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Sally24

Hi guys (mother),
Well, January was a bit uppy downy, especially for exercise and the pumpkin curfew (the other three were actually very solid). For February, I'm tackling improving the pumpkin curfew. So! Since last month I managed a 45.2% success rate, then for this month:
Bronze = 50% - very ...

Sally24

Hi everyone,
I know it's been ages, but today is a good day to post again.
So - at the beginning of 2012 I launched my own version of the Happiness Project, writing about a hundred different tiny habits in a spreadsheet and grouping them by month under different themes. There were a few standard ...

Sally24

Hi guys, I'll be away for about 11 days, so I'm going to keep track in a notebook and type up negative tracking when I get back.
Yesterday I didn't do Tickling the Ivories again.

Sally24

Finally last Friday I also didn't be a Zen Mistress.

Sally24

OK, so yesterday I didn't Tickle the Ivories, and also I didn't meditate. This is because I was busy all day with my boyfriend.
On Sunday all I missed was Sally Skywalker - we were driving back up the country from a party, so a rather sedentary day.
On Saturday I gave myself an S-day on my Pumpkin ...

Sally24

I'm off travelling so had to get up early, so Sleeping Beauty only had 6 hours' sleep. Then also I've been busy with arrangements so I didn't go running this morning and most likely won't be an Active Hippy at any other time today either.

Sally24

I went three straight days getting full greens and was nearly on course for a fourth today, but then at a little past 11pm my sister rang feeling upset and needing to talk to someone, and I instantly relegated being a pumpkin to being a second priority for this very special case. However, I still ...

Sally24

Yesterday I forgot to do a second round of BB exercises, and I got to bed at about 1am. I'm not sure if this counts as properly writing up my failure because I didn't bother to check exactly when I went to bed.

Sally24

So yesterday I got to bed at about 12.25, and then today got up at 6.15, so that makes about 6 hours' sleep. Yuck. But never mind, it was a bit out of my control.

Sally24

Right, I've just gone through and filled in the HabitCal for the days between Tuesday 3rd July and Monday 9th. I have these failures to report:
- No Zen Mistress meditation between Friday and Monday.
- No Active Hippy yoga done on Thursday or Saturday (running was exempt as I was in a different ...

Sally24

Should say that yesterday I didn't do Active Hippy yoga again, but today I have managed to go running... Why should it be easier to motivate myself to go outside where it often rains and even hails than to follow a YouTube video from the cosy indoors?

Sally24

Well, yesterday for the first time in a very long time I got a completely green day. :) Apparently being at home again does bring some stability.
For the week before that, I was away and keeping track on paper, so I can't yet fill in the updates for that as I've temporarily misplaced the notebook ...

Sally24

So yesterday I failed in Pumpkin Curfew again, got to bed at 00.26.
Also I didn't Tickle the Ivories as there is no piano around here.

Sally24

I must also record another failure yesterday, which is the Pumpkin Curfew - I got to bed at 00:33. Knowing I would write that up on here though did help me to stay focused on getting to bed.

I have decided to withdraw the mod on yoga and Zen Mistress from last month - I am going to start using ...

Sally24

So, in accordance with what I said earlier, I am hereby recording that today I got one failure: Sleeping Beauty. I got about 6 hours' sleep instead of eight. This was slightly outside of my control, as I went to a late-night show which I didn't get back from until 1am, and then had to get up at 7 ...

Sally24

Wow - can't believe it's been a full month since my last update...
Anyway, at least I'm back for the monthly review. June has been, on the resolutions front, a bit mixed. It started off wonderfully, with a full 8 days at the start totally perfect. But then, on the 15th (exactly half way ...

Sally24

I'm back! With my first proper end-of-month update. It is the perfect time to review because not only is it a new month, I also finished my exams and 2nd year of my degree on the 30th, so it's time to check my direction and decide what I want to continue doing.
First of all, the Personal Olympics ...

Sally24

Darn! I wasn't Sally Skywalker today. :( I chose cycling to get to college and it was the only time I was out and about all day... hence a failure. In my first run I got to day 19, and this time to about 13, and it means I won't get to 21 by the end of the month. :(
But I think I can still aim for ...

Sally24

Going well lately, even though I've come down with a nasty cold and am in the midst of revision. But resolutions weirdly provide a framework I can hold on to, and I'm grateful for them as life gets slightly harder to manage. :) But I need to report the taking of an S-day for Active Hippy today, as I ...

Sally24

Back on track - all greens today.

Sally24

Darn - I'm back to a slightly more relaxed routine, and a couple of my resolutions have slipped more than they did even in the most stressful point of coursework. Yesterday I failed in a couple of things I've never failed in before (or far ages), for instance being a Zen Mistress (meditating for 5 ...

Sally24

Well, I think it's fair to say that some of my resolutions have hit a rough patch. This is because a big monster called coursework totally ate up my life over the last few days, threatening everything else I spend my time on. However, the thing which made it bearable was that it was finite, and as ...

Sally24

OK, so coursework is due in on Tuesday and as a result my sleeping resolutions have crumbled slightly:
- On Saturday got to bed by a bit after 1am, then was up at 7.30.
- On Sunday (yesterday) got to bed by 3.30am and was up today at 8.30.
Also not gone for a run today.
I'm expecting this madness to ...

Sally24

Yay for 21 days! I'll hit 21 days with a few things tomorrow - looking forward to it like anything! It's amazing how satisfying solid green blocks can be...
S xxx

Sally24

Just logging in to report three straight days of total greens.

Sally24

Right, my personal olympics for May:
The event - habit forming
The finish line - 21 straight days performing a habit
The levels - Bronze: 5 habits reach 21 days
- Silver: 7 habits reach 21 days
- Gold: 9 habits (i.e. all of them) reach 21 days
I am confident that I can at least Bronze. One concern ...

Sally24

I chose playing the piano once a day (or actually, the minimum requirement is just to sit down at a piano). It's called 'Tickling the Ivories.'. :)
I'm also going to decide my Personal Olympics goals, but if I do that now I'll be late for the Pumpkin curfew. I know they'll be about how many habits ...

Sally24

Oops - fell slightly off the wagon yesterday... (but I'm not at all discouraged, don't worry):
- Pumpkin Curfew - had to finish my dissertation, and in the end was up until 4am to do it. :S It felt a little bit by that point that it didn't matter how late I got to bed (The What the Hell Effect) but ...

Sally24

Yesterday = all greens! Yay! :)
Had to change Pumpkin curfew to a red for Friday night as I got to bed at 12.02. :( My flatmate Sam thinks this is too harsh but I know that strictness is the only way! Extreme moderation! And it worked because yesterday I was super determined and got to bed with ...

Sally24

Meh, once again it is the Pumpkin curfew which trips me up - to bed by 12.16 I would guess...

Sally24

I'm pleased to say that the reason I haven't posted in a couple of days is that I got 2 days straight of complete greens. :) But yesterday unfortunately I slipped with sleep - for Sleeping Beauty (8hrs sleep) I got 7 1/2, and for Pumpkin Curfew although I tried really hard I was in bed by 12.10. It ...

Sally24

Yesterday I failed in active hippy again, and in the pumpkin curfew. I think I got to bed at about 1am.
Today I have failed sleeping beauty so far as although I was in bed for over 8 hours, I was staying in a friend's bed and slept v badly.
In order not to dwell entirely on the negative, I should ...

Sally24

Today:
Funny stuff with Sally Skywalker (going for a 5 min walk): did plenty of walking today but it was only with suitcase in tow travelling between places, not getting out on a relaxing walk.
- Failed to be an Active Hippy - neither running or yoga
- Missed the Pumpkin Curfew as it is now just ...

Sally24

HOWEVER, for the first time I achieved Cuddlebunny as I hugged 3 people.

Sally24

Lots of failure today.
- Pumpkin - bed at about 2am. :oS
- Zen Mistress - didn't do my 5 minutes meditation
- Again no Active Hippy - raining but that's not an excuse!
So there we go.

Sally24

Only red yesterday was Cuddlebunny again, only saw 2 people who I could hug. But today started with a red for Sleeping Beauty as I only got about 5 hours' sleep.

Sally24

Had to change my 'Pumpkin Curfew' (getting to bed by midnight) to a red because I actually got to bed at 12.25 last night. But, I didn't go further than that because I knew I'd have to qualify how much I'd gone over on here, so I had a reason still to hurry to bed.
Funny stuff with Active Hippy ...

Sally24

So today I got mostly greens, but...
- Funny stuff with 'Sleeping Beauty' (getting 8 hrs minimum of sleep per night) - even though officially I left myself 8 hours, we got woken in the middle of the night when my boyfriend's sister came in with a lot of her friends after a night out and woke us up ...

Sally24

Thanks guys! :) Wow, just receiving your messages has motivated me more than reading tons of self-help things. Somehow being in the forum makes you part of a community, you know? And self-improvement becomes a much less lonely affair.
Well, I should do this properly I suppose: yesterday was good ...

Sally24

Hi everyone, I'm a newbie - I've been listening to Reinhard's podcasts over lunch during the Easter holidays and have become thoroughly convinced of his principles and methods. I already knew about the importance of habit from reading the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers ( http://en.wikipedia ...

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