This is the start of my second week doing the 5AM club challenge. After mostly taking it easy over the weekend I was happy to be back in the saddle and feeling productive. I still haven’t been able to get my sleeping right yet but I will persist. Although I was up at 5AM and doing my hour of power I became very sleepy later in the morning and ended up getting another 60 minutes sleep.
5AM. Move your body!: After cleaning up and getting ready, I started with the usual warm up and then straight into 100 push ups. I then did 100 sit ups, some aerobic exercises, and then another 100 push ups.
I’m getting used to the early morning workout. My sit ups are done for the day and I’ve already got a big portion of my push ups completed. I’m aiming for 500 push ups per day but am happy if I do 400 or above. The eventual goal is 1000 per day but I’m not even close to ready for that yet. Five hundred is challenging enough for me at this time.
5:20AM. Reflection time baby!: I seem to have settled on doing 10 or 15 minutes writing in the daily diary and 5 or 10 minutes working on a plan for the day. This may change as I think I would like to introduce some meditation and breathing exercises to this part of the 20/20/20 hour of power. For now though, I’m loving my journal time as I can work through issues and talk about the things that I am thankful for. Life is good.
5:40AM. Grow baby, grow!: All this week I will re-read my notes taken from the 5AM Club book by Robin Sharma. Like I said previously, I have taken extensive notes as the book I have isn’t mine. My friend who is also doing the 5AM morning routine has loaned me the book and I’ll probably return it to her this week. I might end up buying the audiobook on Audible.com but I probably won’t buy the hard copy book as I already have the notes required to fully understand Sharma’s concepts.
8th Day of the 5 a.m. Club Challenge!
Having the Sunday off and not being as strict on Saturday was nice but I was glad to be busy again today. Lately I’ve had this immense urge to improve, to be better, to grow, to push through barriers and shake myself up. I know that I can be more, do more and become so much better on all levels.
And this is why I’m so dedicated to the 5AM Club morning routine challenge. Not because I think Robin Sharma is my guru and not because I think his book is the greatest thing ever written, but because I’m ready for serious change. I choose to become a better version of myself, to destroy the old me with the habits that have given me a relatively ordinary life and to create a new me who is capable of the extraordinary. Which doesn’t mean that I plan to wear a cape and become a superhero, it just means that I want to achieve some things that my current self doesn’t believe I deserve (otherwise I would have them now).
Back to day 8 though, it was a very productive day. I stayed focused and ticked off my to do list throughout the day.
Exercise: 200 pushups, 100 situps, and 70+ minutes walk. My arms were still a little sore so I didn’t push them too much today.
Diet: No sugar, no bread, no junk food. Rolled oats, eggs, salad, etc. All good.
How Could I Improve
I’m probably starting to sound like a broken record, but I could improve by sleeping earlier! Old dogs and new tricks comes to mind but I don’t believe in the saying. I believe we can create new habits at any age and that’s what I’m in the process of doing. It’ll just take a little longer than most as I’m stubborn and my ego is telling me that it’s uncomfortable and wants it’s old predictable life back hehe 😝
Conclusion for the 8th Day of the 5AM Club Challenge
I’m still on track and just as committed as the first day, probably more committed as I want to be so much better than I have ever been. I want to be better than I could ever have imagined! I’m tired of comfortable, I choose more. And by choosing more I have to get uncomfortable. I have to push through barriers and become something that I have never been before.
And that’s why this challenge is so, challenging! You’re rewriting lifetime habits that your ego and self are quite happy with. Your current habits have kept you safe up until this point so your little self isn’t interested in rocking the boat, it’s only interested in staying safe.
The only way to deal with the little self is to tell it to shut up and do what it’s told. Take the steering wheel from it and drive down the path that you choose. It might be a bumpy path and there may be no GPS to show you where you’re going but if you’re going to live in an elevated manner it’s the only way to arrive at your destination.
Check out previous days of the 5AM Club challenge here. Check out my youtube channel for some I AM Affirmations too.
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