Well, nothing really ground breaking to report today either. Though, if I look really hard I can dig up a few things.
Last night I managed to get a fair bit of work done without a lot of mental energy required to motivate myself. I deal daily with feeling overwhelmed by my workload and there were a few instances of "well, I've got 15 minutes, I might as well do X" Is it because of the PATHS thing? I'm dubious.
Another thing I noticed is that as I was working away diligently I felt fine, good concentration, good energy, and then I felt like I hit a wall. I just got really tired really fast. When I looked at the clock I saw that it was 10:20, which is 10 minutes prior to the bedtime I had programed into the module. Ostensibly it is meant to help you sleep and wake on a regular cycle that you input. So, again, did I have a sugar crash or did PATHS make me want to stop working and go to bed at 10:30? I don't know, but as tired as I was it took me 30 minutes to fall asleep properly- again, odd for me.
Again, it was a night of many vivid dreams, many of which I could recall clearly when I woke this morning. As for the waking thing, I am certainly nowhere near waking at the time that I have programmed into my PATHS theater. On the contrary, I have been oversleeping these last 2 days. My energy is very low, but I am also battling a fever and a sore throat. And I thought all that spirulina was supposed to help me stay healthy and energetic
Of course, due to the nature of my little experiment, I am very conscious of every little thing. I certainly am not minimizing any effects, if anything I'm potentially attributing basic events to changes brought on by this program. I am interested to see the email that comes at the one week mark that is meant to remind me to watch the theater again and asks a series of questions meant to help me see the effects of PATHS in my life.
I am really glad that people are seeing profound changes on this program, but thus far I am not one of them. Perhaps my results are a-typical?
The one caveat of this process is that I feel unable to pursue any other personal growth attempts so that they don't confound my pseudo-(un) scientific examination of the PATHS program. No meditation, no affirmations, no nothing for a whole month is going to be hard for me!