The Equation of Consistency

Today I am curious about the equation for consistency. What makes the first mile so easy? I'm curious because the first week of the challenge flowed so beautifully, it felt amazing, the best I have ever felt at times and I want to be able to recreate that flow and feeling great. To do that I am first going to examine the facts of the first week:

• It was new, it was different; I was shifting behaviour and habits that I had settled into over the last few years.
• My meditation was consistent, 6:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 7:30 PM.
• Felt well rested and easily got up feeling like I had enough sleep.
• Right before I began I did a one day retreat
• I had an amazing and productive month
• The first week was the first week of the month
• I facilitated a Success Circle the first day, lots of great energy
• Started new classes for my continuing education
• My nights were fairly free
• I felt flexible physically
• I was taking extremely good care of myself
• Eating healthy and preparing and had available easy snacks

The overall theme seems to be of new beginning, self-care and great positive energy.

What are the facts about the last 7 - 10 days

• Tired, clocks changed
• Allergies flaring up
• Not grounded felt like I was just being carried and thrown around, felt a little out of control
• Off schedule, appointments had to be re-arranged
• In the midst, towards end of month
• No morning meditation
• Going to be later
• Drank more wine

The overall theme here seems to be depletion, sickness, lack of control and structure.

So where and when did things shift? With the facts laid out I can see that renewing myself is essential to that feeling of flow. Beginning the challenge with literally a bank account full to the brim from my one day retreat acted as a springboard for me, launching me into the challenge. The clock change seems to be the turning point and preparing for that shift by resting up and being aware of the changes it would mean in my life would have been extremely beneficial. I'm really seeing the benefit of renewing myself at the weekend. The key to my success in the challenge and in my life perhaps lies there. Even if I am home, having a renewing routine at the weekend would be a possibility. While at the retreat I thought it would be great to get a group of friends together and create a retreat each of us giving our special talent. I will be exploring the components of my weekend retreat, how can I fit it in, what is the optimum amount of time, how much is not enough as well as checking in to see the differnece it makes to my lfe. Awareness is the precursor to choice which is the precursor to change; I definetly see my awareness heigtening here and look forward to the shift.