threedee

For me happiness is not really a goal. It’s something I do every day. My happiness doesn’t depend on other goals or other people.

See the following video to see what’s wrong with thinking happiness as a goal that depends on other goals or people:
http://www.ted.com/talks/srikumar_rao_plug_into_your_hard_wired_happiness.html

Yes, sometimes I fail to live happy every moment, but it’s getting easier every day. I have goals that I try to reach, but I refuse to be unhappy when I fail to reach them. I also have people in my life who I hope would do things differently, but I refuse to be unhappy if they don’t.

This is very VERY long term goal for me. So far I have managed to complete a marathon half running half walking in five and half hours. It will take me years to be ready for Ironman. It’s also possible that I’ll never get there. The thing is that I’ll never know if I don’t try. The next step is to run a marathon from start to finish, probably next summer.

Getting up earlier would help me in organizing my time and I know it, so I have motivation. What seems to be missing is the knowledge of that motivation at the moment I wake up…

I like the method by Steve Pavlina. The idea is to condition yourself to get up immediately before your brain has time to protest. It worked for me before and I think I need to try it again.

I want to wake up feeling well rested, so I also need to go to bed early enough and listen some relaxing music. I am already experimenting with classical music and I think it helps (usually I listen power metal or fast trance… NOT good for relaxing).

I also try not to do anything too stimulating late in the evening (like playing poker or exercising). This has definitely helped me sleep earlier.

What else could I do? Oh yeah, no tea or coffee for a while.