May 18th, the seventh day of productivity heat mapping. I do some writing and then deliver flyers to some houses with my friend. Advertising for my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy is definitely worthwhile for me – but doing it with my friend made it 10 times as much fun. Increased state and increased productivity yielded a level 3 spike.

I felt a little off while teaching Jiu Jitu in the eventing, but filming technique afterwards was a lot of fun as always. I become overwhelmingly tired and passed right out at 10:00PM.

May 19th, way too much sleep! I’m starting to feel as though my body is crying out to me, but to be honest working off of 4-5 hours hasn’t been an issue for me, I’m still eager to keep up with that habit.

I had an idea to listen to fun music in the early morning while I do my regular routine of brushing teeth and eating. I can even do this while checking emails (basically, I can bump some awesome tunes whenever I don’t need to fully engage intellectually – as in writing or reading). 

I felt very much in the busywork level 2 phase. I realize that I must change my focus or change my routine because I seem to be in a relatively stressed state and not an ideally creative state. I realize the origin of this state but I find it tough to shift from sometimes.

In the evening I hung with my good friend and we talked about a new project for social involvement, we’re calling it the Summer FunBoys (yep, FunBoys is one word… the site and the idea are new, but check out www.summerfunboys.tk). Its a group for organizing social events, organizing community service events, and spreading fun in our town.

Teaching BJJ went well, too, afterwards I visited some friends at a nice sushi place before heading home.

May 20th, awesome morning. I went out and did an “hour of power” (an idea I picked up from Anthony Robbins) – where I got in a nice morning jog and combined it with a focus of what I was excited about / appreciateive of. This really got me amped.

During the running and writing for my eBook, I had flashes of 100% “on-ness” where I just felt ON completely. Totally aligned with my present action, totally merging my action and awareness into one.

I felt quite tired around 3:00PM while writing, and I think its because I’ve come to associate my room with slumber. Even though I’m in my chair writing, I’m in the environment in which I sleep at night – and I feel that this makes me feel tired though I don’t need sleep. I moved my compute to the dining room, which has more windows anyways.

I then went to a different branch of my bank and totally became friends with all the bank ladies at once, it was crazy. We just started bantering and joking and holding up the line it was hilarious.

After feeling disengaged while teaching Jiu Jitsu, I went home, did some work on my projects and passed out. Again… like a freekin’ brick.

Realization:

I think I’m selling myself short in placing most of my expereinces with friends in the yellow zone. Cultivating great relationships is definitely one of my highest ends. Being engaged and enjoying myself with friends is “productive” in the sense of alignment with my highest ends – though it might not always “produce” in terms of money made or articles written. Friendship is something I’m planning on studying a lot more on my own.

I’ve also come to the realization about my experience of tension the purpose of this website: to offer quality content. Hence, when I find myself trying to hammer something out I’ve got to slow down. Getting hits and making money are lower on the totem pole than my own creative expression and harvesting of good ideas and experiences – which translates to the best content for readers!