I got back from a walk yesterday, and made the decision whilst out that I should start a blog to track my thoughts and be able to look back in the future.
The purpose of this blog will be to track my journey into transforming myself into a motivated and productive person, in a battle against myself.
I'm 21 right now, but feel unenthusiastic about getting my hands dirty, in any sense, and find myself spending a lot of time in my room in the house I rent with some students I know, trying to pass the time in a very passive way unless I'm out with people at the pub or just chilling with them.
So I'm young, I have my whole life ahead of me, and despite being in my final year of education, I have a lot of free time, so I wonder 'why aren't I doing more?'.
Once every few weeks I have to get up before seven for...a thing (see: Paid Medical Trials) and usually get back before everyone else has woken up. Usually I also do a food shop on the way back, and it's a strange feeling having been up and active for a few hours when everyone you know hasn't stirred yet. But it's a really good feeling. I felt like doing things. The kind of things that you could do and then feel justified in sitting around all day, like going for a run, or in my case, going somewhere to practise my singing and piano playing.
So, about two weeks ago I tried going to bed three hours earlier than usual (from around 1:30am to 10:30pm) so I could be up at 7:30 am (not the usual post 11am (come on, I'm a student! Ahem.)).
I couldn't sleep for a couple of hours on the first night, but still struggled out of bed in the morning, and adjusted almost immediately to this shift, so I now make it to bed on time most nights (got to allow for a pub night or two).
More to follow!
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