Yesterday I let myself down again but I did learn a valuable lesson. Although it’s not really so much as a lesson but a reminder. As the saying goes, ‘we need to be reminded more than we need to be taught’.
The reminder from yesterday is that food will not make me feel better and it will not solve my problems. I keep having these days where I let food interrupt my productivity and I just keep stuffing my face.
I need to continue to work on dealing with my problems and how I feel without resorting to food to do it for me. Yesterday I made a lot of choices that involved continuing to eat because of how I felt.
In hindsight, I should’ve sat down and continued moving my business forward and dealt with the discomfort, but I gave in.
The great thing about life is we keep getting new chances over and over again until we don’t wake up anymore so I’m very grateful that today is a new day full of new opportunities.
Here are some opportunities I want to make the most of today:
- Gym workout – I haven’t been at my best in the gym this week but today I get an opportunity push myself harder than I have been. I get to find that 9/10 discomfort
- Moving house – this will be hard and there will no doubt be some friction which arises but I want to push through with strong leadership and strong actions. I want to make this as easy as possible for my partner.
- Afternoon – I’ll then have the whole afternoon to myself and I would love to use it to move my business forward in some way.
I have a full day of opportunities ahead of me which I have the opportunity to make the most of. Today will be full of stimulus, and then my thoughts and my actions in response to these.
I’m ready to attack my day through my guiding principles:
1. HARD WORK – Right now I’ve had two coffees and it’s easy to say you’ll work hard when on this high. However I’m ready for the massive dip that will come and I’m looking forward to the grind associated
2. RESILIENCE – I’m looking forward to the choices I get to make about whether I keep going despite adverse feelings. This is our challenge in life and I’m ready to make some good decisions today
3. FOCUS – I have some spare slots of time today and I want to use these on the most important tasks which is to focus. Have a clear mind on what we’re trying to achieve
4. GRATITUDE – It’s Saturday. Find stimulus all around me to be grateful for. We live in the best time that’s ever been know, and times will keep getting better
5. DISCIPLINE – I’m committed to staying true to my goals and continuing to make good decisions even when I might not feel like it
6. CONFIDENCE – I will have confidence backed up by the work I’ve done. The amount of effort and grind I’ve put into my work will pay off through being confident in my ability.
7. STRUGGLE – I’m prepared to suffer today and I won’t look for shortcuts like I have in previous days. I’ll see this through knowing that it won’t last forever but becoming tougher will stay with me
8. SERVICE – Spend my day trying to figure out how I can make other peoples lives better and how I can help them
9. CHARM – Continue to act in good spirits despite how I might feel
10. TIME MANAGEMENT – There will be pockets of time all through today which I can maximise if I’m smart. Maximising small windows of time will add up in the long run. Think about how I can extract value through each window of time to move me closer to my goals
11. ACCOUNTABILITY – I will take accountability for everything and I won’t blame or criticise. I am in full control of my life
12. ACTION-ORIENTATED – I won’t hesitate and instead I’ll just keep taking massive, massive action to move me closer to my goals
13. POTENTIAL – I have an unbelievable amount of potential which is sitting on the other side of adverse feelings. One by one I’m going to pick these feelings apart and work through them
14. 9/10 – This is the level of discomfort I’ll seek today, and then challenge myself to sit in it, keep making good decisions, and keep acting in spite of how I feel