How much of your day is consumed with disciplines?
Just to clarify, I am talking about those things in life that you intentionally do to make the quality of your life better, not the consequences from bad behavior.
When I start to think about it, day is full of disciplines. For example…
- When I wake up. The fact that I must use an alarm and not just allow my body decide when it is ready to wake up takes some amount of discipline.
- Taking my 7 so-big-they-make-me-gag vitamins every morning.
- Consistently working out.
- Eating somewhat healthy.
- Being prepared and on time to daily meetings.
- Writing on this blog.
- Consistently updating social media.
- Setting my fantasy baseball lineup everyday.
- Keeping up with every detail of the New York Yankees.
- Finding the perfect combination of preparing for the present and planning for the future of REVOLUTION.
- Daily connecting with God on a personal, one-on-one basis.
- Reading my Bible and keeping up with my current reading plan.
- Giving my family quality time.
- Making wise, non-compulsive financial decisions daily.
- Being intentional about taking time to rest (take a Sabbath).
- Brushing my teeth at least two times a day.
- Going to bed at a decent hour (I’m really bad at this one).
I am not pointing these daily activities as one big pat on the back. Not at all.
Once I started thinking about how much of my time is spent doing something that requires discipline, I was pretty shocked. I realized that personal discipline is required from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep. The realization that if I am not intentional about everything, a lot of things will fall through the cracks. The fact remains that no matter how disciplined I becomes, I still need to be working on getting better.
What about you?
How much of your day is consumed with disciplines?
