by Steven Aitchison on December 17, 2010

The Daily Plan

This is an extremely simple plan and one which I have followed now for around 6 weeks with huge benefits and little downside.

The amount of water you drink will depend on your current weight.  Obviously a woman of 150 pounds does not need to drink as much as a man who is 300 pounds in weight.

1. Butt

2. Abs

3. Legs

4. Arms

5. Chest & Back

6. Shoulder

There are reasons for this, and they are:
1. my MA is long overdue
2. my financial is kaput
3. i want to go abroad
4. parents
5. cats

I must complete my MA by 31 May 2011! Not that long. I have to speed up!

At the same time, I want to invest in ME too! So, apart from finishing my MA, I also, would like to:
1. EAT well
2. EXERCISE well
3. MEDITATE
4. JOURNALING
5. SLEEP well

Yeah, that what i promise to myself. I am doing it!

And I will update my blog. It shall have a new category for this so I can keep track on it.

My schedule will be like this:

MONDAY ~ FRIDAY & SUNDAY
6.00am ~ 6.30am: wake-up/drink 1 glass of water/ wash my face/ meditate
6.30am ~ 7.00am: stretch / yoga / exercise
7.00am ~ 7.30am: journal
7.30am ~ 8.00am: bathe / breakfast
8.00am ~ 9.30am: read / write

10.00am ~ 6.00pm: work / study

6.00pm ~ 7.00pm: walk / meditate / swim/ gym

7.00pm ~ 8.00pm: go back home / bathe / eat
8.00pm ~ 10.00pm: read / blog / journal
10.00pm: meditate / prepare to sleep /sleep

SATURDAY ~ off!

I will deplug myself, most of the time from Emails: Gmail, Yahoo, and facebooking only at night or over weekend.

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Well, I have to say that, this schedule will work starting from tomorrow at 7.00pm. This is because, I am writing my MA for submission tomorrow, so I cant sleep tonite.

Love xxx

so heartbreaking. i am sick and tired of this.

but saying that, the good news is, i started to got to gym. yep. thursday – 7 October. and i keep on going ever since. the gym instructor, who i don’t know the name, said its only will take me 6 weeks to see the different. but i need to reduce food intake at night means, i must eat early. so … 18 november 2010, i should see the different in me. actually i feel different already. fresh and my joint not sore so much. improvement i would say.

ok, now, i must focus on my masters! period. i do it because i want to! it is difficult, yes. but, i must keep on showing up to master it!

that is what i will do.

This very moment, I decided to live healthy. So, this is mean, I will give my awareness to my BODY, MIND, HEART & SOUL.

I will update to this blog about living everyday. Basically on what I eat and physical activities that i do on that day. This will be on weekly basis.

 I will  reflect them. I will try to make adjustment if necessary.

Ok, let me start by today.

My weight: 73kg (my ideal is 55kg) – my goal at this moment is to lose 3kg.

MONDAY ~ 27 September 2010:

Food:
Breakfast – 1 kuih, 5 table spoon nasi lemak, 1 glass of water & 1 apple
Lunch – Char koeyteow & 2 glass of water
Snack – 4 pieces of crackers with peanut cream in the middle & half tuna sandwitch, 1 slice of cake & water
Dinner (10.30pm) – 1 place of rice, 2 small ikan + bunga kantan: Assam Pedas, sayur bendi goreng, sikit ikan goreng & ikan masin

Exercise: 90 minutes dancing for WCC anniversary dinner rehearsal

Meditation:  counting on the breathing, inhale count 3 & exhale count5; awareness

xxxx

It just slipped away . . .

And here is September! I shall embrace you with love and open arms.

It turned out to be good. Abah likes it!

The recipe:

Onion

Celery

Cabage

Carrot

Milk

Beef/chicken broth

Beef minced

Beef/chicken seasoning

Daun soup

Fried onion

Macaroni elbow

I came accross this site to inpire me.

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16 steps to creating the life you want from some of the world’s best bloggers

I know I’m not alone when I say that upon hearing successful people say, “Do what you love and the money will follow,” the cliche alert goes off in my head.

There’s no question we’ve all thought about taking a leap of faith across the chasm of impossibility to see if those timeless words were true.

Who hasn’t daydreamed of a life constantly filled to the brim with joy, where work feels like play and the sinking feeling you get right before Monday morning never comes? Unfortunately, most of us have also never tried to take that leap of faith.

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100 ways to live a better life

You don’t like your life? Change it! Change your life for the better! Don’t have any clue on how to do it? Here’s a list of 100 ways in which you can improve your life. Feel free to add yours in the comments. This post is a response from a challenge I got from from Mike King in this great post 100 Ways To Be A Better Leader, which in turn got inspired by this one Tackle Any Issue With A List Of 100 , from Luciano Passuello. [Later edit: you may also be interested in this sequel 100 Ways To Screw Up Your Life.]

Without further ado, let’s go.

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A. Samad Said or well known as Pak Samad is one of Malaysian Sasterawan Negara.

I like his writing. I remember during my Form 6, I have to read his book.

It was literature class and I felt so uneasy with the funny words the author uses in the novel. But somehow, I managed to love it anyway.

Here is the piece call ‘Mendengar Ombak di Pantai Qalbu’ from his blog. It was posted in February 2010.

The words entangle beautifully with one another. I just love it!

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~Mendengar Ombak di Pantai Qalbu~

SAYA memanglah seorang pembaca buku yang lambat. Kurang tepat—saya adalah pengunyah buku yang lumat—atau mungkin, lebih tepat: saya adalah peleka buku sepenuh nikmat.

Benar, saya bukanlah pembaca yang pelari. Bukan kerana saya tidak ingin cepat tiba ke akhir buku, tapi lebih kerana saya ingin lama bersapa—dan mendakap—setiap kata yang berlinang nikmat.

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