Over the past week I’ve broken all 3 of my big streaks. I’ve been too tired to do Yoga, particularly as I was leaving home at 7 and getting back at midnight all of last week.

I thought I had meditated the one morning so didn’t do so in the evening. And my streak of 71 days ended as a result.

On Wednesday I wrote up a bunch of blog posts to automatically post because I knew work would be too hectic. I thought I’d written one for Saturday but turns out I hadn’t. And on Sunday morning I woke up with two messages asking what had gone wrong.

The truth is that I’ve been too overwhelmed to properly put effort into these activities. I’ve tried to find ways to mitigate this but at some point I wasn’t able to.

I broke the streaks

Getting back on the train

Initially I was quite angry at myself for this. I’d put so much effort into maintaining them and it felt like I had lost all that hard work.

But I haven’t.

I still have 121 blog posts.

I’ve still meditated 71 times this year.

And I’m trying to build a new habit around an exercise I find really difficult.

So I meditated an extra time on Friday. I wrote an extra blog post on Sunday. And I’m going to do an extended exercise session when I’m feeling less sick. The momentum hasn’t stopped. In fact, in spite of the chaos I’ve managed to keep my habits going. The momentum has pushed me on.

I’m still on track, and my personal institutions have helped keep me there.

And I’m proud of myself for doing this.

Image was taken in 2013 while I was on a run in Newlands Forest. I had stumbled across this run down shed which, oddly enough, I’ve never been able to find again.

Song of the day: Battle Symphony - Linkin Park (actually, the whole One More Light Album)

Blog 121/365. Read more about my #365of25 journey here