09-15-2022, 06:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-15-2022, 06:42 PM by ReconGunner.)
I would have sworn that I posted since my last, covering the first cycle of this second run. Checking my post history, though, I don't see that post. So, here's the first two cycles:
USLM 2nd run
Cycle 1
ASRB2 5:1
The first night of listening, I had a "back in the Army" dream. Only this time, I was transferred to a base within commute distance from my hometown, and I was pending a promotion to one rank higher than I held when I left the Army.
Obvious connection to the permanent job I applied for.
The next few days I was feeling melancholy. The immediate connection was with changes going on in my life - good changes, but inevitable ones. A bit more conscious about my age, too. That last may be a subconscious financial fear coming to the surface. My conscious reaction isn't fear, though. It's determination and confidence. I have enough time to use time wisely.
I found out that I am getting a pay raise "out of cycle" as a contractor - on the anniversary of the contract, rather than on the anniversary of my joining the contract; now instead of early next year. It's not a large raise, but it is a noticeable one. And I was told that the contractor would be "finding something additional" for me when that personal anniversary arrives next year. I am one of three who got that 'out of cycle" raise. They definitely want to keep us.
I'm getting the urge to start the loops about a half hour earlier. Same number of loops, same volume, same ASRB2, just start 30 min earlier. My reason is that my wife and I have both deeply asleep when our morning alarm goes off. The 30 min shift is to see if USLM has been affecting our sleep patterns.
Cycle 2
ASRB2 5:1
Made the start time change. No change in our sleep patterns. Going to leave the start time as it is now, 30 min earlier than before. Volume and ASRB2 cycle still the same.
The changes that I struggled with have had beneficial side effects. A schedule change I had been looking forward to is now possible sooner than I had expected. And my weekly transportation costs are a bit lower, too.
This isn't just "silver lining" stuff. And it reminds me that money is only one way of measuring success. A valid way, but one of many. Personal examples:
USLM 2nd run
Cycle 1
ASRB2 5:1
The first night of listening, I had a "back in the Army" dream. Only this time, I was transferred to a base within commute distance from my hometown, and I was pending a promotion to one rank higher than I held when I left the Army.
Obvious connection to the permanent job I applied for.
The next few days I was feeling melancholy. The immediate connection was with changes going on in my life - good changes, but inevitable ones. A bit more conscious about my age, too. That last may be a subconscious financial fear coming to the surface. My conscious reaction isn't fear, though. It's determination and confidence. I have enough time to use time wisely.
I found out that I am getting a pay raise "out of cycle" as a contractor - on the anniversary of the contract, rather than on the anniversary of my joining the contract; now instead of early next year. It's not a large raise, but it is a noticeable one. And I was told that the contractor would be "finding something additional" for me when that personal anniversary arrives next year. I am one of three who got that 'out of cycle" raise. They definitely want to keep us.
I'm getting the urge to start the loops about a half hour earlier. Same number of loops, same volume, same ASRB2, just start 30 min earlier. My reason is that my wife and I have both deeply asleep when our morning alarm goes off. The 30 min shift is to see if USLM has been affecting our sleep patterns.
Cycle 2
ASRB2 5:1
Made the start time change. No change in our sleep patterns. Going to leave the start time as it is now, 30 min earlier than before. Volume and ASRB2 cycle still the same.
The changes that I struggled with have had beneficial side effects. A schedule change I had been looking forward to is now possible sooner than I had expected. And my weekly transportation costs are a bit lower, too.
This isn't just "silver lining" stuff. And it reminds me that money is only one way of measuring success. A valid way, but one of many. Personal examples:
- I lift weights, and my coach now has me in a good rhythm of small increases every two weeks. That's success in my lifting.
- I have been invited to join a small group of men who meet once a month for coffee and discussion. I haven't had anything like that before. That's success in my social life.
- I have good camaraderie with and the respect of my teammates at work. That's professional success along side of the pay raise.
