I am catching up with posting online my articles.
This is the continuation of the previous article:
21 DAYS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE - DAY 1
21 DAYS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE - DAY 1A
21 DAYS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE - DAY 2
21 DAYS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE - DAY 3
21 DAYS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE - DAY 4
21 DAYS OF SELF-DISCIPLINE - DAY 16
So here is the 22nd day since I started my experiment with self-discipline. There is not really anything new that I can say about as I have done it already in my previous article about it.
All went really well. I was able to maintain my discipline when it comes to my work and dealing with my overloading responsibilities and tasks. Although my day job is very unpredictable and it is really difficult to make any planning in regards to organizing my other responsibilities, I have managed to come up with the idea with the lists of daily and weekly tasks. And if - for some reason - I cannot finish all my daily tasks ( because of my unpredictable work ) then I complete them the next day and then I try to not take on any new responsibilities unless I finish the list from the other day. This way I move forward and I eliminate the stress coming from thinking that I have always so many things to do and I never see the end of it.
There was one moment when the things were a little bit out of control because I had to complete one task with the deadline but now everything is back in place and I am more relaxed.
One thing that did not work during my 21-day experiment with self-discipline was the sleep. I tried to put some more discipline into how much time I spend in bed ( aiming at reducing this time as much as possible ) but did I failed on many occasions and I slept over the plan. Generally I have reduced the amount of sleep ( if I compare it with the period before the experiment ) but here there is still a lot of room for improvement. And thus I plan on staring another 21 day experiment with the sleep when I will continue balancing and tuning this element of my life.
One more important point...
Is it really worth to put so much control and planning into my life instead of living more spontaneously ?
Well... personally I am really pleased that I did. I have decided to do few ( or maybe even many ) things in my life and doing things without the plan is really not effective and also very stressful. Now I see the advancement and I also have more time for doing things which I enjoy a lot ( e.g. dancing ). Then I also know that within few weeks I will finish all my pending tasks and I will have even more time for my other interesting projects.
Thus for me right now in this moment of my life the discipline and planning is perfect. And I will continue doing it until I reduce the amount of tasks and projects waiting in the queue and then I will live more spontaneously. But still the element of self-discipline is something which will stay with me for my whole life or maybe even forever.
To be continued