Thursday, February 12, 2009

Use the Control Journal

Now that I HAVE a control journal... I need to USE it. This one will not be crossed off until I have done every routine in the journal for 120 STRAIGHT days... no breaking routines. For me, it'll probably take this long for me to consider the habits in it "established". The whole point is to establish the routines in it, which are:

1. Eat Breakfast every morning (0/120)
2. Brush my teeth every morning after breakfast (0/120)
3. Take my vitamins (0/120)
4. Take my fiber (0/120)
5. Wash my face every morning (0/120)
6. Use teeth whitener - twice a day (0/240)
7. Write for 15 minutes a day, EVERYDAY (0/120)
8. Daily Spanish Practice, everyday (0/120)
9. Workout 30 minutes, 4 times a week (0/18)
10. Cleaned all my zones weekly (0/18)
11. Planned all meals (0/18)
12. Wash my face before bed (0/120)
13. Take a shower every evening BEFORE bed (0/120)
14. Have all my items packed BEFORE morning (0/120)

Most of these are routines that I do daily as it is but have no set schedule (ie, sometimes I shower in the evening, sometimes in the morning) but without a set schedule my days are too choatic. I'm hoping this way things'll work out better for me.

Anytime I miss ONE of these, I have to reset the counter for ALL of them, back to zero. It needs to be 120 days (or 18 weeks, based on goal) consectutive days. It's the only way I'll make my goals.

I am currently working on an incentive plan, which I'll post later.

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