2023-06-06 Journal Entry

🍃 Season: 🌷 Spring 🔆 Weekday: Tuesday 🗓 Date: June 6, 2023 📅 Week: Jun 5 – Jun 11, 2023

It’s interesting that even the Heroic folks mention how in journaling you shouldn’t let your fingers leave the keyboard. That was not quite what I was expecting, since my assumption would have been that they’d use journaling more for being intentional and feeling into what your eudaimon has to say, but perhaps instead they’re shooting for moving quickly and not letting your mind get in the way, which is essentially the stance of Morning Pages. (Also mildly interesting that my default way of writing is giant run-on sentences and typos over and over again.)

This morning I’m attempting to on-the-fly build out my morning time algorithm for having a productive day. I already caught myself before I fell into the first trap of the day, which is watching YouTube videos over breakfast. My replacement habit is, well, this! My suggestion was to instead write my journal over breakfast. So far it goes like this: feet hit the floor ⇒ smile! + breakfast ⇒ journal ⇒ writing. I’ll need to figure out where meditation , exercise, and gratitude fit in there soon, but I have less time this morning since I’m going in to work today. But I think something like feet hit the floor ⇒ smile/flip the switch ⇒ breakfast ⇒ journal ⇒ writing ⇒ run ⇒ shower ⇒ meditation is something I’d consider a really effective morning, and if I can continuously chain those all together, I’ll be in great shape.

The exercise yesterday about going to heaven and seeing your most radiant self was really empowering, I think. I’m tired of feeling like I’m surrounding myself with caveats and a forced sense of humility (which is often more like self-deprecation) instead of a natural confidence and drive towards creation and action. This has also been a helpful way to actualize some of the more meditative practices I’ve tried before, the ideas of being constantly mindful and aware of our internal states. For me, it’s become more about the physical cues. I’m getting better at noticing when I hunch over and don’t sit up straight, or when I have a lot of tension somewhere. Those are all helpful guides towards opening up, deep breathing, smiling, and other steps in the right direction.

All right, that’s all I’ll write for today. See you tomorrow, my love.