I once heard that it takes 90 days to break a bad habit or to get a new behavior engrained into your being. So I've created a blog to track my daily progress in starting some new habits (or tackling those bad ones if I feel brave enough). Every 90 days I'll choose a new habit to start or break

Thursday, January 12, 2012

5am Meditation Day 2- Better Late than Never

5am??? Not so much. Try 9pm. As guilty as I felt at 5am when I turned my alarm off, I have forgiven myself already. Even though it wasn't at 5am as I had hoped it would be, at least I meditated today. Better late than never. My goal was to meditate at 5am everyday, and I think the most important part of that goal is the meditation part, not the 5am part.

We all have to learn how to forgive ourselves, and how to find a balance in life. While I had all intentions of waking at 5am for 90 days straight, sometimes we get sick, and sometimes we stay up late, and sometimes we stay up until 1am doing homework AND get a stomach bug, as was my case yesterday. We can't help these things, so we have to learn how to have balance and take care of ourselves. I set my alarm for 5am just in case, but I had a feeling it wouldn't happen. And I'm OK with it. I knew that my sleep was more important today and that I would fit my meditation in eventually.

I am learning two things- how to simplify and how to let go. There are some things in life that we just can't control, and we have to learn to be OK with that. I often find myself with a plan that has a hiccup, and I am trying to learn how to let go of my plan, accept that it is what it is, and be able to move on instead of holding on to what I thought it would be. Today was a step in the right direction. It was what it was, and I am OK with it. But I'm still planning on waking up at 5am for the next 88 days :)
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3 comments:

  1. hrochaJanuary 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM

    Hi Megan,
    I love your blog site. It is very peaceful, just like meditation. I agree some much about simplifying and letting go. Those are very important life lessons that I myself need to continually work on.
    Holly

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  2. mikeJanuary 15, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    I find this an interesting blog, it is a great idea to use a blog for self refection and improvement.

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  3. Selena RayvenJanuary 17, 2012 at 5:41 AM

    Thank you for your comments. The blog started as a self reflection and tracking my progress, but then I read an article about successful blogs, and I am hoping to apply what I read to my writing and make it a blog that might apply more to my readers- so adding advice and what I have learned through the process, ways to motivate others, etc. To keep people coming back to it, I need to give them something they want.

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