For the last one week, I wasn't able to achieve my 6 hours a day goal not even once. The highest was around 4 hours 14 minutes and odd. Today - things were going to be different. I am going to recount the entire day step by step because it was just PERFECT.
Here's how the day went...
I had consciousness at 5:10 am in the morning and wanted to sleep on for a few more minutes because my legs were aching. So I chose to let myself loose and it was 5:50 am when I really had the energy to wake up (the drive was mainly because of my pre-determined goals and coaching - the accountability).
Mosquitoes were troublesome again. I made myself a glass of green tea and drank it. As soon as I drank it, I packed up my office items (including the items I had purchased yesterday - honey, bananas, green tea sachets, etc).
I got ready and got to office by 8 am after having some dosas (3.5 or 4) for breakfast. I think I ate a banana as well along with green tea (don't remember clearly).
So the coaching call with Satish began at around 8:15 am in the morning and it went on until 9:50 or 10 am in the morning I think. During the call we discussed stuff about past emotional trauma, new improvements, my motivations and the next week's action points.
Things were clear - shoot for the stars, land in the clouds. That's what I told Satish. I am having a hard time going to bed at 10 PM. But aiming for that is actually helping me get to bed by at last before 11 PM and this is a good thing.
The key is to stop beating myself up when I don't go to bed on time.
As for work is concerned, aim for 8 hours to get to at least 6 hours and move on. And that's exactly what I did. The coaching call and the updates I did (for the new week) took about 2 hours and 6 minutes which was clocked by time doctor.
At about 10:10 am, I got myself into a tangent. I visited Satish's blog to read the post and eventually got myself distracted until 10:50 PM. That's when I pulled myself up, turned of the PC, made myself a glass of green tea and meditated. Following meditation, I visualized and took a walk.
I kept on thinking and created a vision for myself as to what I'd do 10 years from now i.e. for the rest of my life. I think one of the main things that have been blocking me is that I am not clear or confident about what it is exactly I will be doing 10 or 20 years down the line.
Well... it's somewhat become clear - own a powerful and highly successful advertising agency that specializes in all kinds of advertising campaigns (political, companies, etc).
That gave me a sense of confidence. Getting there is my ultimate destination. But to get there, I'd have to go out and write these articles now.
So immediately I came back into the room - it was around 12:00 and set a goal to write the 3 800 word articles for the client. At 12:25, I had written an article and I felt hungry. So I called home to check if lunch was ready.
It wasn't and so I told my mind, "the lunch is not ready anyway. so go ahead and write the next 2 articles" and I did. The flow was so good that I clocked 2561 words of content in 1 hour 10 minutes.
At 1:15, I left home for lunch. It was during this phase things got a bit... nasty. I had my lunch by 1:50 and began to play juggling. With my left leg (until yesterday), I could barely lift the ball at all.
Yesterday I developed consistency and was able to do at least 3 juggles. I kept on aiming to achieve 10 juggles yesterday and didn't succeed.
Today on the other hand - things were to be different. Within a couple of minutes, I nailed 10 consecutive juggles 3 times. Now... my mind wanted to practice with the right leg.
Since I had already developed enough control with the right leg, I wanted to try 50. I kept on trying to do 50 but ended around 28 - 35 mark many times. And time was running out and it was past 30 minutes. So I decided to stop and allow my subsconscious to on it and help me achieve the goal tomorrow.
I am confident I'll reach 50 tomorrow. But today - I didn't hit despite of determination and mental motivation because maybe the goal was too high (shoot for the stars, land in the clouds or I don't know).Finished it up at aroudn 2:30.
Soon after that - I wanted to take a nap. The mosquitoes were as crazy as hell and we had to spend a lot of time clearing those. And then I finally took a nap only at 3:15 pm. I woke up at 3:45 or 3:50 (one reason for this could be because of the AC - it gives peaceful sleep unlike the fan).
I drank a glass of green tea, freshned up and reached office. Once I reached office - my mind was wandering. I was thinking... how am I going to handle all of the oncoming expenses? This current client I have will earn me 10K whose work will be done in the next 2 days or so. That'll be enough for expenses in the first week.
But what about coaching? What about other expenses, credit card bill, rent for office, etc? Will I find another client and how am I going to get one? My confidence began to slip.
I reassured myself consciously that I need to focus on the current client work and I can then work on new clients. So I decided to have the current client's work finished by Thursday morning so I can work on negotiating new clients from Thursday to Saturday worth at least $600 (30K for the next 1 - 2 weeks)
Subconsciously - I hope I'll be successful. Consciously - I reaffirm it with confidence. Client will come naturally or I'll find the ones I need exactly at the amounts I want.
My main goal is to have the current client work finished by Thursday or even tomorrow if possible. So I began work, wrote an article, felt sleepy.
So I walked around for a bit and wrote another article, walked and another article and walked. After that, I got through 2 articles in straight continuity.
In total, I wrote 6400 words of content today and that is in exactly 4 hours and 1 minute (this includes proofreading as well). This is at my optimum levels of production. EXCEL:LENT.
Add the 4 hours 1 minute of work and 2 hours and 6 minutes of coaching - we have 6 hours and 6 minutes of work today.
Why does shooting for the stars, landing in the clouds method work for me?
1. I am not smart at planning
With 8 hours of work goal in mind, I planned my time accoridng to that. But by 8 pm, I was only able to do about 6 hours of work because my timing isn't as of yet sharp and with precision.
I took 3 hours off during lunch break when only 1.5 hours was required. I also took a lot of time walking (because I felt sleepy, maybe low on confidence and stuff).
I could have saved about 45 minutes by eliminating the unnecessary walks (apart from the essential ones for the sleep) and the time I spent surfing the web in the morning.
So yes - this is where things have gone wrong. Now - I seriously need to go home. Good night and have fun. It's 8:40 pm and if I want to be in bed by 10, I better start now.
Thank You,
Harry Ramsay
Here's how the day went...
I had consciousness at 5:10 am in the morning and wanted to sleep on for a few more minutes because my legs were aching. So I chose to let myself loose and it was 5:50 am when I really had the energy to wake up (the drive was mainly because of my pre-determined goals and coaching - the accountability).
Mosquitoes were troublesome again. I made myself a glass of green tea and drank it. As soon as I drank it, I packed up my office items (including the items I had purchased yesterday - honey, bananas, green tea sachets, etc).
I got ready and got to office by 8 am after having some dosas (3.5 or 4) for breakfast. I think I ate a banana as well along with green tea (don't remember clearly).
So the coaching call with Satish began at around 8:15 am in the morning and it went on until 9:50 or 10 am in the morning I think. During the call we discussed stuff about past emotional trauma, new improvements, my motivations and the next week's action points.
Things were clear - shoot for the stars, land in the clouds. That's what I told Satish. I am having a hard time going to bed at 10 PM. But aiming for that is actually helping me get to bed by at last before 11 PM and this is a good thing.
The key is to stop beating myself up when I don't go to bed on time.
As for work is concerned, aim for 8 hours to get to at least 6 hours and move on. And that's exactly what I did. The coaching call and the updates I did (for the new week) took about 2 hours and 6 minutes which was clocked by time doctor.
At about 10:10 am, I got myself into a tangent. I visited Satish's blog to read the post and eventually got myself distracted until 10:50 PM. That's when I pulled myself up, turned of the PC, made myself a glass of green tea and meditated. Following meditation, I visualized and took a walk.
I kept on thinking and created a vision for myself as to what I'd do 10 years from now i.e. for the rest of my life. I think one of the main things that have been blocking me is that I am not clear or confident about what it is exactly I will be doing 10 or 20 years down the line.
Well... it's somewhat become clear - own a powerful and highly successful advertising agency that specializes in all kinds of advertising campaigns (political, companies, etc).
That gave me a sense of confidence. Getting there is my ultimate destination. But to get there, I'd have to go out and write these articles now.
So immediately I came back into the room - it was around 12:00 and set a goal to write the 3 800 word articles for the client. At 12:25, I had written an article and I felt hungry. So I called home to check if lunch was ready.
It wasn't and so I told my mind, "the lunch is not ready anyway. so go ahead and write the next 2 articles" and I did. The flow was so good that I clocked 2561 words of content in 1 hour 10 minutes.
At 1:15, I left home for lunch. It was during this phase things got a bit... nasty. I had my lunch by 1:50 and began to play juggling. With my left leg (until yesterday), I could barely lift the ball at all.
Yesterday I developed consistency and was able to do at least 3 juggles. I kept on aiming to achieve 10 juggles yesterday and didn't succeed.
Today on the other hand - things were to be different. Within a couple of minutes, I nailed 10 consecutive juggles 3 times. Now... my mind wanted to practice with the right leg.
Since I had already developed enough control with the right leg, I wanted to try 50. I kept on trying to do 50 but ended around 28 - 35 mark many times. And time was running out and it was past 30 minutes. So I decided to stop and allow my subsconscious to on it and help me achieve the goal tomorrow.
I am confident I'll reach 50 tomorrow. But today - I didn't hit despite of determination and mental motivation because maybe the goal was too high (shoot for the stars, land in the clouds or I don't know).Finished it up at aroudn 2:30.
Soon after that - I wanted to take a nap. The mosquitoes were as crazy as hell and we had to spend a lot of time clearing those. And then I finally took a nap only at 3:15 pm. I woke up at 3:45 or 3:50 (one reason for this could be because of the AC - it gives peaceful sleep unlike the fan).
I drank a glass of green tea, freshned up and reached office. Once I reached office - my mind was wandering. I was thinking... how am I going to handle all of the oncoming expenses? This current client I have will earn me 10K whose work will be done in the next 2 days or so. That'll be enough for expenses in the first week.
But what about coaching? What about other expenses, credit card bill, rent for office, etc? Will I find another client and how am I going to get one? My confidence began to slip.
I reassured myself consciously that I need to focus on the current client work and I can then work on new clients. So I decided to have the current client's work finished by Thursday morning so I can work on negotiating new clients from Thursday to Saturday worth at least $600 (30K for the next 1 - 2 weeks)
Subconsciously - I hope I'll be successful. Consciously - I reaffirm it with confidence. Client will come naturally or I'll find the ones I need exactly at the amounts I want.
My main goal is to have the current client work finished by Thursday or even tomorrow if possible. So I began work, wrote an article, felt sleepy.
So I walked around for a bit and wrote another article, walked and another article and walked. After that, I got through 2 articles in straight continuity.
In total, I wrote 6400 words of content today and that is in exactly 4 hours and 1 minute (this includes proofreading as well). This is at my optimum levels of production. EXCEL:LENT.
Add the 4 hours 1 minute of work and 2 hours and 6 minutes of coaching - we have 6 hours and 6 minutes of work today.
Why does shooting for the stars, landing in the clouds method work for me?
1. I am not smart at planning
With 8 hours of work goal in mind, I planned my time accoridng to that. But by 8 pm, I was only able to do about 6 hours of work because my timing isn't as of yet sharp and with precision.
I took 3 hours off during lunch break when only 1.5 hours was required. I also took a lot of time walking (because I felt sleepy, maybe low on confidence and stuff).
I could have saved about 45 minutes by eliminating the unnecessary walks (apart from the essential ones for the sleep) and the time I spent surfing the web in the morning.
So yes - this is where things have gone wrong. Now - I seriously need to go home. Good night and have fun. It's 8:40 pm and if I want to be in bed by 10, I better start now.
Thank You,
Harry Ramsay
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