Playing Your Own Game
As long as you're happy with playing your own game it doesn't matter if you can or can't play what others are playing.
Decision Fatigue
While cooling down after a mile run, my wife checked on me to see if I was in the garage. We looked at each other and I opened up to her that I have been having decision fatigue. When I talked about it and how I feel she kind of brushed it off and reached for the door--I hate when she does this because I am discussing a problem that demands a solution and she just gave me a cold shoulder. Not discussing a problem is a problem. I asked her to hear me out. I told her, "I am tired of making decisions lately, both internally and externally. I am overwhelmed by these decisions that we need to make, or do we really have to make them? We've been to these stores multiple times in the past 2 weeks and we spend at least 2 hours each store. I don't want to spend my half of my day shopping! It takes so much of our time and when it's my time to do the things I need and want to do, I don't have the energy anymore! I am tired, I am tired of making these unnecessary decisions that I know we can streamline but choose not to. Are you not tired of making these decisions lately?" She replied, "No, I am not tired." I was surprised that she wasn't overwhelmed with making and changing decisions. What does that mean? Does it mean that I'm the only one thinking…
1 mile runs
This week I tried to be consistent running a mile each day whenever I had the chance. Consistency really makes a big difference when you're trying to be better at something. I noticed that I was only able to do this with enough night time sleep and rest. Also, in terms of drive and motivation, tracking your stats helps you to not go back from where you were.