Good morning.
Another week, another month. January has done its thing and the year marches on apace. Still, February is going to be a month of getting shit done! It's about time I really knuckle down and stop using just about everything as an excuse.
I was listening to an interview with Ryan Holiday yesterday β author of "The Daily Stoic" and "The Obstacle is the Way", among others β in which he was talking about lockdown and the notion of dead time and alive time. Dead time is when you just let things happen, sit on the sofa, watch TV and let it wash over you. Alive time is when you make things happen, learn a language, write a book, whatever. Alive time is a time of betterment.
I've had way too much dead time in the past ten months, things have definitely been better recently but there is a lot more I can and will do.
Who was it that said forget January, resolutions should start in February?
Morning Colin! :) I've reduced the amount of dead time in my day, preferring to have periods of down time instead where I rest, meditate, stretch, listen to music or read a book. As for resolutions, I proved to myself last year that they can start any month, including January β the important thing is to start off slowly and easily and build a rhythm.
I was reading the section in Atomic Habits last night about applying the "two minute rule" to anything you want to build into a habit: start by breaking it down into something that takes two minutes and then stop. Rinse and repeat. You are initially building the habit rather than the outcome β standardise before you optimise as he puts it. You can't improve what doesn't exist.
@colinwalker Right there with you, I can come up with more excuses than politicians to not get things done.
@peterimoore Ha! Is that even possible π€£
@colinwalker Yes it is, just ask my wife. π
@peterimoore Don't let her get together with mine, we'd be for it.
@colinwalker Isn't that pretty much like crossing the streams from Ghostbusters?