The New Habit Challenge

3/60 Morning walk at 6:00 (previous record 38)
3/60 Cold shower (previous record 39)
2/21 15' to write in my journal
2/21 15' meditation
17/21 Avoiding bathroom scale

24/30 Neck practices
23/30 No facebook
23/30 Gratitude attitude Challenge
48/60 No alcohol
56/90 NoFap

0/21 No screen after 10:00 pm
0/30 No Carbohydrate for diner (including bread, rice, potatoes, pastas, etc...)
0/40 Water + fresh lemon juice

 

Day 2

Got em all before 10 am!

Cold showers 2/21
Meditation 2/21
Writing 2/21

 

Hardly a good day yesterday as I had a reset (I don't have a counter for the moment and won't until I start to stick some days together). However, again, I still managed to do my disciplines, only the second time during a relapse, and that's a big plus.

So everything ticks up by one:

Meditation - 10/21
Exercise - 10/21
Self-improvement - 23/42
Walking - 15/21
NoFap help - 0/21

Have good days everyone, hope you get your stuff done.

I like your spreadsheet @iHappy - that's quite a lot you're taking on, well done! I love the idea that you're committing to helping at least one person here each day. I will do that too. I use this site too much to be honest and I have a regular set of journals in my age group that I follow and interact with, but I'll make an effort from today to go and put a helpful comment somewhere else - I know how much these things have meant to me in the past.

 

@StraightEdge
I love your (previous record things) stealing it

@Cleaning Colin
Thank you
The support makes all the difference and it puts me on a right track.
Knowing that there are more people dealing with the same stuff helps a lot.

 

Here is today's report


-I expected cold shower to be challenging because there is a huge temperature difference. Yesterday it was 32 degrees celsius and today is only 13 C.
But it wasn't. Even the anticipation part was ok.
In the past 40 days or so I've take cold showers most of the time, I did not skip more than a 7 that is for sure.
-Another failure when it comes to intermittent fasting... it is really difficult to get the momentum going.

 

1/21 spiritual study
1/21 pool swimming
1/21 prayer/ meditation

Nothing overly important to report. Certainly not the best study session I have ever had. And I write up later than normal this morning my swim was of as well. Overall there is room for improvement, but I did it!

On another note I have also decided to add positive vocal recitations. Reciting out loud phrases like "I am strong, I am confident, I am capable" I have been told this is a good exercise to build strength early in the morning, and during moments of weakness through the day.
In that spirit

1/21 positive vocal recitations

 

Run at least 20 minutes 4/21
Only take cold showers 4/21
Prayer and Bible reading 4/21

The showers are starting to not feel so bad anymore!

 

@iHappy what is your dharma talks? that puzzles me...

4/60 Morning walk at 6:00 (previous record 38)
4/60 Cold shower (previous record 39)
3/21 15' to write in my journal
2/21 15' meditation
18/21 Avoiding bathroom scale

25/30 Neck practices
23/30 No facebook
24/30 Gratitude attitude Challenge
49/60 No alcohol
57/90 NoFap

I'll be back for those on monday:
0/21 No screen after 10:00 pm
0/30 No Carbohydrate for diner (including bread, rice, potatoes, pastas, etc...)
0/40 Water + fresh lemon juice

 

So everything ticks up by one:

Meditation - 11/21
Exercise - 11/21
Self-improvement - 24/42
Walking - 16/21
NoFap help - 1/21

Have lovely days everyone, get yr stuff done!

 

@StraightEdge
Buddhist teaching's

Actually I am not so sure about that. Those are positive affirmation.
I am listening to the audio book "The Confidence Gap" and of the things that doesn't work are affirmations. According to the author there was a research about this stuff, I don't recall exact year, but in that research it has been proven that affirmation are not that great. Actually, they make people feel even worse.

Do some research if you are interested, I don't really know
Just sharing what I heard few hours ago. I think it is worth checking

If you find them useful and they are working for you, go ahead

 

Came across some unforeseen snags today, just realized my Saturday Sunday scheduel will not allow for swimming in the morning. Saturday I will experiment with, see if I can squeeze it in, Sunday will be a no go, which is fine, I hear a day of rest is recommended with excersise schedules. However just because I realized with current scheduel I couldn't go swimming didn't i was going to anyways. Today was a reset across the board, not tthatI won't engage in spiritual study or prayer. I will, but that is not the habit I am planning on building. I want a habit of doing these things, not simply doing them so I can say I did it at some point today.

 

There is a huge change of skipping today's yoga practice and maybe even putting it on hold. My knee hurts.

 

My last post was 4 pages ago... I'm done making excuses. I will win if I just try. It's waiting for me. Victory is waiting for me in the end of the road. I will overcome. I will liberate myself. I will come out alive. I will keep going no matter what. Life is limited but I am limitless!!!!!!!!! Let's do this. Come what may - failure, devastation, tornado, firestorm, fk it! I'm doing this.

0/21 - WakeUp by 5 AM
0/21 - Bedtime by 10 PM
0/21 - No Screens after 9 PM
0/21 - 3-5 small balanced meals a day
0/21 - Study, Practice, Review (3 hrs)
0/21 - Audio & Video (30 min max)
0/21 - Internet Related Stuff (30 min max)
0/21 - Today's Cardio (30 min)
0/21 - Today's Workout (30 min)
0/21 - Today's Yoga (30 min)
0/21 - Today's Meditation (30 min)

 

My routine was interpreted by travelling continue where I left off.
0/21- Wake up at 6:00am
25/42- 15mins of meditation
17/21 - Neck exercises
0/21- Affirmation & Visualisation
0/21- Read for 15:00mins (coaching or self-improvement or something positive)
0/21- Exercise - Gym/Walk
0/21- Morning Journal

24/42- Cold Showers
0 - Revise reasonable amount, carried out my exams. Please pray me
31/42- NoFap

 

As a brief update to this, I have continued my Spanish studies and it looks like it will become a longer term habit. I started Rosetta Stone this week and have also started working a bit on grammar and doing some outside Spanish reading/translation as time allows.

Still haven't added any additional challenges to it yet!

 

Run at least 20 minutes 5/21
Only take cold showers 5/21
Prayer and Bible reading 5/21

When I am at school it is easy to wake up and do my Bible study first thing before class, but during the summers it is harder to have this schedule. I need to prioritize this discipline during the coming days.

 

0/21 15' meditation
5/60 Morning walk at 6:00 (previous record 38)
5/60 Cold shower (previous record 39)
4/21 15' to write in my journal
19/21 Avoiding bathroom scale

26/30 Neck practices
25/30 Gratitude attitude Challenge
50/60 No alcohol
58/90 NoFap

I'll be back for those on monday:
0/21 No screen after 10:00 pm
0/30 No Carbohydrate for diner (including bread, rice, potatoes, pastas, etc...)
0/40 Water + fresh lemon juice

 

0/21 - WakeUp by 5 AM
0/21 - Bedtime by 10 PM
0/21 - No Screens after 9 PM
1/21 - 3-5 small balanced meals a day
0/21 - Study, Practice, Review (3 hrs)
0/21 - Audio & Video (30 min max)
0/21 - Internet Related Stuff (30 min max)
0/21 - Today's Cardio (30 min)
0/21 - Today's Workout (30 min)
0/21 - Today's Yoga (30 min)
0/21 - Today's Meditation (30 min)
.............................. sloths move faster.... i will catch up