Daily Reporting for 18th January
Sunday morning - woke up a little bit later than normal - but the heat yesterday drained me dry - so reckon I needed it ... stayed there awhile & planned this things I needed to do - nice slow start to the day.
Doing this reckon I will be up & kicking again Monday - its still important to listen to when your body needs a bit of extra rest.
Day 18
(i)
got up quite late, but it's Sunday
(ii)
did a 15 minute mindfulness meditation. Good. :-)
(iii)
did a 15 minute Chinese vocab review. Fine. :-)
Still very motivated. Just do it!
I hit 5AM again on day 8. It's getting easier to remember to get up and harder to not go back to sleep after I do wake up. Forging ahead. I missed one day out of 8 and it was just by 45 minutes.
Purchased "The Power of Less" and I'm getting ready to treat myself to some reading time before Church.
Yoga done early for the second day. And more motivated than ever.
Today I am thankful for: 1. a new president who has ideas and vision; 2. a new president who cares about people who are marginalized by our society; 3. a new president who brings hope and the leadership to make change.
Day 10. Got up and reviewed, created, printed my schedule. Ready for a new day!
Painted yesterday with limited interest. This is common when I begin a painting. Partly the fear factor kicking in. I don't know where the painting is going and I'm afraid I won't be able to do it. So I trudge to the easel and start, hoping that as the painting develops interest and enthusiasm will take over.
I did not post yesterday, but I've done my meditation before going to tai-chi..
Today, I also done it. Since a couple of days, I seems less motivated...I'm not sure why.
Day 9: Emailed John.
did my exercise before going to work, still in the challenge.
I missed reporting yesterday, but still counted calories. This is the interesting thing... in the past, I would start a diet and the minute I fell "off the wagon", even in the slightest way, I would give up. But since I'm not dieting, just reporting (and therefore very aware of what I eat), I'm loosing weight. I even had that voice from deep within, "oh, who cares, just eat already!", I had some toast with this delightful, oily bruchetta topping and olives, and then recorded it.
And I'm down another pound.
Today is day 10 of the new habit and it's becoming second nature. I feel so much more centered by being organized. No more searching for slips of paper or lists that I've made. EVERYTHING is going in the moleskine...recipes I've tried, phone numbers, grocery lists, random thoughts, motivational quotes, book outlines. This is my 3rd moleskine (the last 2 lasted 6 months each) and I've put an index in the front of each so if I wonder "what was the butternut squash recipe I liked, and can quickly scan my indexes and find it. Doing the collection and review daily is awesome! I'm going to continue posting for the full 30 days, but I'm already thinking about my next new habit :)
Day 18 -
I believe this morning was the clearest and most focused period of meditation I have had since I began. That's 20 minutes each morning for 18 mornings in a row.
Chugging along, doing my new anti-clutter thing, and loving the space. Keeping it to 10 has helped a lot too, the results are most satisfying. I am anxious to start a new habit, but I need to prioritize my habits; which will benefit me the most?
10-n-0ut,
YoPedro
did half an hour metta meditation today after breakfast. quite lovely.
I just completed my ten minutes of meditation. I am nearing the end of 30 days, today was day 21!!
This is so exciting to me, I can't wait to start another habit ...
