28 Sep - 04 Oct

General Daily Structure

Habits

These are the essential tasks that ought to be completed every single day. Prayer is the most important, followed by the readings, followed by the planning, followed by the workout and the cold shower. Beneath each habit is the minimum and ideal requirements to mark the task as completed.

Schedule

Notes:

Sun, 28 Sep

Habits

Schedule

Reflections

A lot happened today. I ended up staying with my family much longer than I expected. Right afterwards, I got a call from a brother and went to work with him on some stuff. He taught me some boxing techniques and we had a good time. I got home when it was starting to get dark and was too exhausted to focus properly and get work done. In attempting to do so, I slowed down drastically and pushed myself to stay up very late (it's around 1am right now). This has been a consistent issue, so I need to be extra sure to avoid this happening tomorrow. I also need to get my late assignments done. I'll put it before my business work tomorrow. I need to be caught up on school before I should do any personal projects. Although I did not catch up as I should have, I am very happy that I spent so much time with by friends today. Biggest takeaway is to stop what I am doing and start going to bed when I start to feel exhausted. Pushing myself will just make me gradually less efficient and more distracted until I either lose sleep or get lost in some other activity. Tomorrow, I must be absolutely sure to wake up on time no matter the cost. If I am truly exhausted, I'll "thug it out", make it to the end of the day and go to bed on time. I will work on schoolwork first thing after my morning routine. Right now, I'm going to read my scriptures and do my prayers. After I touch on tomorrow's schedule, of course.

Mon, 29 Sep (TBD)

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Schedule

Notes

I should be caught up with school by the end of this day. I should also be totally worn out and able to fall asleep on time. In reviewing for the next day, I should read the resources that Fr. has sent me on sleep.

Reflections

I woke up late again because I was tired. It really isn't reasonable to stay up late and expect everything to work out the next morning. I have to sleep at a reasonable hour today.

Well, I caught up. I stayed up late once again, though. This is the result of me pushing some work until later once again. This should not be an issue tomorrow night, though. I will set a loud alarm and wake up on time. Nothing too complex should be going on, so I should be able to follow the vanilla schedule. Schedule changed a bit once again but just having the checklist and itinerary for the day helped me greatly. I look forward to attempting tomorrow, with God's grace. We'll just have to wait and see.

Tue, 30 Sep

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Schedule

Reflections

Honestly, I just have to try harder. This is not as good as I hoped. I will keep trying, with God's grace. Nothing bad happened... it just wasn't as productive as I hoped. I briefly broke schedule and everything went downhill. I just have to follow the protocol and plan something for the next day if I need to.

I will KISS (keep it simple stupid) tomorrow. My goal is to get my work done and check off all of my habits. Going to bed on time makes this more likely. Remember, if I break protocol, I never get anything done.

Wed, 01 Oct

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Reflection

Terrible day. Tomrrow I start the workout routine again. I will try to pull myself together. I am going to read and go to sleep.

Thu, 02 Oct (TBD)

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Schedule

Reflections

Super mid day. I will no longer be playing any videos games. I've been through all of this before... my relationship with them is incredibly toxic, haha. I spent hours today playing "to blow off steam". No. I'm not stressed, just lazy and autistic. I don't need video games and I don't need secular music or entertainment. My tine is valuable. The email from B sobered me up. It was harsh but just what I needed to hear. I am not serious or dedicated enough. I don't expect to change overnight, but I really have to understand what is at stake here. My salvation is important. If I slack off, I will be damned. Harsh, but true. I know for a fact that I'm not good enough. This is an obvious fact, not one I should be shocked at or troubled by. I just have to keep getting back up and keep trying again and again. My spiritual life comes first. Then and only then am I in a position to do anything else... perhaps I should rework my schedule around this. I should do my readings at the start of the day and reserve the evenings for work. So I hate to admit it, but I've fallen again (in a broader sense). I have to focus and pray and trust God that I can clean up my act and move forward. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. I suppose this is all a part of growing up, haha. Working out again for a bit really helped me clear my mind. I should continue to do it.

Fri, 03 Oct (TBD)

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Notes

Today I will be doing penance for my poor performance this week. The goal is to recover.

Sat, 04 Oct (TBD)