This is a continuation of 30-Day Trial #2. More detail about the trial can be found here.

I know. I originally said I wasn’t going to give an update until Day 15, but since I’m adding a new goal to the trial I might as well give a quick one. :smile: Just in case you missed it there have been daily updates here on Steve Pavlina’s Forums and here on Zen Habit’s Forums.

Update

This trial has been going great so far. I’ve done everything I set out to do every day and the direction on where to go gets clearer and clearer.

My goals with this trial were to:

1) Wake up at 6:00am
2) Write for 2 hours a day
3) Visualize for 20 minutes daily

Waking up at 6:00am is starting to seem natural if I go to bed at a reasonable time. Today I woke up at 5:57am which tells me it’s becoming more automatic because I didn’t need the alarm.

I’ve been writing for 2 hours every day. If I can’t think of anything to write during that time, I’ll start writing affirmations just to keep writing. For the next 30-day trial I’ll probably cut down the writing and add in time for marketing and reading.

Visualization has been going great as usual. Still want to learn some more about it though.

Goal #4

I want to add another goal to the trial. I thought about waiting until the next 30-day trial to add it in, but there’s really no use in waiting.

I want to cut out all highly processed starches that contain processed wheat and white flour and foods containing white refined sugar. This would include breads, pastas, cakes, cookies, candy, processed fruit drinks, sodas, cereals, fried foods, etc. There are exceptions, but for the most part this stuff is crap and I know it. The problem is I feel like I’ve become addicted to them.

This is Day 3 without the processed garbage. Even though the plan is to cut this stuff out, the real focus will have to be on what to replace them with seeing as they were a big part of my diet. Basically the plan is to eat more of everything else. More meats, more poultry, more fish, more vegetables, more fruits, more seeds/nuts. So far, it seems like the best strategy for sticking with it is preparation. As soon as you don’t have anything to eat, then that’s when the temptation to eat the processed food is at its highest.

This diet change will be a huge challenge for me, but I’m up for it. I’ve tried this before when I was working with the Atkins Diet but I didn’t make it past 2 weeks. At the 2 week point I had super intense cravings for it all which is how I knew I was addicted. But I did lose about 15 pounds before those cravings kicked in and I felt a lot better. We’ll see how it goes. :smile:

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