So this is all getting weirder and weirder ...
I only stumbled on you and your blogs on Thursday of last week. Of course it was after googling "
wake up to alarm," a problem (habit?) that I have been struggling with for over a year. Another problem that I have been struggling with for about as long is a significant weight gain that also put me on blood pressure meds.
I have been trying every approach imaginable to get my weight back down, but have so far been unsuccessful. I realized that my weight gain and my habit of staying in bed way too long seemed to arise at the same time, which is why I was now trying the approach of getting up earlier. I then went hopping around through your archives and found the
30-day trial blog. All of a sudden I had this "eureka" moment and was sure I had found the answer to all of my problems! That same day I did your recommended "waking practice," as well as even
posting my own blog full of optimism about how I was about to change my life forever!
So that lasted a whole 3 days.
And here I am this morning, (after sleeping through my alarm and staying in bed until 10am) feeling rotten about myself and chalking it up as another one of my hairbrained "get rich quick" failed ideas...
So I log on to your site, to try and extract some motivation from your archived articles ... especially that
"Self-Discipline" series I've been meaning to read ... and there you go ... new today, a fresh blog that seemed to be speaking to me directly! "Hey, you're going about it all wrong, don't you see?"
Funny, I even played chess as a kid ...
>>>The only thing I'm confused about is where I should pick up now. I'm fairly certain I'm in "Middle Game," at least with my diet and fitness (perhaps early game with the whole "Early Rising" thing
) So how does one know when they are ready to move on up to the next level ... with less chance of falling on their face?
Thanks again, Steve ... You're GOOD!