30-Day Trial #3 – Day 19
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This is a continuation of 30-Day Trial #3 Revised.
Waking up at 6:00am and staying awake.
I think I’ve now formed a habit of waking up at 6:00am, walking around, then going back to sleep about an hour or two afterwards. :(
I underestimated how difficult this would be. I thought it would be easier because I’ve had to wake up at around 6:00am for school and for jobs, and I also remember the yuck, sluggish, unrested feeling I would have forcing myself to get up. That situation is totally different from waking up at 6:00am feeling totally alert and well rested simply because you want to wake up early.
I’m pretty sure the problem stems from not going to sleep when I’m sleepy. Lately I’ve been considering the possibility that I’m self-sabotaging. I don’t want my life to even remotely resemble a 9-5 job so maybe subconsciously I’m stopping it from getting closer to that. In many cases, it just comes down to decision. Usually late at night is when people message me, call me, or want to go places, so I might try connecting with more people that wake up early and value going to sleep at a reasonable time.
Visualization
This part of the trial has been going great as usual. I do it throughout the day now too, along with the daily 20-minute sessions. When I’ve been feeling self-doubt or frustration I take a deep breath and start visualizing. When I do that, my state changes instantly. Indecision, procrastination, doubt, worry, and anxiety are replaced with peace, appreciation, excitement and an eagerness to get started. I know that feeling is the most important part of the whole success process and I understand it a lot more now. When I do it before I write, the writing just flows and everything seems to go much easier. Because I feel abundant on the inside I can give abundantly on the outside. Contribution = power, so as a result I end up feeling more powerful too.
No processed starches, foods with refined sugars, or cheese
This part of the trial has yielded the most significant results for me. I’ve lost 27 pounds by just this diet change. The crazy thing is that I’m doing it with a lot of processed starches, fast food, and foods with refined sugars in the house I live in.
I’ve been able to keep this up because I’ve focused on less. First, I eliminated fast foods. I actually gained weight after that because I loaded up on store-bought processed junk foods, but once I had proven I could live without fast food then I cut out all processed foods. I realized cheese had the same kind of effect so I stopped eating that too. That caused me to load up on chicken/fish/beef/pork and vegetables. Taking it one step at a time has really allowed me to keep moving forwards. Glad I learned that from The Power of Less. :smile:
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It’s damn hard to stay awake at 6pm.
What I’m trying out recently is to go to bed an wake up at the same hour every day… my goal now is to go to bed at 12pm and wake up at 8 am.
I’ve found that it’s really ahrd being consistent with this because of all the distraction… friends… calls… reading other people’s blogs… y the way, I also love Zen Habits book, it’s a great one.
By the way, guess what? I’m really excited because my blog stats are going well, how are yours?
Good to hear. I’ve been keeping up with your online magazine. There’s a lot of good content in there.
Traffic is increasing, though very slowly. It’s all good though.