Day 21 Recap

After staying up extremely late last night in an attempt to make extra progress on my website, I got a very late start to my day and missed out on some fun outdoor time with Thomas.

Year 1 as an entrepreneur has called for constant persistence and some personal sacrifice in terms of free time. While my wife and I are both entrepreneurs working primarily out of our home, you would be surprised how difficult it is to schedule some time together to just hang out as a couple. We are both working through it to make sure we remember to balance but I think the key lies in personal productivity which has been a big topic for me lately.

When we were both employees, we never had the workload demand that we have now. It was good from the perspective of planning your day and having evenings off to relax...but not so good from the perspective of making the most out of life and going for our big dreams and aspirations.

With a never ending workload, I am constantly looking for opportunities to prioritize and cut non-critical tasks. I am trying my best to apply the 80/20 rule but our businesses are still so new that we often don't know which task fits in the 80 category and which one fits in the 20. We will keep plugging away and every little win we get in our business is another reminder of the happiness and freedom of following our dreams.

In terms of my challenge, I'm feeling great. Today being day 21, I find it interesting that this was the first day I did not even think about the challenge until it was time to go for a workout at 8pm. I have read in certain books that anew habit can form in as little as 21 days so that could be the reason why I didn't even think of it.

I might experiment with adding new, supportive habits after day 30 just to enhance the experience and accelerate my goal achieving process. Tomorrow I will do a weigh in and see where my personal bodyweight stands.