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“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock
It’s Monday Motivation on Daily Ramblings. This quote is appropriate for today! I am a stickler for a daily routine or daily rituals. I arrived upon this current state by reading through a lot of the habits literature and came to the realization that our daily routines are merely a collection of habits.
Some of my daily habits are:
Reading multiple books (a few pages up to a chapter depending on length)
Writing (Blog Posting and Book Writing)
- Exercise (currently two cardio sessions each day with weight lifting Mon-Fri)
- Spiritual Practices (Dream Journaling, Daily Reflection, Reading Spiritual Works)
- Daily Learning (Currently a Course on the US Presidents, Course on Happiness and Well Being offered by Yale on Coursera, and a Nonfiction Book Writing Course on Udemy)
- Social Media and Connection (stay in touch with family, friends, and interact with people at the coffee shops, gymnasiums, and libraries I frequent)
This week’s exercise routine:
2 cardio sessions 35 minutes each day (Monday – Sunday)
Weight Lifting: Monday (Quadriceps, Lower Abs, and Calves); Tuesday (Chest and Shoulders); Wednesday (Arms); Thursday (Hamstrings, Lower Back, Upper Abs, and Calves); and Friday (Upper Back)
I find these rituals to be extremely productive and fruitful.
I hope each of you has a tremendous week!
Until next time…
Dave
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Amazingly designed schedule and productive too.
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Thank you, Abhishek! I continue to tweak as I go, but try to focus on four areas: mental development (learning), social development (finding new and improving existing relationships), physical development (sleeping right, eating right, and plenty of exercise), and finally, spiritual development (meditation, spiritual reading, enjoying and savoring beauty in writing, music, poetry, and nature, random acts of kindness)
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This is really a great way to live a content life, sir! I believe I had a taste of first three key areas you mentioned, but I’m not that familiar with the spiritual development. I would surely like to enlighten myself in that domain.
Thank you for writing this comment.
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Well, the spiritual component along with the others are tough, because each of these areas or domains touch and build on one another. If you are strong physically but lack socially, intellectually, or spiritually, something is missing right? The same goes for all of these. Read, look around, find out what makes sense spiritually. Try some out and stick with the path that makes the most sense for you. If that path works, stick with it. If not, find another. Keep going until you find the one that works for you–answers your questions.
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Totally agree.
NOT on the exercise for me personally so gardening and housework it is.
Truth though.
Get up.
Show up.
Do it.
Before you know it you would be having fun and winning.
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First, thanks for your welcome comments. I always enjoy interacting with my readers. I’m glad you liked it. Gardening and housework are just as hard! My Mom is the same, although she has succumbed to my promptings and goes to the gym 3 times a week with me. She’s 74. It’s awesome to see her hitting the weights!! Talk again soon I hope.
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Hi Dave,
74 and at the gym, what a wonderful inspiration, tell her that for me please.
I shall definitely be back to visit.
I send warm regards from Sunshiny South Africa.
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I will and thanks! Great to hear from you in South Africa!!
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