Back when I lived in Australia—more than 10 years ago now—I went surfing on the coldest day of the year down in Phillip Island. It happened by accident though. I went surfing and only learned after the fact that it was the coldest day of the year. I wore it like a badge of honour.
This week the UK is likely experiencing some of its coldest days of the year; some parts of the country have fallen to -10 degrees Celsius. When a cold spell rolls through, it reminds me of that day surfing back in Australia. Although it isn’t surfing in freezing waters, I’m proud of myself if I mustered up the courage to get out of the house and work out.
The narrative I tell myself is that if I can motivate yourself to workout on the coldest day of the year, I can do it on all the other days too.