Month: December 2023

December 6: period (is an excuse)

During this journey of creating better routine, you will find yourself looking at excuses to justify getting back to day 1.

In my case, I usually use my period days as an excuse to stay in bed and not do anything. Some people may say that it’s part of a woman’s life. We suffer every month with abdominal pain and fatigue and it’s normal. For some, it will be extreme and you have to be self aware to that. And I am aware that I can still push through during this very challenging moment of changing my life and I use my period as an excuse.

If you find yourself starting to make excuse, drop it. Keep moving! Do not break what you have built for 6 days. Rest but do not stop. I experienced that each time I gave in to the excuses for days, I end up going back to day 1 of building these good habits I am aiming.

If today, you feel that this journey is tiring, still persevere. Each day will become less difficult as it becomes part of you. And always remember why you started when excuses are trying to conquer you.

December 5: get up (or keep snoozing)

I woke up very early today not because I was motivated to get things done but because I have to get up to open the door for my roommate.

This may look simple but I am convinced that to make life worth living, we have to live for one another. What happened today was just an example of a day that would make you realize that we have to get up for other people.

We have a choice everyday. To set up an alarm and snooze multiple times or get up and realize that we have to wake up and get up to live our full potential for the benefit of everyone. This in the long run will benefit our mind and soul.

Listen to that inner alarm clock telling you that you are more than what you are thinking and begin picking up yourself to see how beautiful your life could be by simply getting up.

December 4: small progress (is still progress)

Are you getting frustrated because you feel like you don’t have enough time and your progress is very little.

I tell you. Slow or small progress is way better than nothing. So keep doing what you are doing to create the change you wanted in yourself.

Today may just be 1% change but the accumulation of it in days would be significant instead of just scrolling mindlessly on your socials and not even creating 0.1% progress.

But, you have to be strict to yourself. Today maybe 1% but make an effort to increase this tomorrow.

December 3: never easy (to change but will be worth it)

I feel like I lost a lot of hours in my life not living to my full potential for years. Looking back, I could’ve started sooner and build these habits to have it now. But those hours are gone now. What I can do would be to make up those lost hours – maybe pulling an all-nighter? I don’t know. This process is trial and error. We try. We fail. We learn. And it will be worth it in the end.

December 2: withdrawal (is not easy but only way to get out of bad habit addiction)

A bad habit formed is like getting addicted to, sex, nicotine, or drugs.

It is addicting that you cannot get out right away on your second day of attempt.

This withdrawal phase from a bad habit is as difficult as getting out of an addiction.

Today, I gave in to several temptations my brain told me to escape the hard things. I spent 7 hour of being unproductive. I binged watch a series and scrolled mindlessly my IG and twitter.

The difference of breaking bad habits and creating a good routine and addiction is that you can directly implement a rehabilitation program. You move away physically from the vices by entering a building with people to help you.

In our case, we can/may seek psychological help but I won’t. I wanna prove the world that nothing is impossible if you seriously and genuinely set your mind on it. You will persevere if you fight those demons in your head wanting to drag you to day 1.

You can create your own rehabilitation program. Remove your Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Tiktok account or the app one by one during the course. Give yourself a social media detox. Allow yourself to get bored. This will increase your focus.

I have 5 hours left for today and not yet making any significant progress with my to-do lists because I gave in to temptations. I have to be stricter with myself. Tomorrow has to be better but use your hours left today efficiently. Fight it. Focus.

December 1: the start (to getting my routine changed in 30 days)

Habits determine your future. I admittedly have lots of bad habits I am trying to change into good ones. But things you built up for years are hard to change overnight. It is detrimental to our mental health to think that you can be a different person in a day or a week or even a month.

Nothing is impossible. The universe has fully convinced me that people are limitless. What restricts us is our mindset. A weakness we created over the years which we have to strengthen up to its core. It is not easy.

Over the last years, I have been wanting to be a changed person my future self will thank my past self. I made efforts but I keep coming back to those bad old ones. I needed to be less harsh and forgive myself but it is becoming a dark rat wheel for me. A cycle that I have to break.

Maybe I need to be more harsh to myself. Push more. And do not give up when things become hard. Persist. Commit. Get disciplined.

Be hard to yourself. Try again and not fail a day with your routine. Do not give in to the temptations. Maybe life is supposed to be difficult to enjoy the easy.