It's not a lot, but it's enough

Morning all,

Not much to report really.

Struggling with the cold so I’ve not managed to the gym or do much tbh.

My first week in the new job was good. Of course, as you can imagine, to begin with it’s just getting my head round the new role and all that comes with it. They’ve told me that they’re not expecting fireworks straight away which is appreciated to give me some breathing space however I see that more as an opportunity to impress and I’m determined to get a chunky bit of business in to impress the new bosses.

I was listening to my podcasts yesterday and they had Dr on it who referred to making and breaking habits. Turns out that to make a daily habit you must do every day for 60 days (according to a study) and a good habit to have is to get up early. 1 thing that many successful business people have is that they get up early so they’ve time to shower or exercise or have a filling and healthy breakfast or read the newspapers or get a head start on emails etc etc. I’m not really a morning person but I’d love to be so I could do many of the above. I’m contemplating trying it to see how I get on – might fall asleep at my desk.

Not really much to report on the DFW side of things for now. Looking forward to payday just so I can make another payment on the CC. I’ve got 4 pays between now and the end of the year, so I’ve set myself a goal of being debt free for Christmas.

There. I’ve said it. Hold me to it. I’m going to do it!

ChicaBonita wrote: »

Hey Speky, glad the new job is going well! I'm also a not-so-morning person, and I read articles all the time about successful people who get up at 5:30am every day or similar. I did see an article by a guy that set himself a challenge to get up at 4:30am every workday (not weekends or holidays) and he said it gave him 2 more productive hours in the day, as while he went to bed earlier he was more productive in the two hours between 4:30am and 6:30am (when he used to get up). But, saying that, it takes me forever to wake up, so not sure how it would work for me!? I keep thinking I'll do something similar, but get up at 6:30am perhaps. Don't think that will happen until I have a reason to (either a particular job or kids lol!).

Yeah I think I'm the same as you. But the guy who got up 4.30 on weekdays...when it comes to the weekend, doesn't he just sleep till like 8/9/10 and mess up his sleep pattern? Would it not have to be the same every, single, day?

When I was at Uni it took me nearly 2 hours to get in so I had to get up early and at the time Chris Moyles was live on Radio 1 and I'm a big fan of his so it was fine for me to wake up to him and get ready. He now has his show on Radio X which I try to listen to, so i could use that as my alarm clock and it may keep me up.

ChicaBonita wrote: »

I'm not sure, I think he said he got up around 6/7 on weekends so it wasn't too much of a struggle. I think for me I can get up late as I work a 10 minute drive from my house, so I have no real reason to be up super early. When I commuted I had to make the effort to be up earlier but it just meant I was tired all day! I think it's a case of being better by going to bed earlier?

Also, I'll hold you to being debt free by Christmas :P what a great present to yourself that would be!

You lucky !!!!!!!!

Yes, I get paid on 22nd of December, so indeed that would be the best Xmas present. :j