I am officially at the half way point to my 365 commitment. I started this commitment with the hope that if I kept it for 365 days in a row, miraculous changes would occur in my life.
I was hoping that through this process, I would gain direction and consistency. I would achieve a few grand ideas I had outlined for myself. Above all I want to build long lasting and good habits.
As I evaluate the first half, I am pleased with my progress. I am dissappointed that in certain areas, I have become robotic and do not seek value in deliberate action. However, I do believe I am building good habits. I will add another one tomorrow, and I have every bit of confidence that will happen.
I have been creating a list of what is important to me every morning, I make a list, I prioritize, then I pray about the list and then revise as I consider people I could serve. I conclude each day by reviewing my list and praying once again.
Along the way, I have trained myself to wake every morning at the same time, 5am. I run at least 2 miles, I am now up to 132 pushups, situp, and squats every morning. I am now also following the consider, measure, record philosophy of nutrition. I habe done that everyday for 40 days and that act alone has caused me to be aware of what I eat. As a consequence I have lost 15 lbs.
I have encouraged many others to make positive changes in their lives by developing good habits. I can feel proud of that i suppose.
All of this success has its problems. I still struggle with mental clarity sometimes. 5am is still hard, and I still do not actually like pushups. My prayers are lame, my morning list is sometimes repetitive and I still only have a rough idea of what I want to be when I grow up.
However, head held high. I have done something that I have never been able to do, I have kept good habits and can safely say a few of them are quite literally part of my life now. I have also managed to write this blog everyday, which at times is probably trite and borderline insane.
Happy half way point!
Guy Reams (182)
365 Member
