Saturday, August 26, 2006

If I Were Wiser and More Disciplined

Wisdom and Discipline. I want more of each. The problem is that I have some of each, but enough to frustrate me that I don't have more. If I had less I probably wouldn't know any better and would be much less frustrated. Does that make sense?

Specifically, there are these things in my life that I KNOW I should be doing or not doing. Things that 10, 20, 30 years from now I will be wishing I had done. I know I will and I will regret not having done them and I will wish that I could travel back in time and tell the 33 year-old me that I should do them. But that's just it, I don't need the 63 year-old me to tell the 33 year-old me to do these things because I already know that. I need the discipline to actually do them.

So here is a list of some of the things that I KNOW I should be doing, but am not currently doing:

Drink more water
Drink less soft drinks
Eat more vegatables (or at least some vegatables)
Eat less junk
Count my calories daily
Go to bed early, regularly (10 pm?)
Wake up early, regularly (5 am?)
Planning the next day before I go to bed
Run regularly (I have been pretty good about this, except the last few weeks)
Lift weights regularly
Save more money
Read more
Watch less TV (this is a post in itself)

I am sure there are more things that I could add to the list, but those are some obvious ones that seem to constantly gnaw at the edges of my conscience. Perhaps pointing these out publicly will help push me to do them. Let's hope so.

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