07-14-2013, 02:53 AM
Update:
Day 7 of End Clutter and Get Organized (3G) (several hours every day - I let it play on my laptop and I spend a lot of time in front of my laptop daily; so far I haven't used headphones and I don't use external speakers - I have a MacBook Pro.)
Day 6 of Ultra Motivation (4G) (7-8 hours every night with sleep phones)
I'm usually doing well motivationwise, but about a couple of days before starting Ultra Motivation my motivation and mood was on a low. I had to force myself to get certain tasks done that I usually seem to do quite effortlessly. Fortunately, I have a good accountability system (involving accountability buddies) in place and I could still get things done. On the day after night 1 of listening to Ultra Motivation, my motivation level and mood increased and on the day after night 2 of listening it was more or less back to normal. Coincidence? Possible.
Two interesting things happened on Day 4 of End Clutter and Get Organized and Day 3 of Ultra Motivation. My roommate suddenly vacuumed and mopped the kitchen and bathroom floors. She hadn't mopped those floors for half a year! I usually do it even though she's supposed to do half the cleaning. Coincidence? Most likely. She definitely wasn't exposed to the sub as much as me, but I still found it interesting. Also, she had a headache and stayed at home plus I needed the kitchen table in another room - I think these two factors also contributed in her taking action.
On the same day or possibly on the day afterwards when I was about to put a protective layer onto a demolded wall in my room, I noticed some coffee stains on the kitchen door (and I definitely noticed them many times before) and I thought I'd get rid of those before doing what I was about to do. Once that was done, I was motivated to get rid of all sorts of stains on doors, door frames and on a big closet in the hallway and I worked on that for about an hour pretty much effortlessly. I then got tired and I reminded myself that I was supposed to work on my room project and put that protective layer on, but I made myself finish cleaning the closet in the hallway first. When pointing out the cleaned closet to my boyfriend the next day, he asked me whether I painted it! The difference was definitely visible and I was glad I got that done.
As far as my room project is concerned - and my room project was my motivation for starting to listen to 'End Clutter and Get Organized' and 'Ultra Motivation' - I got the demolding of one wall plus putting a protective layer on done with less effort than I thought it would take me. I'm also working on tidying and decluttering and I'm making progress, but so far these tasks have been taking quite a bit of effort. I usually make myself do these tasks by setting a timer for 10 minutes or so and my goal is to work on my room project for at least 30 minutes a day.
Day 7 of End Clutter and Get Organized (3G) (several hours every day - I let it play on my laptop and I spend a lot of time in front of my laptop daily; so far I haven't used headphones and I don't use external speakers - I have a MacBook Pro.)
Day 6 of Ultra Motivation (4G) (7-8 hours every night with sleep phones)
I'm usually doing well motivationwise, but about a couple of days before starting Ultra Motivation my motivation and mood was on a low. I had to force myself to get certain tasks done that I usually seem to do quite effortlessly. Fortunately, I have a good accountability system (involving accountability buddies) in place and I could still get things done. On the day after night 1 of listening to Ultra Motivation, my motivation level and mood increased and on the day after night 2 of listening it was more or less back to normal. Coincidence? Possible.
Two interesting things happened on Day 4 of End Clutter and Get Organized and Day 3 of Ultra Motivation. My roommate suddenly vacuumed and mopped the kitchen and bathroom floors. She hadn't mopped those floors for half a year! I usually do it even though she's supposed to do half the cleaning. Coincidence? Most likely. She definitely wasn't exposed to the sub as much as me, but I still found it interesting. Also, she had a headache and stayed at home plus I needed the kitchen table in another room - I think these two factors also contributed in her taking action.
On the same day or possibly on the day afterwards when I was about to put a protective layer onto a demolded wall in my room, I noticed some coffee stains on the kitchen door (and I definitely noticed them many times before) and I thought I'd get rid of those before doing what I was about to do. Once that was done, I was motivated to get rid of all sorts of stains on doors, door frames and on a big closet in the hallway and I worked on that for about an hour pretty much effortlessly. I then got tired and I reminded myself that I was supposed to work on my room project and put that protective layer on, but I made myself finish cleaning the closet in the hallway first. When pointing out the cleaned closet to my boyfriend the next day, he asked me whether I painted it! The difference was definitely visible and I was glad I got that done.
As far as my room project is concerned - and my room project was my motivation for starting to listen to 'End Clutter and Get Organized' and 'Ultra Motivation' - I got the demolding of one wall plus putting a protective layer on done with less effort than I thought it would take me. I'm also working on tidying and decluttering and I'm making progress, but so far these tasks have been taking quite a bit of effort. I usually make myself do these tasks by setting a timer for 10 minutes or so and my goal is to work on my room project for at least 30 minutes a day.
