The Journey Within

Ever since I made myself the promise to do Tai Chi everyday, I failed on the very first day – January the 1st 2009. Sigh… After that, I had a 10-days streak before I was ill. I’m on a 6-days streak as of 25 Jan 2009. All in all, my down time is 32% as of 25 Jan 2009. If I can maintain the 8 days I was lazy/ill throughout the year, the down time will be down to 0.02%. What an achievement that will be! That’s assuming i don’t fall ill I guess, or become lazy.

A few things to note when keeping a goal like this. It’s good to keep track of it, which is why I’m keeping a journal. I also find that timing myself helps. I’ve promised that my training will be at least 20 minutes, so I keep a 20 minute timer handy. Anything after the 20 minutes will be a bonus. I actually try to time myself doing the form as well so that I know how fast or slow I’m doing it that day. It’s quite a good gauge on the quality of the form itself.

Thanks to Rick’s comment in this post on spring cleaning, I’m also trying out some basics again, after concentrating on just the form for some time now.

I’ve recently modified the journal to include one more column, the action that I can try next time to improve.

So, in summary:

• keep a journal
• keep a timer
• do some basics
• jot down “next action”

I hope these tips can be helpful to your own training.

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