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Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope
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Appreciate learning a new word, but I don’t think it applies like you think it does:
Asceticism: severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
Doesn’t apply as much to Kipchoge, he is a world record holding marathon runner, so his avoidance of indulgence is for the goal of becoming elite at what he is practicing. Nothing to do with religion
And that’s I assume what his message is. Avoiding SOME indulgences (not all, it’s not like the average person who adopts his attitude is going to stop putting sugar in their coffee, or stop ever turning on a single episode of a a tv show for the rest of their life), not only helps one to become better at reaching their goals, but it also prevents the risk of becoming a slave to those indulgences
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Asceticism has levels tbh. If you try to go full monastic from the jump you’ll fail miserably and get discouraged. It’s a gradual process. Slowly giving up worldly things over time, and before you know it, you’ve become a much better version of yourself