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Build the same thing into anything you are trying to keep up: a distance, a number of sessions, a move you could not do in January. Make it something other people can see, and let them see it. A goal three years out has almost no pull on a Tuesday evening, while a marker six weeks out does.
That his labour will be seen (Quran 53:40). Effort is promised a witness, and a visible step along the way is a small human version of that.
Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an, Oxford University Press, 2004.
A Cochrane review of 39 trials found exercise moderately better than no treatment for depression, with only a small and non-significant difference against therapy or medication in the strongest trials. Moderate is a real effect and a gradual one. Change on that scale is easy to miss while it is happening, which is a good argument for marking the stages.
Cooney GM, Dwan K, Greig CA, Lawlor DA, Rimer J, Waugh FR, McMurdo M, Mead GE. (2013). Exercise for depression.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews doi
Strength of evidence: one line of research. A single study, or a theoretical account.
A reward that arrives soon can hold a behaviour in place, and a distant one cannot.
With a small child who is struggling with both movement and speech, start with the body. Balance and steadiness come before a child can take in much language or learning.
Unstructured play in a big open space settles a child. A structured class teaches them how to be with other children. You want some of each, for different reasons.
A promising study can be very small. Thirteen teenagers, teachers doing the rating, and a fortnight of follow up is a good start and not a settled answer.