Day 3 of 23 Day-Trial

This morning has been a tough one.  I am so tired it is hard to concentrate.  My body is really tense and the combination is causing my anxiety to spike.  I’ve been teetering on the verge of a panic attack since I woke.  The majority of my morning routine is geared towards reducing stress and hopefully anxiety, so I have held off from taking any medication to see if I can pass through this without the aid of medicine. So far, I’ve still gotten everything done and I’ve experienced moments of calm that I normally can’t induce during an anxiety attack.

So, why so tired and anxious?  We had a meeting in another town after school and I was thirsty and the only thing I had on hand was Coke Zero.  I try to avoid caffeine after two pm, but I didn’t last night.  I think the caffeine helped prevent me from falling to sleep at a good time, I also started thinking about an upcoming board meeting just before I drifted to sleep.  Probably the best thing to have done then and there would have been to grab some paper and get out all of the ideas I had and let them rest, but I was already in bed and didn’t want to get up again.  So, three hours later I’m staring at the clock wondering when sleep will come.  This morning I am paying for it.

Anyways, let me talk a little about yesterday.  I picked my 3 most important tasks as stated and made them my morning priorities, and I can happily say that I got them all done rather quickly and despite a couple of unscheduled meetings and one lengthier presentation that was moved forward into my morning instead of my afternoon. After those were done anything else I did was a bonus and I got several other tasks that weren’t high priority, but have been on my task list for some time, accomplished. 

If yesterday was any evidence of what an early morning routine has to offer, then I predict it will help me immensely.  The real difficulty in an early morning routine is when you have late nights like last night and you know that when the alarm goes off, you couldget away with another hour sleep. I suppose if this were a permanant habit, allowing yourself to sleep in on occasion would be okay as long as you didn’t do it more than two days in a row.  But for the trial, the option is not allowed.

My weight returned to 262.0 this morning, my waist is the same.  Today I only chose two MITs, because one is rather lengthy and the point of the MITs are these are the things you make it a point to absolutely get done.  Well, time to take my sleepy mug upstairs and get ready for work.