Lindell's 30 Day's Of Practice - Day 3/30
16/11/22
Day 3 - 30 Days of Practice
Power thought: This is EXACTLY how I want to live. I feel AMAZING
How am I feeling?
Energetic. Woke up before my 6am alarm. Felt a lot of energy.
Not hungry. Not craving anything, feeling calm and energetic. Strong and empowered.
Weight -600g
I caught some thoughts before I got on the scale, “I feel amazing, please don’t be an increase and trip me up”. So interesting.
Reflections I want to practise each morning before I get on the scales is:
I feel ______ right now.
I’m practising living life how I want to live it. In a way that feels amazing, gives me energy and has me living my best life. I show up for me.
It’s not all about my weight. It IS about how I feel physically, emotionally and mentally.
This practice creates the version of me I want to be.
I am living
I am strong
I am me.
10am - super busy morning and I’m just sitting down to write my plan. Nevermind, I feel calm about it.
2 x coffees, 2 x cuppas (these are always dandelion)
Lunch: Some sort of salad and salmon thing.
Dinner: Bolognese and salad.
Fava beans if I want.
No chocolate today. (reminder: last night I had it and I remember thinking about 20 minutes afterwards “I can’t even remember the flavour and taste of that chocolate I had today”.
So remember it doesn’t last. It’s a temporary thing that fills some void at the time. Be open and aware today, what am I looking for or avoiding at ‘chocolate time’?.
If I get hungry I’ll eat more of the meals planned.
Drink 3L water (approx because I never measure)
And 10k steps. (I ended up doing 9.8k yesterday)
I had a coaching call this morning with my coach. We spoke about some of my goals for the next quarter and I realised I have opportunity to look at them more often. So I’m going to write them down each day and then do my thought work (which I’ve not been formally doing other than here the last 2 days). This is a great opportunity for me to self coach,
Do I need to do formal thought work each day?
Do I want to do formal thought work each day?
If I do do formal thought work each day I have a much higher chance of achieving my goals and living the life I want to live. Making the accomplishments I want to make.
I don’t HAVE to do it but it would be super beneficial for me.
Why do I want to do it?
Far out it lights me up when I do it. It enhances my life SO much. It helps me know myself greater which in turn gives me more confidence. I know my truth and my current self.
YES I want to do formal thought work daily.
What’s stopping me?
I want to say I get distracted but then I sound like Louis and it seems like a great big excuse.
What’s stopping me?
I think there’s still an old default thought of ‘things get done when you take action’.
‘Action is king’. Yep, I think my old default of spending most of my time in the Action line is what stops me.
I know from coaching in the past that “spending time in the T line creates the A line you want”.
“Time spent in the T line is time well spent” “the T line is where my life is created” “there’s no such thing as wasted time when you’re in the T line”.
What do I mean by in the T line? Self coaching.
So, I DO want to do formal self coaching each day because it’s SO valuable for me, my wellbeing, my life and my legacy.
I WILL do formal thought work each day.
I’ll schedule it in around 7am or 7.30am (depending on the day). Just 5 minutes to start with. If I feel like doing more I will.
Whoa, that’s been really valuable thought work ha ha ha ha.
Lunchtime - Feeling breath…
I feel calm but have a niggling fear. Almost like a doubt the great feeling will last or a suspense for ‘when’ i’ll not feel great.
For now I’ll enjoy my lunch and come back and self coach this afternoon on this. It’s interesting that my brain has offered this. I wonder if I can just choose to not think it and find an intentional thought or if it’s worth unpacking and exploring. Whatever the answer is I’ll make a decision on it AFTER lunch. Yummo
Time to check in because I can hear some “maybe I should have another coffee, what about a cracker…what else can I have…. Hmmmm”
I’m going to use the pause method:
Interesting, I think I’m very thirsty.
Also I’ve got to wait an hour til I go pick up my son and I feel like I can’t get started on anything until I’ve gone to get him (it’s raining so I can’t finish my gardening work and I definitely don’t want to do the housework ha ha, dinner is already cooked so that doesn’t need to get done. Perhaps I’m thinking about eating as I haven’t got a plan for what else I’ll do.
I’ll go play cards with my other son, spend some one on one time with him. And have a cuppa and fava beans (I keep forgetting I’ve been putting them on my plan, so thankful to past me who set that plan. Even after not having them the last 2 days it was great they’re there today. Well done me.
I just took a deep breath and I feel much calmer now.
Coming up to dinner time. How do I feel?
I’m a little frazzled with the afternoon family responsibilities I have. Good to be aware of that. I think I’m a bit hungry too. I just had 2 glasses of water. Not feeling hungry in my stomach but my distraction levels have increased. That’s a sign for me that I’m hungry (my stomach never knows).
This pause and deep breathing is super helpful. Off I go to prepare dinner.
It's 7.55pm and I'm SO tired. Heading off to bed. Will update this post tomorrow.
