Day 2 is coming to a close and short of a few lapses in thought here and there I’d say I was on point all day. One of my rules for keeping focused was, while allowing a flexible timeframe for other things, that I had to avoid mindless clicking through pictures or watching videos all day. I’d say I was at about 99% for the day. Part of leaving mindless internet usage behind was removing myself from social media for the month as friends sharing/posting pictures and links is what led to the biggest amount of harmless but empty laughs that wasted the majority of my time.
Only one minor deviation to speak of and that was well after dark when I received a message on Twitter. The reason I kept Twitter was so I could be reached if needed for emergencies but even that I’m limiting to 30 minutes of day for replying to tweets and messages and scrolling a bit to keep up with news and the ‘sphere. After I cleared my inbox I absentmindedly opened a picture in my feed and two minutes later noticed I had zoned out scrolling so I immediately closed the tab and went back to the task at hand.
Dad stopped in today to see how I was doing so I talked to him over a cup of coffee while he told me about work and holiday plans. Good to see him, and after he left I immediately went back to work.
So far I was 9/10 on my to-do list today with the only one I didn’t complete to the t was writing a full page of story for the novel I’m doing for NaNoWriMo because I instead ended up using that time outlining some plot points and character details. Even though the time was spent on the novel, I still find the “well, technically it counts” as lazy so I’m going to give myself a strike for that one. I’ll make up for it as I go.
My other goals of exercising and writing outside of the novel went well. Went for my first run in awhile at the coldest point of the day. I figured I might as well jump into the deep end of pushing myself since I’m too damned stubborn to not rise to the challenge. Herakles is a conqueror, gents. Boastful as hell, and twice as modest. I broke a good sweat and cleared up some of the phlegm I’ve had built from what felt like a cold the past few days and the exercise gave me the extra boost of energy I needed given that I didn’t sleep much last night due to a friend dropping in.
No youtube/porn/netflix today either but even with everything that happened I still managed to completely avoid Twitter-scrolling yesterday and finished the rest of my daily goals so I’ll give myself a
1) Foregoing of mindless media consumption. 9.5/10
2) Having a clear daily plan and deadline goals to meet. 8/10
3) Exercise and write everyday. Period. 10/10
Daily Total: 27.5/30
Yesterday’s Total: 27/30
Total To Date: 54.5/60
Legends of Men 