The Monk

@Samuel Garcia I do A levels, and do Economics, Politics (Which I hate, especially debating it's damn chimperry, but the knowledge it gives is good) and History.

@Christian I'm 17, don't worry about it. Thanks

@Christian But, the problem is I have exams, in May. I've got a few months left before these very important exams take place, which is what will determine which University I go to. Last year I got burnout, but I suppose that was more procrastination rather than working and don't know my limits. And even if I experiment I think it's too late or too risky because, I don't want to burnout before these very important exams, as there is five months left till my real exams. What do I do? I do hard determination sitting meditation for 30 mins daily also.

@Christian what about the 40 hour rule? I know people who work 60 hours a week to get straight A's? And I think I should do the same.

Habit Streak from the 2nd of January Did meditation for 30 mins 7 movements. Did C/W. Did H/W. Organised my bag for school Inspired myself. Objectives to meet by the end of today 3rd of January Do meditation for 20 mins. Do H/W. Inspire myself.

Habit Streak from the 1st of January 2017 Relaxed. Meditated for 12 mins no movements. Did plan for the rest of my week. Objectives to meet by the end of today 2nd of January 2017 Meditate 30 mins. Do C/W. Do H/W. Organise my bag for school. Inspire myself.

Today I took a moment to reconsider this, as I watched Leo's new video, thus due to that I'm going to be taking a day off today and only meditating, and planning.

Habit Streak from the 31st of December 2016 Did some c/w. Meditated for 30 mins 8 movements. Didn't finish h/w. listened to some of an audiobook. inspired myself. Objectives to meet by the end of today 1st of January 2017 Plan the rest of the week. Do meditation for 30 mins. Do c/w. Finish H/W. Inspire myself. Message Leo Gura.

Habit Streak from the 30th of December Didn't meditate. Didn't finish h/w. Listened to an audiobook. Did some coursework. Didn't inspire myself. objectives to meet by the end of today (31st of December) Meditate for 30 mins. Do C/W. Finish h/w. Listen to some of an audiobook. Inspire myself.

Personally I found this very useful. If you want to read self help books quickly and still understand them listen to an audiobook version, and 2x the speed and it should take you one to two days to extract all the useful information from the self help book you are reading. This is how to read books quickly

Habit Streak from the 29th of December Did meditate for 30 mins (9 movements) Inspired myself. Did half of my h/w. Relaxed. Objectives to meet by the end of today 30th December Listen to an audiobook. Do meditation for 30 mins. Finish of my h/w. Do some coursework. Inspire myself.

Hey guys, I'm a student, and I tell my teachers how hard I wish to work. I want to work 7 days a week and take a mini vacation every 3 months. But, my teachers say don't do this or you will burn out ( feel tired, and unmotivated, which will result in me failing) to be honest I did burnout before my exams last term and resorted to simply playing video games. However, as I now know have an amazing life purpose and intrinsic motivation in order to change the world, as well as a habit to inspire myself everyday, I doubt my motivation will fade away and I will get 'burnt out'. It seems to me like this is just simply a myth created by the lazy or unmotivated individuals with no life purpose. Is this true? If I love doing what I do I won't 'burnout' will I? (I want to be the very best I potentially could, as I want to accomplish big things, and change the world for the better) What would you recommend?

Habit Streak from the 28th of December Created notes. Didn't do remaining h/w, Organised my files/ Meditated for 8 mins. Inspired myself. Objectives to meet by the end of today 29th of December Meditate for 30 mins. Inspire myself. Do some h/w. Relax.

Habit Streak from the 27th of December 2016 Organised my notes. Didn't plan for next month. Meditated for 25 mins 9 movements. Inspired myself. Got a new microphone. Didn't sleep on time. Objectives to meet by the end of today 28th of December 2016. Create notes. Do any remaining h/w. Organise the rest of my files. Prepare my bag for school. Meditate for 30 mins. Inspire myself.

Habit Streak from the 26th of December 2016 Did meditate for 13 minutes 5 movements. No note creation or organisation. Didn't sleep on time. Didn't get a new microphone. Didn't inspire myself. Objectives to meet by the end of today 27th of December Organise notes. Plan for next month. Meditate for 30 mins. Inspire myself. Get a new microphone. Go to sleep on time.

Habit streak from the 25th of December 2016 Didn't organise notes. Did meditate for 15 mins 5 movements. Did stay hydrated. Didn't inspire myself Did relax Objectives to meet by the end of today 26th of December Inspire myself. Create notes and organise notes. Meditate for 30 mins. Go to sleep on time and keep a sleeping schedule. Get a new microphone.

Habit streak from the 24th of December Did meditate for 30 mins 8 movements. Didn't organise and create notes. Did drink some coffee, I hate the taste. Didn't inspire myself. Didn't renew food diary. Did use procrastination techniques. Didn't get a new microphone. Objectives to meet by the end of today 25th of December Christmas day. (National holiday) Meditate 30 mins. Organise notes. Stay hydrated. Inspire myself. Relax

Habit streak from the 23rd of December Didn't do meditation 30 mins. Did stay hydrated. Did eat healthy. Did renew food diary. Objectives to meet by the end of today Do meditation for 30 mins (23 days strong so far) Organise and create notes (2 hours) Drink some coffee. Inspire myself. Renew food diary. Read over notes and use techniques to stop procrastinating Get a new microphone.

Habit streak from the 22nd of December Did meditate for 20 mins 8 movements. Did renew food diary. did stay hydrated. did eat healthy. Objectives to meet by the end of today 23rd of December Do meditation 30 mins, Stay hydrated. Eat healthy renew food diary.

Habit streak from the 21st of December No meditation Did h/w. Stayed hydrated =. Renewed food diary. objectives to meet by the end of today 22nd December 2016 Meditate for 30 mins Create notes. Renew food diary Organise notes. Stay hydrated. Eat some healthy food. Actually for today and tomorrow i've decided to take the days off, due to me harding hard recently on my work. So, Today I will just meditate, eat healthy, and stay hydrated, as well as, renew my food diary.

Habit Streak from the 20th of December Didn't meditate. Did inspire myself. Didn't fix laptop really. Did organise files. Did renew food diary. Didn't do half my h/w. Objectives to meet by the end of today 21st of December Meditate 30 mins. Do h/w. Stay hydrated. Renew food diary.

Habit streak from the 19th of December Did meditation 9 movements . Did inspire myself. Did organise files. didn't really sort out my computer. Did stay hydrated. Did prepare for tomorrow. Objectives to meet by the end of today Do meditation 30 mins. Inspire myself. fix laptop. organise files Renew food diary. Do half of my h/w.

During a period of contemplation I realised this within my own religion, which suggests that a person should perform a ritual of fasting for 30 days. Which through interpretation is very similar to hard determination sitting, which is a form of meditation Leo created a video on. But what, I also realised is that the majority of society doesn't realise this. They simply focus continuously on the interpretations of god, rather than on the true path to enlightenment, which is embroidered deep within the religion. Those of you with other religions, am I wrong? But if I am not, please list your or any other religion and the path to enlightenment within it. I was referring to Islam in the previous paragraph.

Habit streak from 18th December Meditated for 30 mins once. 8 movements. Renewed the food diary. Didn't go for a relaxing walk. Did relax and remain hydrated. Objectives to meet by the end of today 19th December 2016 Do meditation 30 minutes. Inspire myself 10 mins. Organise files 3 hours. Sort out my computer. stay hydrated. Prepare for tomorrow

@John attempt to keep your back as straight as possible whilst meditating, or else you may begin to feel sleepy. This is what was definitely causing my sleepiness after meditating, which I prevented from happening by sitting up against a wall whilst meditating. Try and apply this to your meditation, and tell me how it goes!