I have got to start going to the gym again

Seriously, it's been like two weeks. But - there's a post that goes around Tumblr sometimes about how making coffee has a variable amount of steps depending on how you're feeling that day, and the same thing is true of the gym.

On a good day, it's:

• Get up
• Get ready
• Get a cup of coffee (optional)
• Go to the gym

But on a lot of days, it's:

• Wake up when my alarm goes off
• Get out of bed
• Go to the bathroom
• Put on the clothes I'm going to wear TO the gym
  • Put on pants
  • Put on shirt
  • Put on socks
• Put clean clothes in my gym bag
  • Pick out clean pants
  • Put clean pants in bag
  • Pick out clean shirt
  • Put clean shirt in bag
  • Pick out clean underwear
  • Put clean underwear in bag
  • Pick out clean socks
  • Put clean socks in bag
• Find my keys
• Choose a coat
• Put on my coat
• Put on my shoes
• Go out to the car
• Start the car
• Navigate to the gym
• Walk to the gym
• Check in
• etc.

And all those steps just feel insurmountable some days, especially when I can spend that hour waking up and getting ready and maybe start my work day a little early so I can stop early.

Sometimes I can remind myself to prepare the night before, so when I wake up I've already done a bunch of those steps, but remembering to do that... it's the eternal struggle, right?