Self-Discipline for the sake of Self-Discipline
Having consciously lowered my standards for waking up early from a daily 5am start, to a daily 6am start, I'm starting to find myself wondering what am I doing it for??
What typically happens is that I'll wake up at 6am, and then start to think of what I might do with the extra time, and in doing so, drift back to sleep.
It started me thinking - why do I really want to wake up? What is that compels me to desire to wake up early? That's when it starts to get a little more interesting... Initially, this got me thinking maybe there isn't a reason to wake up early... and yesterday, when I woke up early, but was highly unproductive in the morning, before meeting a friend, and consquently turned up late, I thought perhaps there isn't really any point to setting a morning wake up time..
But then, it started to dawn on me, perhaps the many things that I didn't do in the morning, were a reflection of where I'm at in my own readyness to wake up??
I know that had I been clearer in what I wanted to accomplish with my morning, I could have done a lot more with it... And this morning, it's got me thinking even more. I started writing this entry for the blog yesterday, but I didn't have the time to finish it, so this morning, as I started thinking of how I wanted to orient my day, I thought, let me complete this. In thinking about how I might finish this entry, I started to become aware of just how many things in my life right now are "incomplete". It's like an epidemic almost... Unable to find the discipline to keep my attention on any one thing long enough to complete it, I'm surrounded by a myriad of uncompleted tasks. Opportunities that I haven't yet capitalised on, and each day that goes by, I watch my financial situation, not yet reflecting what I know one day I will be earning.
So what to do?? How to change this sorry state of affairs?? Well, to begin with, I definitely have to ensure that my daily routine supports the aims I have in life. I started out wanting to wake up early - but I didn't decide on what I would wake-up to.
My vision of my world, of my future, isn't compelling enough, to inspire me. But I guess that's more a function of my preparedness to move on in life. I've already realised that when everything in my environment represents the success that I know is coming my way, then I'll start to manifest that external success in my world too.. To that end, a Treasure Map is definitely going to be useful to start creating... And I've been thinking about making one too... I suppose the easiest way to do it, will be to perhaps run a workshop, and get lots of other people involved too... Even if it's just 15 or 20 others, it will be enough to make it worth doing, and give me a real clear focal point, to help manifest that in my own life.
Sometimes, I find it easier to do something when it's for others, rather than for myself. Which is cool - almost everything in my life, is focussed towards being of service to others. The aim being, that the more I serve others, the more I change the world I live in.. And in return, when I am serving others, I will be taken care of. It's like the way that I was recently introduced to the principle of tithing, by Topher Morrison... If you see yourself, as part of everything that is, then when you tithe, you're actually giving yourself an extra 10 percent. As you give away an extra ten percent, for the betterment of humanity, you go an receive an extra ten percent back, since you too are a part of humanity..
So for now, I'm going to end this entry with a clear intention that today I will begin molding my perfect world. Day by day, the self-discipline to wake up, will be only a small part of a greater vision of creating my perfect reality... The contribution to which will result in a world more worth living in. Now in order to take my responsibility to myself, to my family, to my community, and to my society, I have to decide to start being responsible for the results I create in my life. So I begin with the results I currently have. I chose these results. I manifested these results. And now, I choose to create different results. Using intentions, (something which to some people might seem almost magical - the ability to manifest a world, merely be thinking about it!!, which is cool - I can play the role of Harry Potter too!!) and
being very clear in what I want to accomplish with my life, I now create a space in my current world, for me to change, and in changing, start creating an upward spiral of change, fuelled by my self-discipline, driven by my motivation, and enthusiasm, which is brough to life, by my vision of how the world can be.
I invite you to create a world that inspires you, and motivates you, and to make you wake up in the mornings, feeling great-full for being alive, and once you have a vision of your perfect world, I invite you to share that with me... and together, let's create our perfect world! You can email me your visions of the future at visions[at]magitam[dot]co[dot]uk.
What typically happens is that I'll wake up at 6am, and then start to think of what I might do with the extra time, and in doing so, drift back to sleep.
It started me thinking - why do I really want to wake up? What is that compels me to desire to wake up early? That's when it starts to get a little more interesting... Initially, this got me thinking maybe there isn't a reason to wake up early... and yesterday, when I woke up early, but was highly unproductive in the morning, before meeting a friend, and consquently turned up late, I thought perhaps there isn't really any point to setting a morning wake up time..
But then, it started to dawn on me, perhaps the many things that I didn't do in the morning, were a reflection of where I'm at in my own readyness to wake up??
I know that had I been clearer in what I wanted to accomplish with my morning, I could have done a lot more with it... And this morning, it's got me thinking even more. I started writing this entry for the blog yesterday, but I didn't have the time to finish it, so this morning, as I started thinking of how I wanted to orient my day, I thought, let me complete this. In thinking about how I might finish this entry, I started to become aware of just how many things in my life right now are "incomplete". It's like an epidemic almost... Unable to find the discipline to keep my attention on any one thing long enough to complete it, I'm surrounded by a myriad of uncompleted tasks. Opportunities that I haven't yet capitalised on, and each day that goes by, I watch my financial situation, not yet reflecting what I know one day I will be earning.
So what to do?? How to change this sorry state of affairs?? Well, to begin with, I definitely have to ensure that my daily routine supports the aims I have in life. I started out wanting to wake up early - but I didn't decide on what I would wake-up to.
My vision of my world, of my future, isn't compelling enough, to inspire me. But I guess that's more a function of my preparedness to move on in life. I've already realised that when everything in my environment represents the success that I know is coming my way, then I'll start to manifest that external success in my world too.. To that end, a Treasure Map is definitely going to be useful to start creating... And I've been thinking about making one too... I suppose the easiest way to do it, will be to perhaps run a workshop, and get lots of other people involved too... Even if it's just 15 or 20 others, it will be enough to make it worth doing, and give me a real clear focal point, to help manifest that in my own life.
Sometimes, I find it easier to do something when it's for others, rather than for myself. Which is cool - almost everything in my life, is focussed towards being of service to others. The aim being, that the more I serve others, the more I change the world I live in.. And in return, when I am serving others, I will be taken care of. It's like the way that I was recently introduced to the principle of tithing, by Topher Morrison... If you see yourself, as part of everything that is, then when you tithe, you're actually giving yourself an extra 10 percent. As you give away an extra ten percent, for the betterment of humanity, you go an receive an extra ten percent back, since you too are a part of humanity..
So for now, I'm going to end this entry with a clear intention that today I will begin molding my perfect world. Day by day, the self-discipline to wake up, will be only a small part of a greater vision of creating my perfect reality... The contribution to which will result in a world more worth living in. Now in order to take my responsibility to myself, to my family, to my community, and to my society, I have to decide to start being responsible for the results I create in my life. So I begin with the results I currently have. I chose these results. I manifested these results. And now, I choose to create different results. Using intentions, (something which to some people might seem almost magical - the ability to manifest a world, merely be thinking about it!!, which is cool - I can play the role of Harry Potter too!!) and
being very clear in what I want to accomplish with my life, I now create a space in my current world, for me to change, and in changing, start creating an upward spiral of change, fuelled by my self-discipline, driven by my motivation, and enthusiasm, which is brough to life, by my vision of how the world can be.
I invite you to create a world that inspires you, and motivates you, and to make you wake up in the mornings, feeling great-full for being alive, and once you have a vision of your perfect world, I invite you to share that with me... and together, let's create our perfect world! You can email me your visions of the future at visions[at]magitam[dot]co[dot]uk.
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