The 8.20am naked elderly sea plunge

It was an absolutely glorious morning, even more so if you discount the daily encounter with the x rated version of cocoon. 

The 8.20am naked elderly sea plunge. 

^^^^ there, we now share a mental image that neither of us want. 

I am living a reverse approach to life at the moment which I think provides a perspective that few get to enjoy. 

Post university anyway. 

I'm used to work filling 12 hours of the day and then life being what I have the mental and physical energy for afterwards. 

I am working of course but without set opening hours to adhere to I'm free to structure my day a little differently. 

My work is answering one question;

How can I improve the health and energy of time short business people? 

The rest of my time is spent doing the same for myself. 

This means: 

Daily exercise moving through multiple ranges and varying speeds, loads, frequencies. 

A nutrient dense diet that both satisfies and energises, structured in a way that creates the best digestion. 

Consistent and restful sleep.

Enough water. 

Documenting and questioning and removing emotional triggers. 

Values based enjoyment: beautiful places, learning, relaxation. 

Defining principles of living, like how you want to parent, work, look after your health, be with your partner, spend your time, achieve. 

But the thing that underlines all of this, the thing that allows us to more experience the life that we want for ourselves, is organisation and definition. 

Every time I put pen to paper, set a timer for 5 minutes and define what I want and how I can make it happen, my life improves. 

Every time I hope or just mentally plan, it doesn't. 

The things we want require effort, we all know that but we want to apply it using our existing models of thinking and operating. 

If they were effective for achieving that thing we would already be doing it. 

When we take a little more time at the front end to challenge our thinking and define what we will do differently it all gets a lot easier. 

The irony is that we would often prefer to have 10 failed attempts costing hundreds of hours than we would accepting that our current thinking might be wrong. 

Getting out of our heads is the best way to
get out of our own way. 

Ed Ley