Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Today was another good day, but I'm dissatisfied with my grading criteria. This has to do with an old objection that I had but I had forgotten about. Discipline is great, but it's a limited thing to focus on. Even if I follow all my orders exactly, did I go about things in the best way? What did I choose to spend my time on? How did I approach each of those things? I'm shifting to Excellent Days. While doing this, I'm not abandoning my struggle for discipline. An excellent day must be disciplined, or at least mostly disciplined. Things to think about: did this day strengthen or weaken my health? How about my financial picture? Happiness? Wisdom? Relationships? The state of the world? Can anyone else add some criteria?
Monday, August 13, 2007
Disciplined Day
Today was awesome. I got up at 7 sharp, got ready, ate a nutritious breakfast, read through a bunch of information relevant to my job search, e-mailed 2 people, created a contacts/networking database, applied for one position outright, had delicious Asian noodle soup for lunch, sent 3 more e-mails, downloaded Gimp, downloaded my trial version of CAD, messed around on LinkedIn, worked on domains for an hour, practiced French, worked out for 45 minutes, read a chapter of Anna K, wrote to Eva, now I'm cooking dinner (spanakopita), and at 7 I'm going to watch the Eagles game. E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!
Disciplined Days: 1
Undisciplined Days: 7
Today was awesome. I got up at 7 sharp, got ready, ate a nutritious breakfast, read through a bunch of information relevant to my job search, e-mailed 2 people, created a contacts/networking database, applied for one position outright, had delicious Asian noodle soup for lunch, sent 3 more e-mails, downloaded Gimp, downloaded my trial version of CAD, messed around on LinkedIn, worked on domains for an hour, practiced French, worked out for 45 minutes, read a chapter of Anna K, wrote to Eva, now I'm cooking dinner (spanakopita), and at 7 I'm going to watch the Eagles game. E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!
Disciplined Days: 1
Undisciplined Days: 7
Sunday, August 12, 2007
2 Undisciplined Days
Yesterday because I didn't get up with enough time to have a proper breakfast and shower. As a result I was grouchy at first when Dan and I went into the city. I was pretty good the rest of the day and had a good day overall.
Today I woke and decided to take the day off. Taking a day off is fine, but I told myself that I would work today to make up for some of the lost time this past week. That's a little concerning, but I really do feel like I can get back on this tomorrow. 1) I underestimated how exhausted I would be after my summer program. Honestly, I think I needed 2 weeks off, at least. 2) I have done all the prep work and started my main work, so there's nothing stopping me from just going. Plus, on Sunday, most businesses are closes, which makes it hard for me to call people and set things up. The only thing I need to do today in terms of work is some laundry.
Disciplined Days: 0
Undisciplined Days: 7
Yesterday because I didn't get up with enough time to have a proper breakfast and shower. As a result I was grouchy at first when Dan and I went into the city. I was pretty good the rest of the day and had a good day overall.
Today I woke and decided to take the day off. Taking a day off is fine, but I told myself that I would work today to make up for some of the lost time this past week. That's a little concerning, but I really do feel like I can get back on this tomorrow. 1) I underestimated how exhausted I would be after my summer program. Honestly, I think I needed 2 weeks off, at least. 2) I have done all the prep work and started my main work, so there's nothing stopping me from just going. Plus, on Sunday, most businesses are closes, which makes it hard for me to call people and set things up. The only thing I need to do today in terms of work is some laundry.
Disciplined Days: 0
Undisciplined Days: 7
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