Author: Brandon
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Day 7: Shaping Discipline
Wow, trying to get myself to sit still today and focus has been like trying to heard cats – or something. I just realized that making myself sit for 10 minutes and breathe is probably the single most important thing I do for myself to stay focused and grounded. I did get out of bed…
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Day 6: Shaping Discipline
I didn’t get up on time again – yeah I blamed still having a sore throat, but really I could have gotten up. There was a massive blizzard so I ended up keeping my son home with me today – but I did manage to get everything done and even a bunch of work (having…
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Day 5: Shaping Discipline
This morning did not go as planned – my body needed more rest. So I let myself sleep in, then I got up and got my son ready while my wife got ready for work. This morning has been a simple exercise in pushing forward while accepting previous choices. I couldn’t make myself take a…
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Day 4: Shaping Discipline
I didn’t get out of bed until 4:47 this morning – so no credit there. But I did get everything done before I left for work this morning. I had a good conversation with one of my grandmasters today, he was talking about an experience with Ed Parker Sr. where the senior black belts kept…
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Day 3: Shaping Discipline
It’s interesting to me how I’m suddenly having a massive amount of resistance around doing martial practice today – I’m going to get it done. But even writing this journal entry is a form of resistance to doing what I know I should be doing. Yeah, I think it’s that I really do love the…
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Day 2: Shaping Discipline
I let myself sleep in this morning – it’s Saturday after all. I got up about 7 (when my son said it was time), I took a shower and got ready to go to breakfast with the family. We went to McDonald’s to let my boy play, but he wasn’t interested today, so we ate…
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Reflections on Starting Off Winning
There hasn’t been any magical transformation or anything. But I do find myself less averse to pain. Teaching my Kenpo classes I’ve gotten back into harder contact – which is nice and mentally it feels good. The anticipation of pain makes the pain worse when it arrives – simply accepting pain seems to keep the…
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Shaping Discipline
So here I am starting my 2nd 30 day challenge for 2024. After a lot of thought, I decided I need to continue building habits I wish I had developed – years – ago. So I’m adding in some small time blocks – 10 minutes seems to be doable while still being slightly uncomfortable for…
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Day 30: Starting Off Winning
Well, here I am at the finish line. Over the last few days I had the thought: When the battle is over, tighten your chinstrap. Samurai Maxim I’d been close to completing a goal, and I was on guard just in case. I did have some trouble getting out of bed this morning – I…