21Jan/133
The Biggest Difference: What I’m Doing
In my last post, I described the need I am feeling to increase my exercise, get more sleep, and establish a meditation practice. I also committed to choosing just how I was going to start this over the three-day weekend that's now ending.
Here is what I am doing:
- For exercise: I'm going to climb stairs in my apartment building each day.
- For sleep: each night at 8:3o, I'm going to get ready for bed and then have some quiet time, beginning the attempt to sleep at no later than 10 pm.
- For meditation: I have picked an exercise out of a book called "Five Good Minutes" which I will do each morning. (The link is to WorldCat, which is a huge international library catalog rather than a bookseller.)
The period of my yes-absolutely-I-will-do-these-things commitment is four days. I can make adjustments next weekend if I need or want to. I'm feeling like keeping the promise to myself is actually the most important part.
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January 22nd, 2013 - 09:13
Well done! I often find that making the plan is half the battle. I also agree that keeping the promise is very important. Good luck!
January 28th, 2013 - 01:44
I too need to set up an evening routine. Too often I let my evenings get out of control, keeping me up way too late, which then leaves me dragging the next day.
February 4th, 2013 - 20:28
I’m with Scott. I’ve been working at the THOUGHT of getting an evening routine in, but it seems I only start getting productive in the evenings and before I know it, it’s 11 PM and I haven’t even started the whole pre-bed winding down process. Gotta get more intentional on this — thanks for the reminder, Bob! :] All the best with the good changes . . . so much good!