08-05-2018, 03:44 PM
DAY 1
Listened to the Flac / Hybrid version last night for 3 hours straight. Could not sleep during the first two hours while listening, not because I felt so motivated to do something, but probably attributable to other factors. Started getting sleepy during the 3rd hour, but was still conscious enough to be able to take off my headphones at the end of the 3rd hour.
Slept for five hours. Woke up feeling relaxed. Not really feeling motivated. However, one of the first things I did was hop on my elliptical, which was a present I bought for myself last Christmas, but hardly ever used it. I typically don't last longer than 2 minutes on this thing before I'm totally dead. This time, I did 45 seconds, took a breather while still on it for 20-30 seconds, and repeated that for 4 more times. Dead again. Limped back to my bed and layed there for 15 minutes to recover. While lying there, I was thinking to myself "at least I got on the damn thing this time" and thought that's a small victory for this sub.
Wife recently moved back in with me. We were going to have our first home cooked meal together since getting back together, and of course I had to help cook. We were missing some ingredients so had to run to the grocery store while my wife would get started cooking. While in the store I started feeling good and positive about life in general. Haven't even had my coffee yet to put me in this good mood, but was just feeling good is all I can describe it.
Got back home and found my wife doing her nails. I ended up doing ALL the cooking including cutting all the ingredients. Was also doing dishes and cleaning counters while food was cooking. After we ate, did all the dishes (again) and cleaned up the whole dining and kitchen area. I normally just let the mess pile up until it's time to cook again, that's when I start cleaning. But this time I knocked everything out, and I'm glad I did. Wife went back to doing her nails...
While I was doing all that, I really was not feeling motivated at all. I "forced" myself to do it, as I do with all chores that's a drag. However, the only difference this time is that I actually did it, though not really enjoying it while doing it, but was glad when it was all completed.
By afternoon, reverted back to my lazy ways. Surfed the internet, eventually became sleepy, and took a nap. Woke up feeling refreshed. Still not feeling motivated. But I wanted to "force" myself again into doing something productive. But this time, I could not muster enough strength/motivation to work on something. Ended up taking a drive to a car dealership (which was closed), looking at nice/expensive cars I know I can't afford. I usually do this on Sundays to kill time, as well as to avoid pesky salesmen since dealerships are closed on Sundays.
As I'm typing this out now, I'm listening to the sub while I have the TV on, occasionally flipping channels, but not really paying attention, and surfing this forum. This is the typical thing I do during the weekends instead of getting off my butt and do something productive. I've got a ways to go before the 3 hour listening time is up. After I post this, I suppose I'll start a wish list of things that need to get done, as a couple of folks on this forum have done (that's actually a good idea)
So there goes my experience after 1 day on this sub. In summary: not bad on Day 1. I did not feel motivated, but forced myself to be productive for half the day before I faded down the stretch. The night is not yet over, so perhaps after listening to this, I might still do other things productive.
Listened to the Flac / Hybrid version last night for 3 hours straight. Could not sleep during the first two hours while listening, not because I felt so motivated to do something, but probably attributable to other factors. Started getting sleepy during the 3rd hour, but was still conscious enough to be able to take off my headphones at the end of the 3rd hour.
Slept for five hours. Woke up feeling relaxed. Not really feeling motivated. However, one of the first things I did was hop on my elliptical, which was a present I bought for myself last Christmas, but hardly ever used it. I typically don't last longer than 2 minutes on this thing before I'm totally dead. This time, I did 45 seconds, took a breather while still on it for 20-30 seconds, and repeated that for 4 more times. Dead again. Limped back to my bed and layed there for 15 minutes to recover. While lying there, I was thinking to myself "at least I got on the damn thing this time" and thought that's a small victory for this sub.
Wife recently moved back in with me. We were going to have our first home cooked meal together since getting back together, and of course I had to help cook. We were missing some ingredients so had to run to the grocery store while my wife would get started cooking. While in the store I started feeling good and positive about life in general. Haven't even had my coffee yet to put me in this good mood, but was just feeling good is all I can describe it.
Got back home and found my wife doing her nails. I ended up doing ALL the cooking including cutting all the ingredients. Was also doing dishes and cleaning counters while food was cooking. After we ate, did all the dishes (again) and cleaned up the whole dining and kitchen area. I normally just let the mess pile up until it's time to cook again, that's when I start cleaning. But this time I knocked everything out, and I'm glad I did. Wife went back to doing her nails...
While I was doing all that, I really was not feeling motivated at all. I "forced" myself to do it, as I do with all chores that's a drag. However, the only difference this time is that I actually did it, though not really enjoying it while doing it, but was glad when it was all completed.
By afternoon, reverted back to my lazy ways. Surfed the internet, eventually became sleepy, and took a nap. Woke up feeling refreshed. Still not feeling motivated. But I wanted to "force" myself again into doing something productive. But this time, I could not muster enough strength/motivation to work on something. Ended up taking a drive to a car dealership (which was closed), looking at nice/expensive cars I know I can't afford. I usually do this on Sundays to kill time, as well as to avoid pesky salesmen since dealerships are closed on Sundays.
As I'm typing this out now, I'm listening to the sub while I have the TV on, occasionally flipping channels, but not really paying attention, and surfing this forum. This is the typical thing I do during the weekends instead of getting off my butt and do something productive. I've got a ways to go before the 3 hour listening time is up. After I post this, I suppose I'll start a wish list of things that need to get done, as a couple of folks on this forum have done (that's actually a good idea)
So there goes my experience after 1 day on this sub. In summary: not bad on Day 1. I did not feel motivated, but forced myself to be productive for half the day before I faded down the stretch. The night is not yet over, so perhaps after listening to this, I might still do other things productive.