Escaping Tartarus

Tag: morning-routine

  • Day 3: Shaping Discipline

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    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…

  • Reflections on Starting Off Winning

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    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…

  • Shaping Discipline

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    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…

  • Day 30: Starting Off Winning

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    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…

  • Day 29: Starting Off Winning

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    Wow, I didn’t know if I’d actually make it this far. The cold water therapy was the part I was not looking forward to the most – but now I think I enjoy subjecting myself to the cold. Yeah it sucks, but I know it’s only temporary and I’ll come out the other side just…

  • Day 28: Starting Off Winning

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    Wow, getting down to the end here. I had a thought last night that I need to do something to improve my professional capabilities – the easiest thing for me to do is to read a book on a cybersecurity topic every month. Then I was thinking about how to break it down, easiest thing…

  • Day 27: Starting Off Winning

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    I didn’t get out of bed until 5:15, but I did get everything done. I was going to head into the office today, but my son wasn’t feeling well. So I stayed home and have been taking care of him. I have started making sure my major objectives are things that will make life easier…

  • Day 26: Starting Off Winning

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    I slept in this morning, but I felt really good getting out of bed. I hydrated and took some probiotic supplements to recover from a course of anti-biotics (wow, they really do help your gut). I realized something important when I’ve been defining my 3 major objectives for the day – a lot of times…

  • Day 23: Starting Off Winning

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    I woke up before 4 this morning and after going to bed around 8 last night I figured I’d slept enough. Even better I’ve been feeling pretty good without cold meds. Yeah I can feel my internal energy reserves aren’t that great, but I still got up, took a shower, hydrated, did my light exposure,…