Operation Achieve Anything: Day Two-Hundred-Forty-Nine, Dateline 9-6-2018
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“We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are.”
Good morning crickets. Welcome to day number two-hundred-forty-nine of Operation Achieve Anything. Last night was my second attempt at this new graveyard schedule I plan to keep while I clean up this website to make it more presentable, now that I’m confident enough in my work to promote it in hope to replace my day job. I can’t wait to settle into this sleep cycle because I love how it frees up more time for my personal project, while still allowing time for my paid work.
Right now the only problem with this impromptu plan is that I switch my schedule so abruptly that I’m finding it really hard to sleep more than four hours at a shot. I guess that’s good for staying up late, but it also leaves me so run down that I can barely even think. I’m not too worried though because I’ve worked a lot of graveyard schedules throughout my adult life and know that I thrive while working nights once I do manage to adjust.
The problem is, I’m not only fighting insomnia because of this random schedule change, but I’m also really struggling to sleep because I’m extremely excited about my future potential from this site and other upcoming projects that I have planned. I can’t stop thinking about how nice it would be to not only quit my job but to also comfortably live on my own terms. Granted, I’m nowhere close to this comfort zone, but my overactive imagination keeps me up as I envision the life I want to lead.
This actually plays into the assignment from yesterday where I was supposed to practice the counter-argument against living in the now in order to experience joy, where instead, I was supposed to use thinking of a potentially positive future as motivation to escape the struggles I’m experiencing now. As I said yesterday, I’ve always used this approach over settling into the misery that is the general concept of “right now.”
Sure this is because I’ve never felt content with my life but having these distant future plans for success has always kept me from giving up. I also feel that I’m a different case than the book’s example from the living in the now example because even though I’m always daydreaming about what’s ahead, I’ve always actively worked towards my goals instead of being a wisher who does nothing but hope. Again, this is why I think once I do figure out how to get my foot in the specific door that I’m seeking, the mediocre success that I’m after will set in really fast since I have so much content to work with once I do have an audience.
Speaking of being content, for today’s assignment, I’m supposed to chart where I land of the content vs. discontent chart in general. Once again, I’ve unintentionally spoiled tomorrow’s post while answering yesterday’s assignment. With that said, as always, I’ll delve deeper into the specifics of the particular task when I check in again tomorrow. Until then, it’s now time for me to sign of as usual by saying, good day and good luck to you and all of your projects.
Talk to you soon.
Sincerely,
The Wicker Breaker
P.S. Below are links to my novel, which I plan to promote as part of Operation Achieve Anything, as well as a link to where you can buy the book that is providing the structure to this project in case you would like to purchase it in order to play along.
