish. But do it, bit by bit.

I remember I was having issues to getting up in morning and going for a walk. I had set up three alarms at 15 minutes difference. Every night i slept with this idea that i will wake up in the morning and step out of my house and go for walk. But i repeatedly kept failing to do so. A month was over and I hadn't went out not even once. So I decided tomorrow i will just try to wake up and not go outside. I had my alarms on. In morning i woke up on my first alarm at 6 am and was sitting in my balcony. Just simply sitting, observing the beauty of morning freshness and mild sunlight, birds chirping and watching some newspaper walas and some old uncles going or returning from their morning walks. By watching all this I was filled with strong desire for stepping out. But i stopped myself and kept sitting there enjoying the morning. And next day without failure, I woke up at 6, got dressed up and stepped put.

I was able to do so because  I had broken a hard task for me in two part, and did them oone by one. In this way the accomplishment of the first part had made me enthusiastic for the second part. And I simple couldn't wait to do my second task.

This worked for me. And I hope it will always work.