This post is part of the series “30-day trial: Authority–I am the boss of me”. Go to: Day 12 | Day 14
Tasks for Day #13 (November 5, 2009)
Chosen Tasks:
#1) Be extra courteous in all my communications tomorrow, especially where conflict exists. Send out at least one email at work where this is done to the hilt.
#2) Go to the gym and be a gym rat.
#3) Read the Master Cleanse book for at least half an hour.
Randomly selected article: Update my homepage–due to be posted on Saturday November 7th.
Listen to Goal Setting CD
Random Strategy From Personal Development for Smart People: #10–Tempo–I need to deliberately pick up the pace and try to move a little faster than usual. I need to walk faster, read faster, type faster and go home sooner.
Comments: Wow, speeding up my tempo should be interesting in conjunction with my task of being extra courteous in all my communications tomorrow. Appropriately enough, I will be starting the saltwater flush tomorrow morning and you do need to chug down 32 ounces of liquid faster than you usually would in order to avoid gagging on the saltwater. Of course this makes other things move faster as well. Is the Universe making fun of me?
Day 13 Results
I was certainly more courteous today than I would have been if I were not paying attention, but I would not say I laid it on thick either. I felt the work email was a success. I took the time to look up an Internet resource on how to write a courteous email and found it very helpful.
I spent a half an hour at lunchtime reading the Master Cleanse book. I tried to be mindful of keeping up the tempo, but I was definitely experiencing detox symptoms on day 1 of the Master Cleanse, the main one being spacyness. This whole tempo theme coupled with a day of spacyness was a struggle, I did try. If you were a fly on the wall observing me trying to pick up the tempo today, you probably would have found it to be an utterly pathetic site. The one activity where I could pick up the tempo with some credibility was walking outdoors in the wonderful sunshine.
When I got home from work, I was so happy to do my goal setter CD to take a break from the spacyness. It did help.
Yes, I did get to the gym today. I almost did not. I was on my way there and I missed my turn and started heading home. I started bargaining with myself saying that I could be a gym rat at home. That did not sit right with me so I turned around and headed to the gym. My workout was short, but it was nice to activate my muscles after nearly two weeks of not being in the gym. In my defense, I purposefully decided to not risk straining my stiff neck that was the result of my recent car accident. But all is well now and I really want to link being on the Master Cleanse with being a gym rat.
Did not work on updating my Homepage today.
If you have not figured it out already, let me just come out and say it. I feel like a bubblehead today. I am frustrated because there are things I would like to accomplish such as creating a post about my Master Cleanse experience so far, but I am just a but dim today. That is good though. It means that the detox process is off to a good start. There are other signs of this as well such as my the color of my tongue turning pink and the white coating on my tongue appearing already.
