Have you heard that February is the new January? Actually, February 14 is Lunar New Year so I figure I'm ahead of the game.

Lots of upheaval in the last two months as my family returned to Canada from Beijing, weathered the Christmas holidays, and got settled into our new routine with both kids in daycare. I am finally feeling on top of things again and it's time to return to the Power of Less forum.

My habits are rather in a shambles. I am sporadically getting up early to write, often staying up too late, and haphazardly setting MITs. For February I plan to get these habits back on track and start a new one using the 6changes method, very slow.

So to recap my intentions:

Screens off by 9 pm
Bed by 10 pm
Up at 5:30 am, write for one hour
Set three MITs

My new February habit will be blogging for 15 min a day. I'll come back tomorrow and write more about that. For today, posting here is a big step forward.

Bed by 10 pm (7)
Wrote (33)

MITs: 1.5/3

I've been staying on the computer until bedtime 'cause I'm too tired to go out and don't have any good books to read. I'll go for a walk tonight, tho. No writing time this morning but I put in a few minutes tonight.

Screens off 1 hour before bed (1)
Bed by 10 pm (6)
Wrote (32)

MITs: on hold

Missed my 5:30 rising time but only by 15 minutes.

Tomorrow's MITs:
1. Answer three emails
2. Journal for 15 min.
3. Read coach training email

Bed by 10 pm (5)
Wrote (31)

MITs: on hold

Broke my no-screens rule to watch a little TV with my husband. I'm on vacation, right? Also, without an alarm I'm not always getting up at exactly 5:30, but this morning it was 6:30 and I still had some time to write before the kids woke.

Screens off 1 hour before bed (0)
Bed by 10 pm (4)
Up at 5:30 am (1)
Wrote (30)

MITs: Not setting, I'm on vacation

Hey everyone, I missed you! We left Beijing last Thursday and are travelling to the end of the month. Another test for my habits since I'm once again sharing a hotel room (and one night, a train compartment) with the two little kids. A few good things happening: I'm still writing every day, I'm naturally waking early without an alarm, and I'm going to bed by 10:15 pm at the latest.

November has been a real breakthrough for me. :-)

Screens off 1 hour before bed (0)
Bed by 10 pm (2)
Up at 5:30 am (12)
Wrote (23)

MITs: 3/3

Tomorrow's MITs:
Coaching homework
Write 1000 words of novel
Record story book for niece's birthday (www.astorybeforebed.com)

Screens off 1 hour before bed (1)
Bed by 10 pm (1)
Up at 5:30 am (11)
Wrote (22)

MITs: 3/3

Screens off 1 hour before bed (1)
Bed by 10 pm (1)
Up at 5:30 am (10)
Wrote (21)

MITs: 3/3

Illness has struck the household (some bad flu that I do NOT plan to contract myself!). I've been cutting corners here and there but staying with my core habits. I've written more in two weeks than I did all last month! Bedtime and screens off have been a little hard because of late-night work calls, but when I miss bedtime, it's only by 30 min at most. I'm getting enough sleep and the 5:30 wake-ups have not been difficult.

I don't want to jinx myself but I'm beginning to think I've found the right combo of sustainable habits!

Screens off 1 hour before bed (5)
Bed by 10 pm (0) *Date night*
Up at 5:30 am (6)
Wrote (17)

MITs: 3/3

Screens off 1 hour before bed (4)
Bed by 10 pm (4)
Up at 5:30 am (5)
Wrote (16)

MITs: 2/3