Refocus

I am once again acknowledging the fact that my day to day training regiment has been pretty lacking as of late. I'm just going to leave it at that now, I don't need to keep saying it over and over again. Instead, this time I will relate my thoughts on why this has happened (mostly anyway) and what I'm doing to address and correct it.

This year I decided to reduce my number posting from each day to once a week, believing that it would be easier to just tally it up when I get a chance at the end of the week. This has not worked obviously, as weekly turned into bi-weekly which turned into monthly into nothing... You get the point.

So I asked myself, why isn't this working? I think it's pretty clear now that I have had time to analyze it. When I posted my numbers daily, I was holding myself accountable for everyday engagement by putting it out there for everyone to see. If my numbers were lower than I wanted on a particular day, I was immediately held accountable and had to correct it right away. This also motivated others to post more frequently and kept everyone in the loop.

So how am I going to correct it? I found a method of recording that works for me to streamline everything and make it easier to get into a routine. Typically I was writing my numbers in a book and then tallying it up at the end of the day. This time I built a simple spreadsheet on google sheets with the dates and requirements on my phone that I can update during the day with relative ease and simply copy and paste everything onto a numbers post just before bed. I haven't actually done this yet, but I've been testing it out the past few days to see how it all should work. I guess we'll find out tonight now won't we?

I do need to say though that if I'm travelling and unable to access the internet I won't be posting for those days, at least not immediately. I guess that goes without saying obviously. I just find that if I disclose as much as I can to everyone I won't feel as guilty when the time comes. This doesn't happen very often, but in case I miss a post that's most likely the reason why.

It's handy that it is the beginning of the month, it's easier to start anew this way, in my opinion anyway. If I can get myself motivated to refocus, I can start motivating those around me. Lead by example!

Take care everyone!