30 days is too long

Now I realise that there were several things I set myself to do and I did these for about 10 days and then I fell back into old routines (or no routine at all). Well, enough of that! Steve Pavlina opines that self discipline: comes down to taking on little challenges, conquering them, and gradually progressing to bigger ones. http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/05/how-to-become-an-early-riser-part-ii/

Well, then let me re-strategise for a bit and work on some transition training for my self-discipline and my raw food diet.

I'm back to not feeling well because I've been eating cooked food almost every day for the last two weeks. And yes, I knew this would happen, so why did I let it happen? Little to no self-discipline is the answer. So how I rectify that? I think I need to go back and start smaller, and when I conquer those I can set myself some bigger challenges.

So how about setting myself some goals for the next 7 days? Not 30 days, not forever, just for the next week.

Well I have a lot of work to do, so I have to work on getting up early. Ok, so one goal is to get up at 6am from tomorrow til next Sunday.

My diet needs to go back to optimal, I cannot be productive when I'm not well. Ok, so my other goal is to eat only uncooked food (not necessarily raw, so maybe things like oats) for the next 7 days, including tomorrow at the cookup and next weekend in London.

My desk is a tip again. So the final goal is to clean my desk every night before I leave it. Just til next Sunday really.

I want to be more disciplined, so let me start with the baby steps.

What's your excuse?

So what's the excuse today? The excuse for not updating your blog in a month? The excuse for not going to the gym, the excuse for not learning a new spanish word, the excuse for eating those fries?

I've fallen back into several bad habit or should I say not continued on the path of righteousness...

Fortunately, some things are in motion and so there are cumulative benefits--for example, my health is very much better than a month ago even though I have had several days (over last weekend) of eating full non-raw meals. It then seems to me that my body has built up enough resistance (which can easily change) to allow me to eat in the not best way and still not need any of the medication I used to need just a month or so ago.

Still, I've been making too many excuses and not updating my blog out of shame as I have not been living up to my goals. But hiding doesn't make it better, does it?