discipline
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The Huberman Plan
Dear Conscience, Good morning! It is 7:30 AM, and I am sitting at the only non-smoking cafe in the neighborhood open at this hour. I have started exploring how I might implement elements of the Huberman morning routine into my lifestyle. There we go. I’ve only really implemented number 1 and 2 today. Tomorrow I Continue reading
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Progress Isn’t Linear
Dear Conscience, I don’t know what to tell you except to repeat that progress isn’t linear. I do still have high hopes for my ‘phone as a tool‘ policy. I didn’t follow it strictly enough today. I didn’t let go completely, this is important. But I did spend more time on my phone than what Continue reading
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The Plan to Limit My Phone Use
Dear Conscience, I’m still working out the details of how to implement this goal of using my phone as a tool, rather than a passtime. I want my usage to be very limited, but without downgrading my use to a dumb-phone experience. 1. I have some utility apps that are always allowed: maps, email, messing, Continue reading
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There Is No Such Thing As “Just 5 Minutes”
Dear Conscience, I’m serious about my decision to turn my phone into a tool instead of a passtime. Today, it didn’t fully work yet. I fell into the “let me just check this on Wikipedia for 5 minutes”. And I don’t even know how much time went down the drain after that bad decision… All Continue reading
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Consistent Reasonable Effort
Dear Conscience, I’m glad I sat down yesterday to write out everything I need to do over the next 10 days. It feels less insurmountable. Though a plan calms me down, I shouldn’t get too complacent, because if I don’t fail at planning, I usually fail at implementation of the plan. Today has been OK. Continue reading
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Get Back on That Horse!
Dear Conscience, it’s so easy to fall into the old habits. The new ones started getting planted, but aren’t rooted enough yet. And they easily get blown away at first opportunity. I fell off the horse due to external circumstances, but it’s up to me to get back on. And I haven’t for the past Continue reading
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Choose Discipline
Dear Conscience, This day is off to a good start. Now, it’s too early to tell if it’s a fluke, or a result of my efforts. In any case, this new “choose discipline” method is at least giving me insight, even though it’s still to be seen how well it’s working. So, I have my Continue reading
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Back to Square One?
Dear Conscience, Streaks are rough. Miss a day, and you’re back to square one. Granted, I’m not proud of the last few days. But I shouldn’t have them set me back to a time when there was absolutely no progress. It should be a setback, but not a complete downfall. Maybe streaks aren’t for me. Continue reading
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Choose to Get Disciplined Over and Over and Over Again
Dear Conscience, I read a comment on the r/getdisciplined subreddit about how it’s not enough to decide to get disciplined and be over with it. You need to make this decision a 1000 times, and then a 1000 times again. It applies to today very much. I had a good couple of days, and today, Continue reading
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3 Rules
Dear Conscience, So I’m refreshing a new rule every day. It’s a bit rushed, but since it’s just a refresher, I think it’s ok. 1. Check in with you every day (today is day 7 in a row, yay) 2. Sleep without phone in the bed. So, last night I found a compromise solution between Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 