Challenge 06 · 21 days
Reality Check
See it clearly. Start here.
“I wake up while I’m awake.”
Why this challenge
Awareness becomes powerful when it becomes repeatable.
This challenge takes the occasional moment of noticing yourself and turns it into a deliberate habit you can carry into work, relationships, stress, boredom, and difficult decisions.
What you do
Five times each day, stop and ask:
Where am I?
What am I doing?
What am I feeling?
What am I choosing?
Actually look around before answering.
What to notice
How did I spend my time today? What did I intend to do? What actually happened? What surprised me? What did I notice?
Before you begin
A week of honest observation about how you actually spend your time.
Keywords
- I wake up while I’m awake.
- Be honest. Be specific. Be curious.
The point
- Five times each day, stop and ask:
- Where am I?
- What am I doing?
- What am I feeling?
- Set timers or reminders. Look around before you answer. Be honest with yourself.
Your record
Where this stands
The tracker is the record. Writing on a day checks that day in. Mark the challenge completed when you finished it, or not continuing when you are done with it. Those marks are the review on your map. The lines under a day are here for whatever you want to say.
21 days
21 days. Open a day to write it. Writing checks that day in.
Day 1
In your own words
This space is here for the day the other lines do not fit. Write it the way you would say it. Add a picture if that is closer. It stays with this day, and it stays on your map.
Day 1
Be honest. Be specific. Be curious.
Select the feelings you went through.
When you finish
How difficult was it?
1 = Easy, 10 = Hard
How helpful was it?
1 = Not Helpful, 10 = Very Helpful