Day 2 - Steady

Another day, another opportunity to meet the challenges put forward. There were a few moments last night where I was very tempted to indulge. I even considered cancelling everything until I reminded myself that quitting is the easiest thing to do, though quitting won't get me to where I want to be.

Everyday, for the last 3 months, I have been taking cold showers in the morning. This is a practice that came to me after a deep-dive into Stoicism. Plenty of discussions on this philosophy have been had in the realm of self-improvement and motivation. At the time I was doing shift-work stacked with a long commute. My daily work schedule involved waking up at 2AM. Cold showers were not only effective at waking me up, but also contributed to my ability to commit to such a challenging schedule. I committed to 6 months of cold showers before stopping. Looking back at the time between starting them again I can definitely say that cold showers help me stay focused on macroscopic goals. Any wonder that all the motivation gurus out there swear by them.

Today is 16:8 for eating. No running today, as my feet as a bit blistery from pushing it hard yesterday. Instead I will commit to 100 pushups over the course of the day... just got out of the chair and did 25 so I am down to 75 left.

Considering having a discussion with my doctor about my current plans with this project. Also planning to leverage the Fitbit API to automate a sort of daily template that shares where I am at. After all, this is the open source human project.

Many plans and ideas. Focusing on good execution of those ideas. One step at a time. Let's go.

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