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KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Saturday January, 14th for 36 points, following 25% of her 4 rules.
She
lost 2 life points for missing the following: check my agenda and do my mit list every evening every day, draw for 5 minutes at least 6 times a week.
Her public review of the day was…
Yeah ok it looks like I’ve stumbled again but I think it will be alright.
One thing I learned this week is not to panic when things aren’t going quite your way. Panic numbs my imagination. I can’t find solutions, adapt or readjust when I am panicking.
So far, I have found a way to get to my drawing homework by listening to audiobooks. To stimulate my evening habit by making it a challenge.
In 30 minutes I have to :
Visualize how I want my next day to be (5 minutes)
Choose my clothes for the next day
Prepare my bags (maximum two light bags)
Check my agenda
Establish my MITs (max 2).
My morning habit is the healthiest right now so no change is necessary.
My drawing habit is in planning mode until Jan 29. I need to do The Work on this sentence : “I am too tired to draw.” Self talk is a hard thing to monitor when it goes against you.
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Friday January, 13th for 47 points, following 100% of her 3 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Thanks to Patrick I still have life points. The gesture warmed my heart. I was speechless when I got the notice.
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Thursday January, 12th for 34 points, following 100% of her 3 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Weelll…i’m late checking in so I don’t quite remember about this day except the fact that I was struggling with my habits and the beginning of this school’s semester.
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Monday January, 9th for 41 points, following 66% of her 3 rules.
She
lost 1 life point for missing the following: check my agenda and do my mit list every evening every day.
Her public review of the day was…
I need to find a more concrete reward for my MIT habit. Right now between reading novelsxand do my evening habit for 10 minutes I prefer the reading.
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Sunday January, 8th for 46 points, following 50% of her 4 rules.
She
lost 1 life point for missing the following: check my agenda and do my mit list every evening every day.
Her public review of the day was…
School, here I come. sigh Motto : Small easy steps.
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Saturday January, 7th for 58 points, following 100% of her 3 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Feeling rested. I think that worry, more than anything else, tires me.
Starting school tomorrow.
My drawing habit planning is puzzling me everyday. It’s a fun and scary ride that I try to get distracted from quite often. I need one more week at least to plan. Honestly I am impressed I got through December with my 2 previous habits. December was tough on consistency and motivation.
I think my motivation for taking the ride at all is the reason why it works for me right now : small easy steps.
Yep. I have found my new motto. Think small super easy steps. That’s how you take mountains.😏
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Friday January, 6th for 50 points, following 100% of her 3 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Day off and didn’t feel like expressing myself. Did it anyway.
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Thursday January, 5th for 46 points, following 100% of her 3 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Review of my dayso far : stressful. Two words as to why : men and houses.
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Wednesday January, 4th for 42 points, following 100% of her 3 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
I stumbled upon www.success.org today and listened to Steve Jobs’ speech, read a few posts, etc. At first I thought, this is good stuff, I should listen to these kind of stuff before doing my morning habit.
Yeah right.
Realization : it takes a lot of guts to face your own thoughts. I realized that I’d rather listen to someone else sometimes than to myself and if I wasn’t already fed up about self help speeches, I would have fallen for it yet again. although my habit is to listen to my self talk the temptation is there.
Oh, don’t get me wrong : www.success.org is great. In fact, it lead to another thing that want to work on : fighting against competition. Before reading it I would say that I don’t enjoy competing or I prefer to compete with myself…blablabla. Sure. One of the things I experienced by doing The Work is : I didn’t find an absolutely true statement yet. I keep searching though. But that’s not it. Same thing for the reversed version : I prefer to compete with others or I enjoy competing.
So in the end my soul simply drops both statements and feels lighter in a truth that eludes dogmas, words, concepts…get it?
This brings me back to Steve Jobs speech in the Youtube video when he says (paraphrasing) not to imprison yourself in dogmas, etc. Easier said than done but hey, one morning in Habitland at a time right?
over 1 year ago
KareenP, in the Yellow Bracket, played Tuesday January, 3rd for 48 points, following 100% of her 4 rules.
She
didn't lose any life points and therefore got 1 piece of fruit for the hard work.
Her public review of the day was…
Did it all at the last minute. This last habit (drawing) is an emotion challenge for me right now.
over 1 year ago
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Kareen, can you ever be too tired unless you literally fall asleep while drawing? ;-)
Sure! Actually I forgot to do the Work on the reverse statement: i am not too tired. I f I had your suggestion would definetely pop out as an example of “I am too tired being true for me”. Thanks for reminding me!
I feel like adding a quick explanation here. What I like about doing The Work is that it frees me from those generalizing thoughts : I am too…, She is…, etc. Once I agree with one sentence I spiral down the road to self doubt and gloominess. My mind will simply find more examples to make that sentence I just agree on truthful. However, everything change. I can be too tired to go to school but not too tired to draw at home.
Hi Kareen, Wow, that sounds really good. I love your “The Work” habit and really appreciate that you share your experience about it here. And great morning and evening rituals too!
Have a nice week!
Bisous,
Sarah
Merci Sarah!