Day Six

Monday...holiday, no school for my daughter, forgot to set my alarm and thus, no early morning power hour...but after I got to work I did it there. So a bit late but still a good hour. In fact to cover an item here...I had a conversation with someone whom I know practices the power hour principle and she told me that she does her power hours at night just before bed. I've discussed that idea with a couple of people and can see the pros and cons of the idea. I know I would certainly prefer to do it at night, it would be easier, but for some reason, and this is just me personally, I feel like I should do it in the morning. Start the day off right. That may be in major part to the fact that I right now have a hard time liking mornings, that my major struggle is waking up and getting out of bed, and I have a strong desire to overcome that and be able to feel like I've accomplished so much more with my day. There have been a few times in my life when I got up before the sun came up, or worked all night for a job and watched the sun come up when I got off work. And there is something really empowering about watching the sun come up. Maybe because its such a rare occurrence for me, its like seeing a comet or an eclipse. But whatever the reason, that's what I'm looking for, is a feeling of empowerment, not an easy way around a challenge...

So, Power Hour today happened this afternoon. And even though it happened later than I had originally planned it still turned out to be pretty powerful for me.

Gratitude - I filled my journal with the theme of my wife today. I have a wonderful wife and many things to be grateful for when it comes to describing her. Today was definitely one of my larger entries in the gratitude journal, I was never at a loss of words when writing.

Physical - even though in my office, I was able to do some stretching, and some push ups, squats and a few other exercises which felt great actually, got my blood pumping real good. While I was doing that I listened to the mental...I think I might go hit the gym tonight too, get my wind capacity up for basketball on Thursday.

Mental - Garrett's audio on Producer vs Consumer. I know I'm listening to this over and over, but by doing so I'm starting to find those areas where I am a consumer and the areas where I am a producer and hopefully by being more aware of my condition can start creating the one I want.

Soul Purpose - Alma 19 - Ammon and the King were filled with joy to the overcoming of their physical strength. This is what Ammon desired was for the people he was serving and teaching to receive an overwhelming amount of joy and then he was filled with joy as well. Great lesson.

Financial - I put together a nice budget tool on excel that my wife and I have used for 2 years now, but we have neglected it recently with finances being difficult the previous 6 months. I decided it's time to set this thing up again and put it on autopilot so I can focus on income and producing rather than debt and bills.

Social - I made a list of things I can do to serve my family, to show them the ways that I appreciate them and make sure my time is better used and more productive when I am with them rather than just being "around" and counting that as "time spent" with them.

So a little bit of a repentant power hour, but still a great result that leaves me feeling empowered.