Day 108 Record Keeping SRHI = 62
Day 76 Fixed Meditation SRHI = 61
Day 22 Burpee SRHI= 56 (2x6)
Day 122 Eating SRHI = 55
Ok sleep, bleary wakeup. Depressed yesterday.

Second Danger Zone Revisited

In THIS post I mention a possibility of a second danger zone due to falling record keeping SRHI scores. Well today I have a falling score with Fixed Meditation, and this is something I’ll have to keep an eye on. Is it depression? Am I attempting to habituate too many things? Is it a fluke? Only time and further record keeping will find out.

Travel Protocol

UNFORTUNATELY, i’m adding a whole new variable to the mix. I’ll be traveling extensively throughout Brazil for the World Cup. As such my protocol will have to change to accommodate the change in daily routine.

With most of my habits I’ll just reduce them to TinyHabits - 2 burpees still counts. For my eating habit my intention is to eat one clean meal a day and have that count. Fixed meditation doesn’t take long anyways.

But record keeping is dicey - it’s a habit that can’t be made tiny-er. I’m looking into offline survey creation and scoring programs so that I can keep it on my iPhone (so far no luck). I think my best bet is to have this all by hand - the low tech methods are often the best.

I know this will completely throw everything out of wack. My main goal is to just get through the next three weeks - even if the habits are ragged, even if I miss a bunch of record keeping, so long as I am doing it afterwards, I’m fine.

Needless to say, it is doubtful I’ll be blogging much - but I’ll try! Wish me luck!

Day 102 Record Keeping SRHI = 71
Day 70 Fixed Meditation SRHI = 70
Day 16 Burpee SRHI= 55 (2x5 and another few later in the day for fun)
Day 116 Eating SRHI = 61
Good sleep, good wakeup.

Second Danger Zone Theory

I have been suffering an additional dip in scores from record keeping. This makes me wonder - is there another “danger zone” well after an SRHI of 70 (ish) is initially reached?

It could just be the normal problems I’m having with record keeping - namely, the lack of a precise, “crisp” trigger.

I’ve changed my intention to “record keeping is the first thing I do after rising from bed.” BUT, I tend to do other things. I go to the bathroom and I get my coffee made, then sit down. Perhaps it should be “after I make my coffee, I do record keeping.”

Another possibility is that the magnitude of the task has increased. I now record 4 SRHI scores each day when at first I had one, and since I do it all by hand, it is quite tedious.

Still another possibility is that habits need to be rotated and charged - I talk about that possibility in THIS blog post.

But there is something that feels…I don’t know…RIGHT about having another dip in the graph. There’s a general boredom of doing the task - a monotony and a annoyance that feels like it fits with other times I’ve had habits. There is something that tells me that simply reaching the 70’s on the SRHI isn’t the full story. I don’t know what that story is, but it’s something I’m definitely keeping my eyes on for other habits.

Day 108, Second Danger Zone Revisited & Travel Protocol

Day 102 & A Second Danger Zone