The MAVERICK 365 Project | Day 2/365 | Birthdays & Business. Can You Design Your Lifestyle And Avoid Overwhelm?
I'm going to be fully honest with you and recognize that I wanted to give up today. Why? Because all behavior is habitual, and MAVERICK 365 is new. My brain did not get used to it. Yet.
This takes discipline. Like A LOT of it! Plus the will to see things through. Hmm, take it as a promise you do to yourself: "stick to the project!".
OK, OK! I announced it yesterday with full (and genuine!) enthusiasm, but when you actually HAVE TO DO IT, it becomes hard. At least it seems like that. Yet again, because it's not habitual yet. It's not something I'm used to doing. I love planning it, but DOING?! It takes patience.
Whenever you start something new, your brain sees it as a potential obstacle in living your current life. It's unknown territory, and your brain cells are wired to avoid unclear situations. But it gets easier. You'll see!
The more you do something, the more wiring your brain builds in that area. It sees it as a priority, as an important block in your day to day design, so it begins to channel resources to it. Patience, ideas, even time. Even mood. Novelty becomes habit.
At first, you become overwhemed. You begin to feel like giving up, and then you settle. You get used to acting.
Today was (and still is) about business planning and birthdays. How do you mix them? And how do you find time to also blog a daily project? Hehe! This is the challenge I set to myself. And these are the kind of things I aim to document so you can gain intel from the lessons learned throughout this yearly project!
It's the ancient dilema on how to balance work with life. The work/life balance. But what if you blend them in a seamless lifestyle design? One that fits who you are, where you are and where you want to be someday?
The trick is in simplifying and only keeping the essentials. In order to design your dream lifestyle, you first have to know the dreamer. Yourself!
This is what MAVERICK 365 aims to clear out. How DO you design a custom lifestyle that has all the essentials for you to live your best life? Stick to OSCAR & SMART, and by 01 June 2021 I am sure we'll have an answer!
See you tomorrow!
Day 2/365
Cheers, darlings!