After setting my one goal for 2009, I assumed nothing else can go wrong with just the one goal, until I missed the goal on the first day of 2009! Which is something I would like to write about – the seduction of distractions. Let me take your through these seductresses one by one.
1. The bed
The number one of all seductresses. How many times have I found out that putting out the alarm is preferable to getting out of bed. The invisible arms of the bed are always ready to pull you in. It’s warm and cuddly, and peeling myself away from these arms doesn’t seem to be an option…
2. Food
When hunger strikes, food trumps exercise. If I wake up in the morning feeling hungry, I might grab a bite first and then another, and then another… If I come home from work, and feeling frustrated and tired, dinner always sounds better than exercise. There’s always tomorrow…
3 other “important” things (OTMs)
Now, OTMs are a different breed altogether. They first appear not to be there, but then they call you out almost in a whisper. They seem to work in unison, like having a collective consciousness (read Borg for Trekkies out there). Once you give in to one, others will follow. Like putting on the kettle, rearranging the desk, looking for that pen, reading the latest news, emailing a friend about a party in 2 weeks’ time, check if another friend has replied your invitation…
Conclusion?
There is none. As Oscar Wilde put it, I can resist anything but temptations. But I found a way round it. Hope the tips in there will keep me distracted.
Streak: 24 days, Failure rate: 18.6%
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It’s a chronic problem of our times, paying attention and resisting distractions. I keep a calendar of my training over the previous month’s worth or so of days, and the gaps that turn up bug me.
http://cookdingskitchen.blogspot.com/2005/08/pay-attention.html
One of the things I find funny is that OTMs can usually work themselves out if we let them. They can however, be very persuasive.
John
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