Escaping Tartarus

Author: Brandon

  • Day 16: Shaping Discipline

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    I slept in a little bit, but I was out of bed at 5:00 this morning. Really good for a Saturday – I got everything done and even surprised my wife when she got up and found my son was already dressed. It’s funny as I’ve been going through my morning routine I’ve been getting…

  • Day 15: Shaping Discipline

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    I woke up this morning, but chose to stay in bed and rest for a little bit longer – gotta love having a child in daycare. But I got up by 5:15 and then get everything done even with my son waking up. I started reading Living the Martial Way today and after reading the…

  • Day 14: Shaping Discipline

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    I’m wondering if I’m getting enough sleep – I keep waking up before my alarm – like 10 or 20 minutes. Generally that means I got in bed early enough the night before. I’m probably worrying over crap I shouldn’t be – just wondering why I’m fighting something else now that I just got over…

  • Day 13: Shaping Discipline

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    It is a fight to get myself to do things I know I should be getting done. I need to put myself into whatever I’m doing fully. I got through my daily list, but I don’t like the end result – it was half-assed today as was my whole day. How to hold myself accountable…

  • Day 12: Shaping Discipline

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    I got everything on my list done this morning. I didn’t end up getting my martial practice done yesterday – I kept putting it off and then I simply needed to sleep. Doing things like you love them – even if you hate them. Mike Tyson recommends approaching training like that – probably life in…

  • Day 11: Shaping Discipline

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    Got up and made stuff happen this morning. I didn’t do my martial practice as I was planning on training with my grandmaster this afternoon – but he’s in the process of moving his business to another location. So yeah that got washed out. Meanwhile I’ve been dealing with a mouse infestation and taking care…

  • Day 10: Shaping Discipline

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    I let myself sleep in again – because Sunday. Felt good after being up late nerding it up with some hot D&D action. It’s always more difficult to get through my morning routine with my kiddo awake and terrorizing though. But I still managed to get everything done – except light exposure. The sun was…

  • Day 9: Shaping Discipline

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    I let myself sleep in this morning because it’s Saturday and then I got up and did my meditation first thing, then my mobility work, and martial practice. Then I did my professional reading – there have been some interesting insights in Cyberjutsu that I hadn’t considered before. So yeah the book is definitely worth…

  • Day 8: Shaping Discipline

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    Got out of bed on time – well before 4:45 this morning. I did realize this morning that I should be doing the stuff I’m avoiding first – duhhh me. I took my shower and got dressed first, then hydrated. Then I went right to meditating (keep checking the time right around the 7 minute…