Day 293 – When a lazy day kicks your butt

I think you are on the right path when even a lazy day, where you do not accomplish much kicks your butt. I think that is probably, at the core, the definition of a commitment that is actually effective. When you make a commitment, that commitment should sustain even the low, the dull, the unproductive times. You continue forward momentum regardless of how unproductive you are. The engine just keeps moving.

So today, albeit a bit more lazy for me then usual (I am actually at home for once in a long time) I am still faced with a 5am start, a 4 mile run, 243 pushups, situps, and squats. I am also committed now to a variety of other things including meditation, practicing my memorization skills, deleting everything in my inboxes, writing down everything I eat,  etc.. My good habits are built now to the point where I do not really have a choice to slack off any more. By the time 8am rolls around – I have already had a more productive day then most days I spent in the past.

Now I know how ridiculous this sounds from someone looking from the outside in. The theory of relativity kicks in here. To a person that is not on my habit process, would look at me as completely nuts and they are probably right. However, from my perspective it is a completely different tale. The habits I have build are becoming life transforming behaviors that are a permanent fixture in my life. I do not view them as over the top or maniacal, I view them as life saving, life changing and absolutely sufficient for me to gain progress.

This is all as a result of the 365 commitment and I make that point because whatever you set out to do everyday for the benefit of yourself and others is your own personal matter. It maybe that running every morning is the thing that “sucks” that you need to embrace to improve yourself. Or it could be something else. The point is that by reminding yourself every morning to focus on what is the most critical, you will begin to build a common set of things that you need to do to get to your goals. Those common things become habits and then when you roll out of bed you are on autopilot, finishing that workout

Guy Reams (293)
365 Commitment