Ok...Here's my update. I just finished day 8 of my experiment. It's been both good and bad so far. Qigong wise - I'm doing decent. I did 41 minutes of standing Qigong on Thursday. Friday was a "cheat day". Saturday I started the day with 52 minutes standing. Then Sunday I got up to one hour. Today was another "cheat day".
Here's the deal with my "cheat days". If anybody is familiar with bodybuilding programs like Body For Life - you know that one day a week you eat like crap and just do "whatever". Well on Friday I got off to a bad start and basically fell off the wagon for the whole day. Didn't do my active exercises and didn't look at my to do list. Today was a similiar day - but half of the day was productive. So - since I have 48 days in my experiment - I figure just one and a half cheat days out of 48 is very good. So this means no more cheat days for me. The way cheat days happen for me is I jump out of bed in the morning to do something - get distracted - and the next thing I know I'm out of control. Not a bad "out of control" like a drug addict. Just not in the moment - not releasing - being unconcious..etc.
My doing 5 to do list things a day has been harder than I thought. At first I was like "only 5 things?" Is what happens is "karma" gets in the way. By not living right in the past my time and energy gets eaten up by fixing past mistakes. But I think I am fixing some of the karma time wasters. I think I will report back in daily and report on my "5 things".
Also - another time waster seems to be "collecting information". Since I am an enneagram 5 - Instead of just focusing on my to do list - I find myself looking up info on the internet, skimming through books etc...All time wasting crap. I seem to have an unconcious belief that if I am not up with the current events...or if I can just learn about this new theory - that this knowledge will somehow keep me safe or whatever...Well screw that...If the world blows up I will notice...And I don't need more knowledge or theories in my head...All I need is my to do list.
