Day 2 Week 1

I'm feeling a bit ahead of the curve today. I woke up early, committed myself to constructive activities (exercise and mediation) and went about a daunting task... cleaning my email inbox. 

 After a few hundred emails filtered I decided that was good enough for now (there are thousands left). It felt good to put a dent into it. While putting a dent in feels good, the best feeling comes when a task is complete, so I shall try to get back to it a bit more in hopes that I can clear things out by end of day. That will feel good. Less noise.

I've begun outlining my framework for this 16 week challenge also. The first step really was sitting down and writing down the goals, expanding on the list, and being honest with myself. What can I hope to realistically achieve in the time I've allotted?

 In less than ten minutes I was able to put together an outline, and then it dawned on me... a lot of the goals I've outlined have requirements that reinforce efforts towards the other goals. Allow me to share what I wrote down for myself.

Human Flagpole
  • Commit to ON/OFF days
  • Develop scalable calisthenics routine
  • Gain access to pole for practice/progress bench-marking
  • Improve diet
Tech Courses
  • Develop and maintain study routine
  • Maintain good notes, commit to practice
Stoic Routine (Daily)

  • Cold showers
  • Meditation
  • Contemplations on acceptance
  • Contemplations on limitations
  • Contemplations on perspective
  • Contemplations of the Sage
  • Journaling

All of these items have a single, shared requirement. Commitment. Aside from that there are direct connections among other items. In order to achieve the human flagpole, I'm going to need to take better care of myself to aide my training efforts. That is going to mean getting better sleep and eating better. It also means I need a better routine. The study requires routine also, as does the journaling. All of this commitment requires discipline, which the cold showers help reinforce (goddammit they work!). Maybe I'm going on a rant about this, but I feel that there might be something to this and it gives me a charge.

The day is still young :)


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