It's been almost two weeks since I've written in here...SHOCKING! In fairness to me, I've spent most of that time with my ankle elevated and following doctor's orders to help the broken ligaments. And beyond that, we were a two laptop family until a week-and-a-half ago or so. It's amazing to me how quickly I insisted that hubby should use the one remaining laptop. Isn't that the way? Is it a "female" thing to go out of the way to make sure the other person in the house is happy? Perhaps not a female thing but I certainly have found myself following that pattern - he needed the working laptop for job applications, lesson planning (he's a teacher) and his writing (he's also a writer). And so...blogs had to be put on hold.
The good news is that the 37 day challenge was NOT put on hold. The challenge (in case anyone needs to be reminded) was to get up earlier than necessary every day for 37 days. Now - I'm not perfect but I have managed to train myself to think 6am-ish is a perfectly reasonable time to get up every day. I'm especially pleased that I've begun to wake up WITHOUT the alarm! The other aspects of my plan (take pic every day, enjoy a little silence in the am, etc.) are gaining momentum.
I've learned quite a bit about myself during this wee experiment. I'm phrasing everything in a positive light to maintain my committments...
- I'm very good at being inconsistant - I'd like to get up at the same time every day and not just earlier in a general way.
- I'm good at multi-tasking and adding to personal challenges - and now I'm going to make it a goal to become equally good at focusing on single personal challenges.
- I can easily allow myself to be distracted from a goal - and now I'm going to make it a priority to become someone who is NOT easily distracted from a goal.
So really - I'm almost through my first 37day challenge and I'm already planning for the next one! It's all about the numbers 3 and 7 this year! :-)
