Habit Transformation

[Loreena]

What's streak ? Reward points ?

[Dragallur]

@Loreena The number says how many times in a row she did it, when she breaks it the number goes back to zero.

[JKG]

17/05/04

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 0
Eating only once nuts - Streak 2
Eating no oat meal - Streak 17
Eating no raisins - Streak 17
Eating a light raw lunch - Streak 17

Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 5
Getting up directly - Streak 0
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 5
Eating a light raw breakfast - Streak 47
Gratitude - Streak 50

I only ate a little minor snack, but I have to be honest to myself. And I sat in bed only for a few minutes.

[JKG]

17/05/05

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 0
Eating only once nuts - Streak 3
Eating no oat meal - Streak 18
Eating no raisins - Streak 18
Eating a light raw lunch - Streak 18

Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 6
Getting up directly - Streak 1
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 6
Eating a light raw breakfast - Streak 48
Gratitude - Streak 51

I notice that I begin to spend more time watching useless YouTube videos again. This might become a problem now that I have more free time. Ill observe that.

[JKG]

17/05/06

Getting up directly - Streak 2
Fasting until 12 - Streak 1
Waking up my body outside - Streak 1
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 7

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 1
Eating only once nuts - Streak 4
Eating no oat meal - Streak 19
Eating no raisins - Streak 19
Eating a light raw lunch - Streak 19

Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 7
Gratitude - Streak 52

I have tried out something differently this morning. I was inspired to do 10 seconds of sun gazing. I also ran around in the garden barefoot and did some exercises. Afterwards I felt great.

I also did intermittent fasting. This feels so much better.

[JKG]

17/05/07

Getting up directly - Streak 3
Fasting until 12 - Streak 2 (until 1:30pm)
Waking up my body outside - Streak 2
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 8

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 2
Eating only once nuts - Streak 5
Eating no oat meal - Streak 20
Eating no raisins - Streak 20
Eating a light raw lunch - Streak 20

Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 8
Gratitude - Streak 53

[JKG]

17/05/08

Getting up directly - Streak 0
Fasting until 12 - Streak 0
Waking up my body outside - Streak 3
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 9

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 0
Eating only once nuts - Streak 0
Eating no oat meal - Streak 0
Eating no raisins - Streak 0
Eating a light raw lunch - Streak 21

Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 9
Gratitude - Streak 54

 

17/05/09

Getting up directly - Streak 0
Fasting until 12 - Streak 0
Waking up my body outside - Streak 4
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak1 0

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 0
Eating only once nuts - Streak 1
Eating no oat meal - Streak 0
Eating no raisins - Streak 0
Eating a light raw lunch - Streak 22

Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 10
Gratitude - Streak 55

 

Oh shit. Homeostasis kicks in. There is a lot of red. And my eating habits are like shit. I actually also feel like shit. So full and unproductive. It feels like I have to start all over again with the eating habits, just because I have slacked off so much these last two days. It felt like I was making progress, and now this happened...

It looks kind of frustrating to see that after more than 4 months of this I only have a maximal streak of 55 with gratitude.

I see that I have to change my approach on this habit stuff. I want to change too many habits at once. I saw this coming at the beginning of this year. I actually have applied the pre-mortem technique on this.

In the next two days I will have to figure out all sorts of stuff. I will come up with a new way of handling my habits.

[JKG]

17/05/10

Getting up directly - Streak 1
Fasting until 12 - Streak 0
Waking up my body outside - Streak 5
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 11

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 0
Eating only once nuts - Streak 2
Eating no oat meal - Streak 1
Eating no raisins - Streak 1
Eating a light raw lunch - Streak 23

Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 11
Gratitude - Streak 56

[JKG]

New Method

I have thought about this stuff. I have to be more disciplined with the harder habits. I have made an order of difficulty. The first 4 are those which I have been struggling in the past weeks the most. And if I fail them I will have to reset of the other streaks - all of them. Really this has no meaning, but my ego doesn't like that at all. So I should be quite motivated to accomplish them.
Then the other ones are not that difficult. But if I fail one I will still reset all the other ones below it.

I have also added two. "Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge." This will be the hardest ones because I am often so scared of going out of my comfort zone. And often I also have no idea of which easy thing I could be doing that day. 
I also added "Concentration (10min)." I hate the concentration practice because I am so bad at it. But I need this to make my meditation more effective. Otherwise I will just procrastinate.

And I want to make the habit "getting up directly" a little bit more clear to myself. I don't get onto my phone until I am dressed. I don't sit there around for 5 minutes and almost fall asleep sitting. Within about a minute I get up. And I don't lay down again.

Here is the list:

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak x
Concentration (10min) - Streak x
Fasting until 12 - Streak x
Getting up directly - Streak x

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak x
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak x
Waking up my body outside - Streak x
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak x
Eating no oat meal - Streak x
Eating no raisins - Streak x
Eating a raw lunch - Streak x
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak x
Gratitude - Streak x

 

[JKG]

17/05/11

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 1
Concentration (10min) - Streak 1
Fasting until 12 - Streak 1
Getting up directly - Streak 2

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 1
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 1
Waking up my body outside - Streak 6
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 12
Eating no oat meal - Streak 2
Eating no raisins - Streak 2
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 24
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 12
Gratitude - Streak 57

The new experience: I had a short conversation with my history teacher. I had a skype conversation about different stuff. I meditated outside in the garden where other people could have seen me. I recorded myself doing "the work" and uploaded to soundcloud while my family could have heard me.

[JKG]

17/05/12

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 2
Concentration (10min) - Streak 2 (not yet but in a minute)
Fasting until 12 - Streak 2
Getting up directly - Streak 3

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 2
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 2
Waking up my body outside - Streak 7
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 13
Eating no oat meal - Streak 3
Eating no raisins - Streak 3
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 25
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 13
Gratitude - Streak 58

The new experience: I went to a farmer shop and bought salad and strawberries. I greeted the assistant from my mother. I explored a bit of a new running route. I hugged a tree in the forest. I tried to install a new operating system on a new computer, changed my computer, got two new monitors and rearranged my desk setup. I was pretty intuitive today - I felt energetic and happy.

[Dragallur]

1 hour ago, JKG said:

I tried to install a new operating system on a new computer

Linux?

[JKG]

21 hours ago, Dragallur said:

Linux?

Yes, a newer version

[JKG]

17/05/13

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 3
Concentration (10min) - Streak 3
Fasting until 12 - Streak 3
Getting up directly - Streak 4

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 3
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 3
Waking up my body outside - Streak 8
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 14
Eating no oat meal - Streak 4
Eating no raisins - Streak 4
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 26
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 14
Gratitude - Streak 59

The new experience: I drove with the car to a organic shop and bought a lot of fruits and vegetables. I tried to smile a bit more than usually. I picked up my sister from a friend also with the car. And this night I will stay up until about 1am and watch the eurovision songcontest. I will be super tired.

[JKG]

17/05/14

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 4
Concentration (10min) - Streak 4 (not yet but in a minute)
Fasting until 12 - Streak 4 (until 3pm)
Getting up directly - Streak 5

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 4
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 4
Waking up my body outside - Streak 9
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 15 (not yet but in a minute)
Eating no oat meal - Streak 5
Eating no raisins - Streak 5
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 27
Self-Love - Streak 1
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 15
Gratitude - Streak 60

The new experience: I went with my father to a new farmers shop. I went voting for the first time. I went with my family on a 1.75 hour hike somewhere where I never was before. I skyped with @Dragallur

Edited May 14, 2017 by JKG

[JKG]

17/05/15

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 5
Concentration (10min) - Streak 5
Fasting until 12 - Streak 5 (until 1pm
Getting up directly - Streak 6

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 5
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 5
Waking up my body outside - Streak 10
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 16
Eating no oat meal - Streak 6
Eating no raisins - Streak 6
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 28
Self-Love - Streak 2
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 16
Gratitude - Streak 61

The new experience: I was with my father at a company to figure stuff out with my car. I realized how complicated all of this is.

[JKG]

17/05/16

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 6
Concentration (10min) - Streak 6
Fasting until 12 - Streak 6
Getting up directly - Streak 7

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 6
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 6
Waking up my body outside - Streak 11
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 17
Eating no oat meal - Streak 7
Eating no raisins - Streak 7
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 29
Self-Love - Streak 3
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 17
Gratitude - Streak 62

The new experience: I went to the farmers shop and bought apples. I answered a call although I didn't know the number. I asked @Dragallur to do these questions.

[JKG]

17/05/17

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 7
Concentration (10min) - Streak 7
Fasting until 12 - Streak 7
Getting up directly - Streak 8

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 7
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 7
Waking up my body outside - Streak 12
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 18
Eating no oat meal - Streak 8
Eating no raisins - Streak 8
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 30
Self-Love - Streak 4
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 18
Gratitude - Streak 63

The new experience: I got a delivery - a futon. I explored a new mountain biking route. I tried to use coconut oil as sun creme. I skyped again. And I was a lot in the sun.

Edited May 17, 2017 by JKG

[JKG]

17/05/18

Having a new experience or doing a comfort zone challenge - Streak 8
Concentration (10min) - Streak 8 (not yet but in a minute)
Fasting until 12 - Streak 8
Getting up directly - Streak 9

Eating no unreasonable snacks - Streak 8
Eating less than 20g nuts and seeds - Streak 8
Waking up my body outside - Streak 13
Dorsiflexion exercises - Streak 19
Eating no oat meal - Streak 9
Eating no raisins - Streak 9
Eating a raw lunch - Streak 31
Self-Love - Streak 5
Apple cider vinegar in the morning - Streak 19
Gratitude - Streak 64

The new experience: In the night I slept on the new futon for the first time. It was weird to not sleep on the floor. I simulated an oral exam with my friend. We also went for a walk and were honest to each other. I listened to some new music.

[Alex K]

Where is a meditation habbit?