OK – time to get serious.
Last week was all about getting my mind around my decision and completing some basic ‘notification’ actions, letting key people know that I will be leaving and getting the business of decoupling myself from my life started.
Today is Monday and the start of the new week and the beginning of the phase that requires me to stay focused and get sh*t done. I have 145 days left to wrap-up work, pack-up my house, prepare my digital persona, achieve a certain level of fitness and do a couple of activities that I’d like to get under my belt before I hit the road. My to do list is starting to fill pages and pages of my notebook.
On Saturday, I walked around my apartment and stuck sticky notes here and there as aids to help me; things like “stay focused,” “Did you exercise today?” and “No slacking!” Goals are powerful things and I think I have a good set and I am motivated and excited. However, it helps to have some reminders and things to help “push back” against my inclination to slack, therefore I have begun to build a mental construct of a coach who will live in my head who will make me do sprints and yell in my face as I lay in the grass gasping for breath.
That said, I am feeling excited and energised. I have not felt this way in a long, long time. I actually had a spring in my step and twinkle in my eye yesterday. If you compared a copy of me from last Sunday to yesterday you would swear they were not the same person.
Very exciting!
So, you know how they say that actually befriending people is a better way to extract information than torture?… I leave you with that thought as you construct the coach in your mind.
I need my coach to kick my ass since the other voices in my head always lead me astray. For now, I need the iron will and discipline of a hard master. I’ll make sure the coach knows to switch tactics later on, once results have started to manifest.