Six Days in...Philosophy in Action

Day 6 into the 30 day challenge.

Already, I have slacked :(

A quick reminder of the philosophy I am looking to put into action....

Items to do Every Day (Non-negotiable):

1. Drink 24oz. of water every morning. (Body)
2. Study Body, Mind, Mastery by Dan Millman for 45 Mins. (Mind/Coaching)
3. Exercise for an hour (Body)
4. Work on Art Pieces for a minimum of 1 hour. (Artistic Expression)

Limits I want to put on myself (Non-negotiable):

1. Only 30 mins at a time at the computer.  A minimum of a 15 minute break until I can use the computer again.

A strong start on day 1 and 2, completing all of my items.  During these first two days I noticed the most pronounced change occur with the limits that I put on my computer time.  The amount of practical things I got done skyrocketed.  All the tasks were quite enjoyable and partially because they are all things that I want to be doing.  Morale was great.

Weekend days 3 and 4 were a 30 day challenge disaster.  I spent the weekend traveling and coaching a roller derby tournament that my girlfriend was playing in.  We ended up winning the tournament but I missed my obligations.  I didn't work on any art or study my book.  The exercise I got was minimal as I wasn't actually playing myself.  The temperature had to be in the 90's and humid inside the rink though and I drank enough water to meet my goal 10 times over and I got a fantastic sweat on...so at least it was a good cleanse for the skin.  Computer was a non-issue as I didn't spend much time on it at all.

Reflection on days 3 and 4.  I need to be able to keep these tasks at the front of my mind every day.

NEW Strategy: Print out my tasks and paste them on my fridge and leave them on my desk so that every day I need to fill one out.

Let's see how this correction will help.

Day 5 was extremely busy as I was catching up on all the work I didn't do over the weekend and had a number of meetings to attend and Floorball to run. The bad habits from the weekend seeped into my first day of the week.  I'm hoping the new strategy will help with this.

Day 6 is today and I'm back on the train.  Whenever you fall out of your commitment you have 2 choices.  Re-commit or Quit.  I choose to Re-commit.  Which reminds me of one of the songs that another derby league had for their intro this weekend....2 Legit, 2 Legit to Quit.

I'll let you know how the new strategy goes and heres some of the artwork that I created in the last 4 days....

Onward and upward!