#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int ans;
void solve() {
int n, m;
cin >> n >> m;
deque<int> dq;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i) {
dq.push_back(i);
}
while (m--) {
int target;
cin >> target;
while (dq.front() != target) {
if (distance(dq.begin(), find(dq.begin(), dq.end(), target)) < distance(find(dq.begin(), dq.end(), target), dq.end())) {
dq.push_back(dq.front());
dq.pop_front();
} else {
dq.push_front(dq.back());
dq.pop_back();
}
ans++;
}
dq.pop_front();
}
cout << ans << '\n';
}
int main() {
ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0);
solve();
return 0;
}