Day 12 - Balance

Another Friday complete, thankful for the weekend. Work has been crazy, and is not helping me on my goals plan there. Sometimes, I can make a nice tidy to do list, put on some focus, and produce super large amounts of work in a single day. Then there are weeks like lately, by the time I have just written my to do list for the day, 3 urgent emails have hit my inbox, and I have to jump on them first, and this repeats all day long. I manage to stay afloat, but never progress forward. I leave work feeling like I accomplished nothing because my to do list sits untouched, even though I have been busy and working like crazy all day.

I could stay late, and probably make some additional progress, but my goals this month require me to leave work on time, so I am focusing on my primary challenge components first. Next month I might have to knock my wake up time back another 30 minutes or so, so I can meditate and still get to work early, AND get home on time still. I work best early and the first half of the day, so its better if I adjust my schedule that direction.

Day 12 results
Wake 5 am - Done
Meditate - Done (25 mins)
Work Goals - Not done (frustrated)
Daily Blog Entry - Done
Yoga - Done (40 minutes)
Evening Prep - Done
Home work time - Done

So at this point, I am doing pretty good with almost everything except the following:
-Meditation consistency
-Making sure I don't have a 2-3 minute delay when the alarm goes off
-Finding a way to feel successful and less stressed or distracted at work

I will work on those above items over the weekend, I should have time to lay out some plans. Work is my main concern, I am struggling with distractions again as my stress levels are increasing. I definitely have a stress component that can drive me to lose focus.

Not bad, I am definitely happy with my progress and accomplishments so far. I am almost halfway through, and feeling very good. Energy about the challenge is still high, and any of my struggles seem minor and I have strong motivation to tackle them. So while this challenge is very busy and requires a lot of work, I do not think I overdid it at all. I am very happy that I found a balance to push myself hard, but not so much that I become too fatigued or frustrated.