I recently helped spark the fire of clarity in my partner with the line of questioning behind who she aspires to be.
Not the career or status but the content of the character who has assumed all they wish for.
Most of us have some kind of idea yet we don’t work at them because excuses like….
Im young and have time.
That can wait.
Im too busy.
Other things are more important.
I don’t want to.
Of course there are crisis times where survival is the main goal. Though even in the worst of times you have a choice.
To not live like who you want to become is a personal disservice. You are standing in your face and spitting.
At least I am.
So I will show you my defining process:
1 I Ams: free write or flow a raw list of ways you describe the person you long to become.
2 Define: Take SOME time to realize what these I ams mean to you. Not other people’s definitions. Your definitions and intentions with them.
3 Take Note: Notice throughout your day when you feel most naturally energized to exercise, create, listen to your partner or friends and even when you are weakest. These will allow you to understand when is the best time to make time for the habits that will propel you forward.
4 Plan Routine: Start with your schedule that is set for you. (Work/School/Kids)
Next fill the spaces that are empty to maximize on the habits that will make you the best you.
“Master the Morning.” – David Goggins
5 Polish: Take all that you created and polish that diamond til it is gleaming. This is where you will scour your previous writing. This will ingrain this in you and where you will make the mental acceptance of the next day.
6 Action: Don’t just start tomorrow… Start right this moment. What time is it? And start your habits at whatever time it is.
Bonus Atomic Habits: There are two tricks that the author James Clear recommends…
Two Minute Rule: If the habit is meditate for 10min day, but it is too hard to execute. Do only 2 min and every day. Once that habit has formed add more time over time.
Stacking: Have a habit trigger another. For example, I like to meditate directly after fitness. So then after each workout there is meditation.
7 Accountability: Post it on social media platforms for yourself and no one else. Realize that allowing others to look through your window to your internal success can help others along their journey.
Bonus Have specific people on the look out for those posts and agreed to ask you if you aren’t consistent.
1 & 2
I am a True Savage
The kind of MAN that scoffs at pain because pain is an old friend and most massive teacher. I welcome the sand paper lesson.
I am Adaptive
Trusting that my best thinking happens under pressure. So self trust is not only needed but factual in effectiveness.
I am a Tracker
You don’t know where you can go if you don’t know where you are.
I am Grateful
Remember what you have because its so easy to forget. Forgetting either how it was before or the value of what you have now.
I am Graceful
The individual that handles a problem with calm and effective solutions.
I am a Sh@t Eater
Look for Sh@t Eater post in the future to understand what this means.
I am Gifted with Profound Thought
I am told I have a way with my words. So I must track them.
I am Uncommon
“Become the individual that refuses to see duties undone. The person that lives like there is no tomorrow because there very well might not be.” -David Goggins
I am Limitless
The person that looks to have no empty to their tank. So effective that my energy stores always has leftovers.
I am Human
The Human Body is a fragile and yet limitless potential holding vessel. This means proper care is required. Maintenance.
I am Productive
Get Ahead, Stay Ahead.
I am a Leader
I can effect change in others… being able to inspire action or enact change.
I am Extreme
I have always been at the mercy of an all or nothing mentality. This means that when I decide I want to do something I sprint at it hard even if I have to hit a wall to stop.
I am Laser Focused
Once I take care of the monkey throwing my ideas around exhausted then my focus is sharp.
I am an Athlete
I grew up angry, uncomfortable and conflicted. Knowing I’m not the material that makes physical and mental greatness.
Prove that wrong.
3, 4 & 5
- Wake Up Routine
- Hydrate
- Make Bed/Coffee
- Brush Teeth
- Enrich the Brain (Read)
- Workout
- Meditate
- POST WORKOUT CLARITY FOR WRITING
- Write
- 30min Early to Work
- WORK 8hrs
- Creative Feels Right After Work
- Car Writing (After a shift my mind has some idea vomiting to do while I warm up the car.)
- Shower
- Make Dinner/Clean/Prep Lunch
- Write & Or Publish
- BRAIN SHUTS DOWN
- BedTime Routine
- Brush Teeth
- Read
- Stretch & Nonsense Activity
- Meditate & Bed
- BedTime Routine
6 & 7
- Click on my Instagram