We all have the same amount of time throughout our day. Twenty-four hours. Regardless of whether you are an early morning riser (the Lion) or experience your creativity during the twilight hours (the Wolf) or somewhere in between we can learn about ourselves by marking down your day. Take the page in our Start Here Challenger journal and write out what you did each hour. The first time I did this, I set an alarm so that I would remember to take the time to write one or two words down in that space. This does not need to be a detailed minute to minute event. After you do this, what does your time look like? At the end of the day are you feeling overly stressed? Are you spending chunks of time without purpose? Do you see any space for improvement? Do you see any blocked time for self-care and reflection? Do you have quality time marked in? Look at your time and remember; where it goes is ENTIRELY up to you. It may be that you have an end goal of monetary value that requires intense hustle and grind now to benefit later. It maybe that you feel negatively stuck and are spending time inside your own mind wishing for out. It maybe that you feel satisfied with the end of your day. There are so many different scenarios but they all end with one simple fact. Those hours are your life and how you are choosing to spend them. When I first did this experiment, I was disappointed to find that I spend a lot of time imagining the ‘what if’. What if I made the other choice? What if my choice is wrong? What if I am on the wrong path? Instead of looking at where I can improve in different areas, I would get stuck in what was missing. Since then, I have found the Enneagram. This is a personality tool that can help you identify your motives and help you to acknowledge them and move past them. With this and Brendon Burchard’s high performance journal prompts I have learned to plan my day. I started out general- i.e. the morning I want to get these things done, etc- and have since learned to plan my day. I keep flexibility in mind and have open times for catch up and changes as needed. What did you find out with your day? Until the next time, Heather