I’m a few days into the project and I thought I would give a little update on how things are going.
First off, do you know how hard it is to train your body to do something that has now become a reflex? This eye contact thing is killing me but I’m fighting my involuntary look-aways and am no longer self-inducing whiplash. If nothing else, at the end of 90 days I could be saving on chiropractic care.
Did you know being single could kill you? Man, Dr. D puts the fear in you. Studies apparently show that people in relationships do better emotionally, financially, and physically. We don’t make finding love a “top-priority,” like going to the dentist if we have a toothache or searching for a job because we need income. We need to “roll out the red carpet for love,” as she puts it, because our “long-term quality of life may depend on it.” – I now have a physical scheduled for next week.
One of the exercises she has you do is to write out how you spend your time. Add up all 168 hours in a week and see where time is a-wastin’. I tallied a week that includes my weekend job and found I work a whopping 77 hours a week, sleep only 44, and thanks to LA traffic spend 12 hours commuting. That alone is 133 hours. Mother trucker, no wonder I’m so freakin’ tired all the time! I filled up the 168 hours quick and realized how much I multi-task. I eat breakfast at work, squeeze in naps on the train, and occasionally eat dinner while checking email. The purpose was to see where you’re wasting time. I found I don’t have much to go around. She recommends 10-13 hours a week in order to do the program in 90 days. Aaaah . . . I’m in trouble.
Before the week is up, I have to finish up some more journal entries, do my homework, and juggle my schedule to fit “finding love” on my to-do list so psyche and ticker stay in tip-top shape.
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