30 days challenge. (19 July 8 TO 8 August 8)

[shivraj]

My 30 days challenge:
For next 30 days (19 July 8, Saturday TO 17 August 8, Sunday )
I am going to do following 10 things:

1) Wake up at 5:00 am.
2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym.
3) Meditation 20 min. at same time and same place.
4) Creative visualization - at least 15 min. daily
5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min.
6) Write my daily updates in this thread
7) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min.
8) No drinks - tea/coffee
9) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech
10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday.

From tomorrow 19 July, I don't know how to fail.

Burning the back bridge: If I fail in doing any of the above things I will shave my head.

[ghfever]

Good luck!
I wouldn't recommend shaving your head if you fail, you've set the bar pretty high.

I'd shave a friends head if you accomplish all your goals! :P

[Brutha]

How do you define failing? If one day you only leave your bed at 6 am does that mean the whole experiment has failed?

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by Brutha

How do you define failing? If one day you only leave your bed at 6 am does that mean the whole experiment has failed?

yes, that would be failure of my 30 days challenge. I don't want to make any excuses.

[shivraj]

Day 1:19 July

1) Wake up at 5:00 am. DONE
Today I woke up exactly at 5:00 am.

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym.DONE
Running : 1 km.
Yoga: yogasane and pranayama.
Gym : 45 Min.

3) Meditation DONE
7:00 to 7:20 am

4) Creative visualization DONE
Listened to Adelaide Bry - Directing the Movies of Your Mind.

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE
Listen to Dr. Phil McGraw - Getting Real - disc 1.

6) Write my daily updates in this threadDONE
Writting now.

7) self hypnosis and affirmations. DONE
My affirmation of today: With God everything is possible. Infinite intelligence leads me to success in my aim.

8) No drinks - tea/coffeeDONE

9) Improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speechDONE
English Tenses study.

10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday.DONE
read 53 pages of Illustrated C Sharp 2008
Wrote approximately 100 lines of code.

[shivraj]

Day 2:20 July

1) Wake up at 5:00 am. DONE
Today I woke up exactly at 5:00 am.

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running : 1.2 km.
Yoga: yogasane and pranayama.
Gym : Sunday closed.

3) Meditation DONE
7:00 to 7:20 am

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Write my daily updates in this thread DONE

7) self hypnosis and affirmations. DONE

8) No drinks - tea/coffee DONE

9) Improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE


10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

[shivraj]

Day 3:21 July

1) Wake up at 5:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running : 1.4 km. yes Progress: 0.2 Km
Yoga: yes
Yama:
Ahimsa(Non Violance): Not hurt anybody (including me) with my thoughts or action.
Satya(truthfulness): Not lied anything.
Asteya( non-stealing): yes.
Brahmacharya(celibacy): No, Got some nasty thoughts
Aparigraha(No greed): Yes.
Niyama:
Shaucha( purification of body and mind): a little
Santosha(contentment.): NO.
Tapas(austerity):yeah, whole day!
Svadhyaya(Study): yes.
Ishvarapranidhana(surrender to God): Yes !
Asana: 10 Asanas.
Pranayam: 5 pranayamas
Pratyahara: Trying to control outgoing tendencies of the mind .. but not much success.
Dharana(concentration): With daily activities and meditaion .. Yes.
Dhyana(Meditation): Yes. 20 min.
Samadhi: No Clue.

Gym : yes

3) Meditation DONE
7:00 to 7:20 am

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Write my daily updates in this thread DONE

7) self hypnosis and affirmations. DONE

8) No drinks - tea/coffee DONE

9) Improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE


10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding. DONE

[Lauxa]

Awesome job, you are off to a great start!

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by Lauxa

Awesome job, you are off to a great start!

Thank you!

[shivraj]

[shivraj]

Day 4:22 July


Old tendencies are trying to bounce back but I am going to follow just 2 strategies:
(1) One foot in front of the other. One thing at a time. One thought at a time. Living one moment at a time.
(2) Visualization.. It is miraculous !

1) Wake up at 5:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running : 1.6 km. yes Progress: 0.2 Km



Yoga: yes
Yama:
Ahimsa(Non Violance): YES.
Satya(truthfulness): Not lied anything.
Asteya( non-stealing): yes.
Brahmacharya(celibacy): YES
Aparigraha(No greed): YES
Niyama:
Shaucha( purification of body and mind): YES
Santosha(contentment.): NO.
Tapas(austerity): YES
Svadhyaya(Study): YES
Ishvarapranidhana(surrender to God): YES
Asana: 11 Asanas. Progress: 1 asana
Pranayam: 6 pranayamas Progress: 1 Pranayama
Pratyahara: YES
Dharana(concentration): YES
Dhyana(Meditation): YES 20 MIN.
Samadhi: NO

Gym : yes
Push ups: 50
Sit ups: 20
Leg Press: 12X3
Chest Press: 10X3
Shoulder Press: 6X3
Dumbbells: 5kg 3X20


3) Meditation DONE
7:00 to 7:20 am

4) Creative visualization DONE
It creates Miracles for sure !

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Write my daily updates in this thread DONE

7) self hypnosis and affirmations. DONE

8) No drinks - tea/coffee DONE

9) Improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding. DONE

[shivraj]

Day 5:23 July

1) Wake up at 5:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running : 1.8 km. yes Progress: 0.2 Km
Yoga: yes
Gym : yes

3) Meditation DONE
7:00 to 7:20 am

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Write my daily updates in this thread DONE

7) self hypnosis and affirmations. DONE

8) No drinks - tea/coffee DONE

9) Improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding. DONE

[shivraj]

Day 6:24 July

1) Wake up at 5:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running : 2.0 km. yes Progress: 0.2 Km
Yoga: yes
Gym : yes

3) Meditation DONE
7:00 to 7:20 am

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Write my daily updates in this thread DONE

7) self hypnosis and affirmations. DONE

8) No drinks - tea/coffee DONE

9) Improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding. DONE

[shivraj]

Day 7:25 July

1) Wake up at 5:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running : 2.0 km. yes
Yoga: yes
Gym : yes

3) Meditation DONE
7:00 to 7:20 am

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Write my daily updates in this thread DONE

7) self hypnosis and affirmations. DONE

8) No drinks - tea/coffee DONE

9) Improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

10) Daily read 50 to 250 pages of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding. DONE

[shivraj]

It is not possible for me to update this thread as my ISP decided to terminate my account for some unknown reasons. See you guys. I will continue this 30 days challenge and I will definitely succeed in that.

[shivraj]

I am back again.. There was some misunderstanding with my ISP..

[shivraj]

I shaved my head finally.. I am going to restart my challenge from tomorrow but slight difference.

8 August 2008 to 8 September 2008
Main Strategy is: The brain learns either through habituation or through massive action.

1) Wake up at 4:00 am.
2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym.
3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place.
4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. daily
5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min.
6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min.
7) No drinks - tea/coffee.
8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech
9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday.
10) Get mastery on following qualities:
1> Willpower : Test resistence to temptations and physical / Mental pain.
2> Imagination : Imagine end result before start of work.
3> Persistence : Persist till total completion of work.
4> Concentration and Awareness : Live in Present , 200% focus on work at hand.
5> Fearlessness : List my fears and overcome them with understanding and courage day by day.

[shivraj]

Day 0. Olympic of 31 days (8/8/8 to 8/9/8) .. Making System..

I am going to make system of winning for next 30 days based upon my failures and successes so far...

Here is my system :

Main Idea behind this experiment:

The brain learns either through habituation or through massive action.

Main strategy:

One foot in front of the other. One thing at a time. One thought at a time. Living one moment at a time.

Miraculous Mantra:

If I can make it a minute, I can make it an hour
If I can make in an hour, I can make it a day
If I can make it a day, I can make it a week
If I can make it a week, I can make it a month
If I can make it month, I can make it forever

My Motto: Higher, Faster, Stronger day by day in everything..

My daily ritual:

At the end of day write diary and burn small piece paper written on it "My Old Self".

For saving time do following things:

No TV, No unnecessary Internet, No online chatting up to 8/9/8 .

• During lower energy levels do following:

1. No matter what avoid negative thinking
2. Affirmations
3. Visualization
4. Read loudly purpose of life and values
5. Remember Ideals and Role Models
6. Praying

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I am God's Property my success is ASSURED.

[Brien]

I dont understand, why did you decide you failed? Because you couldnt post here every day?

[shivraj]

I failed because I missed running, yoga, gym for 4 consecutive days.

[DayInTheLife]

Yeah I don't quite understand... It sounds like you set a gigantic list of goals with no flexibility, did rather well for a while (doing those ten things for a week is quite impressive, IMHO) then you're starting all over again with an even harder version. Why so aggressive?

[Ceros]

I liked the graphs.

[FooFighterDaz]

I was totally inspired that you managed to keep it up for a week, shivraj!

Since you're attempting this again, would you not consider a less "cut-throat" attitude for attaining your goals? How about 3-5 core goals you should achieve every day, and then looking to tick maybe 50%-75% of remaining subsidiary goals? Be encouraged by progress and success, rather than fear of failure and self-punishment!

Surely this staggered approach would be more encouraging, rather than setting yourself up for miliataristic regime?! Be sure to post your progress.

[Savage]

Doing 10 30-day trials at the same time is like trying to juggle 10 balls. Usually you end up dropping all of them.

I recommend 3-4 items max... and even then only if they're mutually supportive, such as diet and exercise changes.

Better to achieve one new habit and lock it in than end up dropping all of them. Going 30 days with one new habit is a MAJOR accomplishment.

[munish]

Originally Posted by shivraj

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Burning the back bridge: If I fail in doing any of the above things I will shave my head.

Please don't do that.

[munish]

Originally Posted by shivraj

I shaved my head finally.. I am going to restart my challenge from tomorrow but slight difference.

8 August 2008 to 8 September 2008
Main Strategy is: The brain learns either through habituation or through massive action.

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Only machines are consistent,we are no machines.

Try to achieve your goals , but even if you fail,don't do things like shaving your head.

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by munish

Only machines are consistent,we are no machines.

Try to achieve your goals , but even if you fail,don't do things like shaving your head.

We are all machines one way or another. We are govern by our emotions like fear, jelousy, hatret, inconsistencies, doubts. Why not to reverse that trend?
Of course it is possible. I am trying to break my machine nature.. Even if i fail for thousand times I'll not give up.

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Doing 10 30-day trials at the same time is like trying to juggle 10 balls. Usually you end up dropping all of them.

I recommend 3-4 items max... and even then only if they're mutually supportive, such as diet and exercise changes.

Better to achieve one new habit and lock it in than end up dropping all of them. Going 30 days with one new habit is a MAJOR accomplishment.

Why not to dream big dreams? Why not to think big? Even though you fail 1000 times? If I could able to do that for 7 days, surely I will do that for month. Motivation is not the problem. Some external forces outside my control was the cause of failures. I didn't anticipated that before. Of course all these goals are humanly possible. .

Namaste!

[shivraj]

10% completed!

[munish]

Originally Posted by shivraj

We are all machines one way or another. We are govern by our emotions like fear, jelousy, hatret, inconsistencies, doubts. Why not to reverse that trend?
Of course it is possible. I am trying to break my machine nature.. Even if i fail for thousand times I'll not give up.

Don't give up, but don't shave your head again.

We aren't goverened by our emotions, I suggest you read about subjective reality .

Otherwise the more you try ,more you will reinforce that nature and give power to your emotions.