Challenge within a challenge: Was the routine of success a success?

On Friday I completed the Routine of Success Challenge. The final week I did 62 things which meant it was my most productive week. By the end of the week I’d had enough of getting up before 6am and really struggled on the final day. I also had a drumming parade on the Friday evening, so after having a 20 minute power nap I was good to go.

So what have I learnt? Well the main thing is that you can get a lot done before breakfast if you put the time in and are organised. Usually before work I have to get up an hour before because I take my time getting ready, but with the challenge having a list of things I had to get done meant I had some purpose.

I'm not sure I’ll continue with the meditating. You’re supposed to do it in a quiet space, but as I live right by a bus stop, the buses start arriving from about 5.30ish onwards, there’s no chance of quiet. Also the final day of meditating the video I was watching mentioned a random phrase which I realised was a lyric in the Full House theme song I heard years ago, and then I got that in my head and meditating sort of went out of the window.

Writing what you were grateful for in my opinion didn't really work. I get while people do it, but I found it a bit cringy. It comes up a lot in gratitude challenges, but it’s just not for me.

One thing I did like doing was in the final week I found a great playlist of 5 minute exercise videos from POPSUGAR Fitness and I did like doing them first thing in the morning, so when I can I'm going to do them.

For a person who isn't great at maths I do love a good stat. There were 210 things to do in total over the 3 weeks and I did 143, so nearly 70% of what I set out to do, which isn't too bad.

Did I gain any success out of the 3 weeks? Not really, I was just more productive with my time. It was an interesting 3 weeks, but I’m really looking forward to getting up after 6!