Personal progress thread for TempusFugitTempusFugit

[TempusFugitTempusFugit]

Sunday 2007 05 13

This thread will be used to document my progress evolving to be the human being that I strive for.

Before starting the thread, I would like to apologise for misspellings, incorrect grammar and weird sentence constructions. However, English is not my primary language, so this will hopefully allow these blemishes.

I have for some years been reading articles and books about personal development. All these inputs have indeed been inspirational but without some clear distinct personal goals, the time spent reading and thinking has been close to worthless. This is obviously my own interpretation and my conclusion, and others might conclude differently. Nevertheless, I must pursue the road I find best for me.

So instead of reading a lot of information, which is not applicable to me right now, I will instead identify which lines of actions and habits I need to change, in order to allow my self being the person I envision my self be. Instead, I will, based on the analysis, search for specific advices on this board among other sites, or simply try to do what my analytic brain and/or intuition bids me to follow to solve these issues. This appears to be a much more efficient utilisation of the most precious resource of all, namely time.

One of the best and perhaps most simple advices I have encountered, is the ability of changing or introducing a habit in 21 days, or as stated on this site, 30 days. By using this strategy and by splitting habits (problems?) into small manageable lumps, I foresee better chances for personal success than trying to change everything all in one step. Some will succeed in “all at once” approach, but I am unfortunately not one of these persons.

Assuming change of a habit or introduction of a new habit once a month, will accumulate 12 good habits in just one year, and 60 habits in 5 years. This is a noteworthy accomplishment! I am aware, that some of the personal issues I plan to change may very well be more time consuming than just one month, and others can probably be implemented without any (relatively speaking) effort.

I have made a spreadsheet where I note whether each day is a success (1) or failure (0). Notice, how a full month of successes will give a maximum value – an approach, which I think will ensure positive mental feedback. Once or twice a week, I will give an update in this thread. My first thought, was to update every day, but the accumulated time consumption on this approach, suggest a more efficient approach by reducing the updates. I also find, that this approach may allow a better understanding of the distractions encountered, when looking on the process in retrospective view once or twice a week.

Identification of these issues will be a continuous process. I will edit the first post of this thread, with total status and when new habits are introduced.

Because, I am about to move to a new apartment, with all the practical things associated with this, combined with a very hectic work calendar, the first goal is an easy start. More complex and challenging habits will be introduced in the future.

Habit 1:
Start: Monday 2007 05 14
Maximum two kop of coffee per day
Status: Not started yet

Comments are welcomed

Best regards

[Shamou]

Hello and welcome aboard TempusFugitTempusFugit...

If you want to save time... you could reduce your user name... then, it would not be so long to type... j/k

But, seriously... your program seems very good and you seem to be very determined... so, the very best of luck to you... and keep us posted...

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