How much willpower do you have
With a sleep of only 5 hours last night, working out with my friend this morning in the gym at 7, and I just drank 5-hour energy 1 hour ago that obviously didn't work well, and I'm so tired right now.
Now this may seem like a terrible day to start for someone like me, but you know what? It prompts my curiosity about how much willpower does an average person have and how much could he or she be trained to endure extended period of fatigue or pain? Like you know a lot of snipers can go around three days w/o food or sleep, with the sole purpose of taking out his target or gathering intelligence.
But obviously I'm not a sniper or any special force member, yet I do want to become a Marine Scout Sniper some day in my life, in fact I just talked to one of the Marine recruiters in local area yesterday about my interest and he wanted me to be 100% sure about that job before joining. so I guess I'm gonna take this as like an example to see how far I can go.
Also, I want to know where you guys at when it comes down to willpower and determination.
Thanks.
Well, I wanted to become a sniper in some days,
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I don't have much to be honest. I should have started working out again after finals but I ended up never working out ever again since early December.
Oh my god. @above made me lol so hard.
Well I don't have very much determination. I mean, well all I do is study cuz I have to. And I wanna lose weight, but I haven't lost any and it's been like 6 months. Woah...sad epiphany right here
[quote=DrHye]That's nothin'.
[i]You got a new bottle of ketchup?[/i][/quote]
I'll have you know I stubbed my toe last week, while watering my spice garden, and I only cried for 20 minutes.
[quote=ZOMGitjon]I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast
...without any milk.[/quote]
That's nothin'.
[i]You got a new bottle of ketchup?[/i]
Level 71 at the moment, might farm it to 100 soon, the stat resist is quite nice.
On the actual topic, I do have a few situations that apply. Back in highschool I used to lift, so one Friday we maxed and I was a bit dissapointed since I was 5 lbs short of what I wanted, so that night I did 1000 pushups. After recovering over the weekend I went back after school and put up 5 lbs over what I had done two days before. I think that was for 285 lbs or so.
Also in highschool we had a competition in PE one day for consecutive pushups, highest before I went was 78, I stopped at 150 since I figured that would secure me in 1st. Someone did 151 a period or two later, so the next time I was in I went to failure and ended at 218.
Now days as a traceur I test my willpower fairly often as well, going out to train in diverse conditions, cold weather, or trying new things (large gaps and blind landings are pretty terrifying some times).
I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast
...without any milk.