Day 18: Adaptability — the truth behind writing, maintaining consistency, and being healthy

Adapting is the true hallmark to continuous improvement and evolution. I’ve discovered this firsthand when it comes to my writing. How can I effectively write on no sleep? Impossible I tell you. I only reference this because I see that I can wake up at 4:30 without a problem, at that no matter what I find now is I wake up at that time regardless of when I go to sleep simply from muscle memory. The one glaring hole in my strategy is how inefficient it would be for me to write at that hour all the time. I’m writing this as I sit at my gate ready to return from Boston. I can’t help but think about how I would go out, wake up and the realization that I have forgotten the need to be adaptable during this challenge. Now this does not mean I can choose to not wake up early on a whim, defeating the entire purpose of my challenge. It signifies though, that there will be circumstances that call for me to adapt on the fly. I don’t want to feel as though I’m cheating anyone, specifically myself, I do know though that I’m becoming aware how crucial my well being is. Focusing on my physical health will pay great dividends and part of that means making sure I have the requisite energy to do even the simplest of tasks, a quality hard to fathom when you afford yourself 2–3 hours of sleep and then attempt to thought dump. Ergo, one of my big discoveries during this self imposed challenge is how much I can improve my physical health and where I need to truly focus on training my body. Time for me to board my flight and surely catch up on some sleep. I’ve adapted now, posts will be growing in length, depth, and focus (instead of these spur of the moment in action writings). The journey continues and I feel the progression taking place.
