"What is the only date that is also a call to action?"
It's a dead giveaway because the answer is that very same day.
March 4th = March Forth = Today
- Soldiers march, and run, in a synchronized rhythm or cadence. They do this to promote unity, maintain a constant speed and reduce fatigue.
- In music the rhythm is kept by the motion of a baton or beat of a drum.
- As I've started swimming (really swimming) for the first time this past month I have learned the importance of a consistent and rhythmic stroke and breathing pattern.
Rhythm and order in life is absolutely essential. For me personally it makes all the difference in the world. The routines I set for myself in January got me going in the morning and slowed my mind and body down at night so I could actually sleep. They helped establish and maintain cadence in life.
This month is going to be another busy one. I have so many things I want/need to accomplish and every day less time to do it. With out a plan to direct my march I will fail. No question about it.
- I will be pacing my friend for a portion of the Buffalo 100 (100 mile race on Antelope Island) and I haven't trained consistently since last fall. Time to hit the trail. Come rain, or snow, or mud.
- Our newly organized community minimalist group is having it's first meetup this month. This means planning a presentation, and designing posters to put up on bulletin boards around town.
-We don't want to miss the boat on early planting in our garden this year. Time to plan, cultivate, sprout, and plant so our crop is well established before the heat rolls in.
- There is some serious sorting and purging to be done in our garage so we can have a spring yard sale and once and for clear out the space for its intended use.
Since serving as an LDS missionary in Spain planning has been a weekly mainstay for me. Throwing everything down on a weekly calendar that schedules things down to each half hour. I'm a serious scatterbrain so once I made my weekly plan I would often lose track of it by Tuesday or Wednesday and scramble to try to remember what I had going on. I'm also constantly writing notes down on random piece of paper I can find. I try to keep them together and organized but that leads to clutter and spaghetti brain...
For Christmas each year the siblings on my side of our family each draw a name for gift exchange. This year my brother Matt got lucky and drew my name. Then he hit a home run with his gift.
I opened a small box that contained an iPad fixed to the back and instructions to put on the headphones, wake up the device and press play. All the tell tell signs something crazy was going to happen.
I followed the instructions and watched this video.
A lot of people wouldn't get very excited about getting a planner for Christmas. I was thrilled!
It wasn't a regular planner, it was my brain on paper! It was seriously the antidote to my insanity. One place for all my planning, goal setting notes, sketching... everything!
Thanks again Matt!
It didn't arrive until early February so I've only had a month to try it out. It took a couple weeks to understand everything that it was and it's full potential. I'm looking forward to more fully utilizing it.
So my Lifestyle Experiment this month...
March Forth
Leaving the past in the past I'm going to establish the Cadence of Getting Things Done. I'm going to make full use of this awesome new tool and give myself a fighting chance to stay on task and accomplish what I set out to do. I'm excited to get going!
I'm hoping that by next months challenge I will have sorted out a big chunk of the things that have been holding me back and that my "experiments" will become much more adventurous and entertaining.
Until then my invitation to you...
March Forth
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