A problem with doing this so often is that you really have to start challenging yourself once you get over your basic fears. A way to do this is to delve into experiences and emotions you may not have realized you had. Another way is to approach the unknown. The basic method I am going to start incorporating into my life will be a more physical trial however: I am going to see how long I can last with minimal sleep (so far 3 days and counting) and minimal food intake. However, I will be maintaining water intake in order to ensure the avoidance of kidney failure and take a multivitamin to avoid nutritional deprivation. Also, I am going to exercise daily (and nightly..?), using exercise developed to train U.S. Special forces (yes I have a book like that, by Mark de Lisle, ex-Navy SEAL, very good book, highly recommended). I figure that there are men out there who view this as just another part of their job (Army Rangers are notorious for stretching far beyond most other humans' endurances, emotionally, and physically, with sometimes less than a meal a day).
So... here we go. I'll be starting a new post every week, so put what you did each day this week (or just one thing a week if you're still progressing to this point), and discuss what new people or people who need a little inspiration (I'm sure I will need some at some point) could do to improve themselves overall as a human being. P&L
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well here is the day four check point. I have had a total of...5 meals throughout this time period? and I slept once for an hour. surprisingly, my body is holding off quite well. have actually gained quite a noticeable amount of muscle. looks like I might actually get something out of this after all :P who knew!
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Let's see today is Monday, I'm already getting minimal sleep, I will be working out five days a a week in the night, I'll be donating plasma every Tuesday and Wednesday morning. It's a betterment for self respect, how can I be the better version of me. I'll start by doing a point system. Here it is
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Body-
Diet: 3 fruits, 2 vegs
Fitness: work out three days
Mind -
Learned:
Read 1 to 2 books a week
30 minute on a puzzle
1 hour brainstorming
Created:
Used lateral thinking
Contribution-
Help someone out in someway
Do something for the community;
Pick up a piece of trash, donate, give something to someone more in need.
Vision/ Ethics-
Internal: visualized/focused
Rededicated & Reflected self
External: demonstrated moral courage
Connected with someone on an issue
Conveyed unassailable confidence.
Career: fill out an app every week
Every time I do one I get one point for a max of 14 points a week. To be reviewed every Sunday.
Very nice man! actually your point value system simplifies things quite a bit. Good suggestion! We'll let's see... I sometimes have problems staying inside a lot. Could be a minor macro claustrophobia. So, it's just me and Netflix... and a whole shit ton of salad. anyone who needs help or company doing awesome shit like this to get over your fears, I request that I bring a bowl. Or, if that is not your thing, Benjie and I will smoke all the more to make up for it COUGH COUGH *contact high!* cough cough. Well on second thought that's a load of shit.
ReplyDeleteI am getting sick and tired of always trying to better myself for the world; of people, that is. Trying to better yourself so you can accomplish you're desires and goals is the single just cause for this blog! To encourage you to do the same as I. What can this world offer us?
In case none of you guessed it... Our ancestors left us a world of shit, pure and simple. They don't even like the world they have placed themselves in, because they know, in their hearts, it's a travesty, yet they lack the will to change it. WHAT...the FUCK.... IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! Shodding hell did you think you have imaginations and dreams just to fucking entertain yourselves while your droning away time and time again into fucking oblivion.
We have a chance, our whole lives long, to take an opportunity by the horns and see it through. We'll always have our demons (or angels to some perspectives) to fight and overcome. So why have you waited this fucking long to do anything????
Tomorrow, anyone who reads this, the second after you finish the last word of this blog, do something that scares the shit out of you. I only hope to be a strong enough man to do the same.
I have to realize the difficulty in finding a faith in anything these days, whether it's a religion, a friend, or even yourself. It's times like this where one usually looks for faith, for something stronger to hold on to while they pull themselves together. But how many of us have that? How many of us as scarred to the point where letting anyone in, even your best friend, is a distant memory, because no one knows you, as we have all come to discover.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like waiting in a dark room with no visible boundaries: you're almost too scared to do anything because there is nothing to base anything from anymore except yourself. So you sit and wait...
what else can you do really.
Finding a connection with anyone anymore, the mere prospect, both excites and terrifies me... mainly because it is going to take one fucked up person to have an all out conversation with them. nothing scared me today. I sought fear out today, but the only place I could find it was within myself. Any suggestions?
P&L
The force
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