Sometimes I really just have to wonder about my own sanity. I read stuff and then get frustrated with the material, all of which seems to start out claiming simplicity, but then turns out to be a process convoluted by fifty million things to remember.
Take the 5:00 AM club for example. They say that the process doesn’t work if you don’t start your day out with intense exercise as soon as you get out of bed. However, I live in an apartment and find that I feel positively like crap when I do twenty minutes of pushups, sit-ups and free weights. Also… “I’ve got neighbors to consider.”
Then they say you should do day planning, meditation, journaling and that kind of thing, all in a 20-minute period. “Seriously?”
So… While I like the idea of getting up at 5:00 AM, I think that I’m going to run with the dumbed down version of what Robin Sharma suggests in his book. This is because, at the end of the day, “It’s all theory.”
Also, even the 5 AM Club says that a majority of the stuff one should do during their morning routine isn’t written in stone. “You don’t have to do it all!”
It feels good to be journaling again. I think that I might have overused the recorder a bit. I think, too, that I’ve been listening to the news a bit more than necessary, too. Do I really even need Facebook in my phone? I’m thinking I might take the app itself off the main screen and just leave the Messenger app there. Facebook is great for reading on occasion. And it’s also good for getting the word out about some things. But, as a front and center app… “Fuck No!”