How did I do this week?
I missed a day of exercise and meditation.
Getting out of bed at 5 am did not happen. I gave my word on two things and reneged.
Unacceptable.
How to course correct:
Reprioritising. New habits come before anything else. Nothing else gets done until they are out of the way.
Stretching myself to keep my word. Even if that means two hours of sleep that day. That’ll teach me to better manage my time.
Every extra hour in bed is an hour stolen from my dreams. I am robbing myself. Need to drive that into my head.
The main obstacle was an inability to focus on work, which meant I had to work longer hours. To fix this, I’m rereading Stolen Focus by Johann Hari and making changes.
What did I do right?
Reconnected with an aunt I had been afraid to speak to
Replied to Slack messages in ten minutes or less
12 minutes of pilates every day -1
I honoured most of my commitments
And oh, how could I forget? I finished something I had been putting off for six months. Thank you, Tomi and MK for helping.
My life is getting clearer. The old habits that do not serve may be putting up a fight but I will win. I must.
The plan for the new week is to up exercise to 30 minutes, sleep at 9 pm and wake up at 5 am every day without fail. Hopefully, that incentivises me to better manage my time.
Nowhere near the goal but slowly drifting away from the start point. This is what progress looks like.
Speak next Friday.