[Timpy]

I began thinking of grit and will power as muscles that get stronger with exercise. I don't know if it's actually true but I'm okay with placeboing myself on this one. You exercise it anytime you face being uncomfortable with resilience. When I go for long runs and I reach the point where I'm not enjoying it any more and I just want to be done I think to myself, "this is the best part, this is the part where I'm getting stronger." It affects every other part of my life, it's training my default mental mode to be "I can do this" even when things look hard.