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Challenge #1 – Day 4 – 2 Weeks of Procrastination, Failure? No way…

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Well there is a 2-week gap between my last post and this one. Did I happen to mention 1 of the things I’m using self-hypnosis for is procrastination? Odd… you look like you already knew. The last 2-3 weeks have been heavy-heavy weeks. Long hours getting things done, late nights and early mornings. One improvement I absolutely [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 3 – Slip and Slide, Stressed Out

Friday, September 18, 2009

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Ok, haven’t had so much success as my last post… it’s been a stressful week and I’ve restored to my old-school habits of work-eat-work-eat-work-eat… and I had a phenomenal bout with the bathroom the other night, so whatever I was eating wasn’t the right choice Besides typical work-related stress we have our 20-mile training [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 30 – It is Finished

Friday, September 18, 2009

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So it is the last day of the experiment and I went out with a whimper. A whimper because I couldn’t sleep at all today. Well, that isn’t really true. I slept for four hours and then I was done. I got up a bit and played video games for a bit and tried again [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 30 – Graduation Day!!!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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Ah, completion.  It feels good. I can remember when I was just a wee anxious thing, quivering and quaking at the sight of my own shadow.  Now I have received my street degree in self-hypnosis, and I have a new, less stressful lease on life. When I started this project, I was really not the least bit [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 29 – Almost There!!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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I think, since this is day 29, it is safe to say that this stuff works.  I notice the improvement when I listen to my script, and – more significantly – I definitely notice a difference when I DON’T listen to the script.  I am convinced that there is benefit to be gained from this [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 2 – Little Successes All Around

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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I don’t know if I spelled that right, but since my last post I’ve had little successes all over the place, and you know what they say about a bunch of little successes… it’ll give you diarrhea. In my case no diarrhea, but the whole “dieting” thing is still going strong… I’ve had noticeably stronger will-power [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 29 – No News is Good News

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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So I was riding pretty high the past couple of days with my nine hours but today I took a bit of a step back. I slept for seven hours. Not as nice but it is better than normal anyway. Also, it wasn’t a failure in the scripts or the process but rather that I [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 28 – Nine Hours: A Love Story

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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This is twice in a row that I have managed to do nine hours of sleep. If you’ve been reading this blog with any regularity, you will know that this is a really big deal.  Here with only a stone’s throw away from day 30 I am finding myself on the precipice of what may [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 28 – Feeling a Little Too Comfortable

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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I went to see a showing of the Mario Van Peebles classic, Rappin’, and got home rather late last night.  I was tired and decided to just go to sleep.  I don’t really understand why I choose to postpone something that I already know makes me feel better.  Significantly.  Even as I was going to bed [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 27 – Epic Fail

Monday, September 14, 2009

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Okay so about 45 minutes after last night’s entry I went down like the white guy in a boxing match. Seriously, it was as if someone shot me in the neck with a blow gun. I was out. When I woke up NINE hours later I was filled with shame. That feeling gave way to [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 1 – Getting Started with Success

Monday, September 14, 2009

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In my last post I explained that I picked 3 self-hypnosis scripts that I was going to focus on this month and juggle between reading them. Since one of the things I am trying to address is breaking promises to myself (typically related to self-improvement) I decided to make this more accessible by committing to [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 26 – Endurance Trial

Monday, September 14, 2009

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We got up early this morning to take my friend from Little Rock to the Desert Museum. Our goal was to get there before it was too hot but we went to breakfast first and then Miss Tiggywinkle’s Toy Store and failed altogether to miss the heat. We were there for a few hours looking [...]

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