Almost half way on my 66 day journey using the 5AM Club morning routine to change my life. I have to say, things are improving. Since becoming super strict with the 5AM wake up time I have seen a lot of changes AND it has become a little easier to wake up on time. I’m pretty sure this will become a lifetime habit but at just one month in I’m still new to this game, so let’s wait and see.
5AM Early morning Exercise: Get moving and start sweating. After freshening up and warming up I pushed through 200 sit ups and 200 push ups. I didn’t have much energy and I wonder if I planted those seeds yesterday when I ate McDonalds?
I’m always looking for connections as I believe very few things just come out of nowhere. We label too many things in our life as being out of our control or not of our creation. But I think we have to take responsibility for a whole lot more than we do.
If we’re feeling low we should follow our actions back until we find the cause of this feeling. Most times we’ll find the culprit (us) and we have to own those actions. It could be thinking, poor food choices, talking hate with gossips, watching crap television, watching negative stuff on youtube, or being slothful.
Rarely does a negative feeling or low energy come out of nowhere. I believe we naturally have lulls in energy but those lulls shouldn’t take us down so low that we’re feeling depressed. I think we’re to blame for 95 percent of our lows, our negative feelings and emotion, our zero energy days. We just have to become conscious of where they came from.
5:20: Early morning Thinking: So I’m still working on the daily diary and the goal work. And I’m still thinking about introducing 10 minutes of meditation.
I’ve always avoided meditation as I see so many other things that I do as meditation. I think painting and art is meditation. I see walking for 60+ minutes everyday as a meditation. So I was thinking that I already meditate so much everyday, why do more?
But I think I should try a meditation that is still. I can’t paint my way out of a difficult place if I’m sitting still and not moving. I have to sit and watch and deal with it. No running and hiding behind expressive brush strokes.
5:40: Early morning Learning: Today I read a little bit of the Scott Carney book called What Doesn’t Kill us but then I turned on the laptop and started watching some motivational youtube videos. I just didn’t feel like reading today but I also didn’t want to skip this part of my hour of power.
I also listened to an audiobook for a little while. I subscribe to Audible where I can download one audiobook per month. I’m listening to a Stuart Wilde book called the Infinite Self (33 Steps to Reclaiming your Inner Power). I’ve listened to it multiple times and definitely recommend it. I love Stuart Wilde. He’s probably my favorite thinker.
30th Day of the 5AM Club Morning Routine Habit
I’ve struggled with energy all of this week. Last week was so easy as I was overflowing with energy. This week it’s like I’ve had an energy hangover if there is such a thing.
Rather than just giving in to the low energy I have been trying to do as many things as possible each day to turn around this big energy ship. I do this as I believe when we put enough energy changing actions into our little high energy bucket it’ll eventually outweigh the low energy bucket and we’ll be blessed with high energy again. It’s not something that is rewarded immediately though, it has to build up over time. It could take days or even weeks, but the energy will come.
And today I have felt it returning. I started out kind of low but as the day went on I felt so much better. Not to the same highs as last week but they will also return if I continue to fill the high energy bucket with good actions and thoughts. It’s never IF it’s always WHEN.
Exercise: 350 push ups, 200 sit ups, 70+ minutes walking
Diet: Back on track. No sugar or junk food today, yay!
How Could I Improve?
Just remember to persist with high energy actions when you’re feeling low. We’re slow turning ships when it comes to energy. Our path doesn’t change as soon as we start turning the steering wheel, there’s a lag between the action and the result.
Conclusion for Day 30 of the Morning Routine Habit Installation
That’s the fourth day this week that I woke up on time, which means that tomorrow, which is Saturday, I’ll also wake up at 5AM. I must do five days of 5AM every week. No excuses, ever.
If I do the 5 days during the week then I still do my morning routine on Saturday, but I don’t have to wake up with the alarm. And Sundays are free unless of course I have missed two 5AM wake ups during the week. I don’t plan to ever use this option though as I don’t plan to have 2 late days during the week!
So, please do check out my previous days on this 5AM Club morning routine here.
Thank you for being here.
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