Escaping Tartarus

Tag: Getting Things Done

  • Day 1: Embracing Warriorship

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    I got up and got my son ready to go to the babysitter and then I headed for the gym and got a full weight session in. Squats 135×5 205×5 240×5 240×5 240×5 Bench 135×5 185×5 210×5 210×5 210×5 Deadlift 135×5 225×5 285×5 Making sure I get a full 2 min between sets helps massively.…

  • Embracing Warriorship: Reboot

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    I’ve realized this hasn’t been going all that well and one of the great things with taking things 30 days at a time means I can simply start over easily and keep moving forward. I realized I haven’t been exercising discipline the way I should be and I was too optimistic with my ability to…

  • Day 4: Embracing Warriorship

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    I stayed up late so I could spend some time with my wife, but that derailed me waking up early enough to get everything done. So I did some abbreviated stretching and deep breathing, then I did a few sets on a kettlebell ladder – that was plenty to really wake me up. I’m perfectly…

  • Day 3: Embracing Warriorship

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    I was actually up and out of bed earlier than 4:45. I got up and grabbed my yoga mat (I really need one that’s big enough for me – it’s on my list now). I went through what I could remember of some flows from when I was going to Xenga on a weekly basis.…

  • Day 2: Embracing Warriorship

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    I still fought with myself for half an hour this morning before getting out of bed. Well really I slept like crap – I kept waking up, ironically I’m pretty sure that it was because I was looking forward to getting onto day two. But then my alarm went off and I instantly wanted to…

  • Reflections on Shaping Discipline

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    There was/is a part of me that didn’t think I’d make it this far. Yeah I’ve accomplished things before, but I’ve never been this consistent. 60 days of doing doing things for myself. I’ve set goals to read a book in a month and I did it on top of practicing some form of martial…

  • Day 27: Shaping Discipline

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    Holy crap, I just realized today how much I’ve been letting the discipline side of this get away from me – or I guess I’ve been making this a lot more difficult than it needs to be. I let my wake-up time slip and then I’ve been letting tasks slip until later in the day…

  • Day 24: Shaping Discipline

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    Holy crap, less than a week out from finishing my second 30 day challenge. Again, there hasn’t been anything mind-blowing that’s happened. But I’ve had a couple of very impactful experiences that have helped my relationship with others as well as my relationship with myself. It felt really good to go out into my driveway…

  • Day 19: Shaping Discipline

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    I got up late this morning – well comparatively anyway. I jumped in the shower at 5:11 and was out of the bathroom by 5:31. I did end up taking a mostly cold shower to make sure my wife had hot water. I’m thinking it’s going to become something regular. I had to cut a…