First week of 52WOM

I am here to write about my first week of 52 WoM.

I have joined the 90 day journaling challenge. I am quite happy that I have started off well with the challenge.

I wake up between 5:30 to 6:00 in the weekdays. I take a shower & in the state of wakefulness I meditate for 21 minutes. I have been meditating like this for almost a year & it feels right to start my day like this. After the meditation is completed, I pray to the universe that I completely surrender today & allow the higher power to operate through me & let me be an instrument.

Then I feel at a very higher state and I grab my journal to be intentional about my day’s goals. I start with gratitude I list down somethings I am very grateful for. Sometimes it is just for the warm bed I have. Sometimes it is life giving infinite possibilities to make mistakes and improve in the path of self development. Sometimes it is specifically about a kind gesture that happened the previous day… What I have noticed is, I am paying more attention in my daily life to the little miracles, the little kindness, the comforting words of my girlfriend, the tough love from Benjamin sometimes all add up to make my life more rich and meaningful.

Then I envision my long term goals : I ask from a place of trust & devotion which kind of person would attract this goal ( for instance, Which kind of person would attract becoming a Self Driving Car engineer? My thoughts from my goal creation exercise comes to my awareness… I am reminded of my own objectives to grow as a software developer, I realize I have to improve on mathematics behind Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Control Theory) Then I ask myself what action will I take today: Then I write that down in my action list for the day. I attach my core why in 1 or max 2 lines.

I think about the next ambition that I have: I want to become the Wicket keeper batsman of my City’s cricket team. Again I become aware of my preparation steps that I have noted down from goals session. And I decide I have to build my endurance first & decide to add Running wk3.4 of C25K on my list.

Then I fine tune for today’s task: The constant thing I am working towards is to be able to produce more deep and quality work at office. To maintain calmness and becoming a leader by giving. Developing relationships that are beyond transactions and truly transformational. I am blessed to be in a highly experienced and a very kind team. I am the junior most in the team and this is a huge advantage for me. I prepare myself up everyday & plan the day in advance. This puts me in a mental state which keeps me less anxious and lost at work. This helps me in channeling my efforts in a more organized manner. I believe this helps me come across as a prepared and a humble colleague. I make mistakes but I have people around me who respect me for my diligence and consistency and help me out by giving some coaching.

Without the morning journaling I would not have been very prepared for work & at the same time it helps me keep my foot on the ground and actually supports me in manifesting the things I have planned. Staying humbled truly helps.

About my evening routine, I take some time walking without phone or any technology. I put myself in soltitude. I reflect on how the day went… What could have been improved. I have answers everyday for this question. A lot of improvement points boil down to the answer of being more present moment aware. Being a little more involved at work. I do have some distracted days… And in my evening routine I forgive myself if I did not manage to have a good day. I pick myself up and set intentions for the next day. I request my subconscious about it…

The catch for me is, when I set myself some expectations I feel it is a two edged sword. I tend to go very hard on myself when I dont accomplish (thankfully, this is coming down over the last few months) and the good thing is it gives my day more structure. But setting intentions from a higher place and being more conscious about it has given me an added motivation in my day to day life. I seem myself wandering less on social media — this is my first sign of success.

My additions for the next weeks: I am decommiting to a lot of social media contents, I am decommiting on relationships that is very transactional in life. I will refuse to put my energy in that. I decommit from mindless eating, I decommit from a whole bunch of whatsapp groups that do not add any value to the person I want to be.

I expect that this will save me 5 hours every week and I commit those hours to reading books that takes an inner journey with me. I am going to start with:
1. The Practicing Mind from Thomas M. Sterner

2. Flow; the psychology of optimal experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Thank you all for your attention!

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