“Reinvent your life through learning everyday and questioning everything”
Lesson #1: Fasting is hard at the beginning but becomes quickly addictive because of how good you feel. The clarity of the mind is astonishing after a 24 hours fast.
Decision made: I will do intermittent fasting more often. Especially the 24 hours without eating. Especially days during which I want to be extremely focused.
Question: How long can I fast? 48 hours? 72 hours? Are the benefits going exponential as you push the fasting? I need to try to push myself to find out.
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Leason #2: You feel like you are not making significant progress while you are stacking up the work outs until one day you wake up, and you realize how much progress you have made. Again and again, I need to trust the process and work on my discipline. Results will come sooner or later.
Question: what are the hacks I have not used yet to increase my discipline? What am I missing?
Lesson #3: Do your absolute best and then trust God. Miracles happen when you surrender and accept God’s sovereignty.
Question: How can I improve my faith? How can I increase my trust in God’s plan when it looks like things are not working.
Lesson #4: The best fast I can do without interruption is the fast from the news. I love learning about what is going in the world. But I have realized how much it agitates me and frustrates me. The worst of all is the feeling: I feel highly manipulated.
Question: How can I be aware of what is going on without falling into all the biased traps? Can I find a one page summary of the news of the week and just not watch nor read anything else? I need to investigate that point.
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Lesson #5: Being a parent is hard! Every season that my kids enter to represents a new challenge as a parent. Looking back, there are things I wished I had done maybe differently. But I cannot change the past. I can only focus on being the best parent I can today, and make sure that they know I love them.
Question: Do you ever wonder where your kids will be in 10 years? In 20 years?
Lesson #6: Being uncomfortable is hard but being stuck in a routine is worst. Learn to embrace the challenges Anthony! Remember that when things are challenging, it means that you are growing and becoming better.
Question: How can I improve my meditation and prayer practices to fortify my mindset and be ready for the next challenge?
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Lesson #7: Everyday, I have the opportunity to make somebody’s life better: the cashier at the grocery, the person behind me waiting in line, this elderly man walking his dog in the neighborhood, the car passing me on the highway. Did I talk to them today? Did I show my love and respect for them? Did I wave at them? Did I let them go first? There are opportunities everywhere and all the time to improve this world. One person at a time. One step at a time.
Question: How can I be more mindful of these opportunities? Giving is such a good feeling. How can I give more?
Have a wonderful week!
Anthony @SuccessfulHabitsCoach.com
