The last few days I’ve been trying to go with the flow of where my intuition and desire takes me. In some ways it’s led to a pretty steady adherence to routine, while in others I’ve thrown out the routine entirely. It’s all for the best though.
If routine can help me to reinforce habits that I truly want to build (and am prepared to build) of course I’ll use it. If it becomes something I just feel I’m forcing myself to do with some rigid idea about how I’m supposed to be, what’s the point?
If a habit is that hard to build, it probably requires a change in mindset, an excitement for the process or the result that isn’t there yet. No need to force something you want to want if you don’t really want it, right?
I’ve been pretty good about keeping a dream diary, stretching and remidnin* myself to be present throughout the day. Some other habits like language study have been less consistent. Every time I try to use duolingo,I’ll do great for three or four days and then I’ll forget about it.
Until recently guitar has been the same for me. I like do writing songs when I had the right people around to help build inspiration, but actually practice to level up always became a habit I didn’t feel inspired to stick to. Now, I’m finally starting to feel excited about practice.
I’ve also been playing some video games which I haven’t do much of in 15 years. Originally I was going golfing to reward myself with playing these games after I finished the album and the first book, but I feel I’ve accomplished a lot already, not only on my writing and music but through community building on steemit and my overall mindset.
I just do what I am inspired to do when I’m inspired to do it.
What are you inspired to do these days?
Inspiration will flow more readily if I just follow it. So I’ve been playing through those old SNES games I was meaning to play for a while, Breath of Fire 2and when I’m done I’m thinking of finally getting around to Mother 3. It hasn’t distracted me from my goals nearly as much as I think, it just kind of serves as some down time and after 20-40 minutes playing I feel it’s much easier for me to focus on guitar. (If you have any good RPG recommendations that are on some online emulator site let me know! I just discovered there are online emulators for PlayStation, n64 and DS but they’re really slow and jarring to play :-/)
I’ve also started reading the Seth material. It’ll be nice to see where so many New Age ideas came from, and with other stuff, I’ll take what I want and leave what I don’t. I always love new perspectives.
So sometimes now I feel inspired to be on steemit for hours at a time, other times I want to spend a day on other stuff that make sure me happy. As long as I don’t get stuck in any bad habits, I don’t see the need to force myself to follow the routine too strictly.
After our 30 day sugar challenge (second attempt), I’ve had less desire for the stuff, I just indulge about once or maybe twice a week instead of every day and eat more fruit.
I am always happy following my intuition, and when I follow routine it will be based on intuition.
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