"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

Sam Levenson (1911-1980)

Where across the course of your day today, could you consider where it might be that your habits are becoming stronger than your excuses?

Thursday night, I decided to get an early night.

I’d been feeling run down, so instead of setting an alarm, I set a timer for eight and a half hours of sleep, which would have seen me up at 6 am.

Perfect, as my first client for the day was at 8 am.

At some point during the night, I woke up, glanced at the clock in the bathroom, and it said it was 5 o’clock am.

I felt well rested, and my mind had started on an idea, so I thought I might as well get into my day.

I got out of bed and had my lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, and salt water, turned on the coffee machine, weighed myself, had a cold shower, sat down with my journal, two sips into my second espresso.

I top the page of my morning journal with the day, date, and time, and in my office, I have a digital clock, not a clock with hands like the one in my bathroom.

As I checked the digital clock to officiate the time, it read 12:35 a.m., not 5:00 am. It seems my new eyes had failed me, and it must have been 12.25 am when I checked the clock in the bathroom…

I’d enthusiastically started my entire morning routine... in the middle of the night.

After laughing at myself, I realised something.

I didn’t need motivation; I didn’t even need the correct time.

I simply had habits that were stronger than my excuses.

That’s what repetition does.

Eventually, discipline stops feeling like discipline, and it becomes identity.

My goal hasn’t been to become someone who occasionally makes good decisions; it’s to become someone whose default setting is to make good decisions.

Hopefully, at the right time of day.

So Friday was the longest day ever, but I did manage to watch the second half of the Socceroos v Paraguay game and got more done that day by focusing on not falling asleep than I would have on a usual Friday.

While you’re thinking about that, think about this and have a Gr8 day!

Be well,
DL

“One today is worth two tomorrows."
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)