💭 Reflection: "Tough start to the morning, So I started it with a cold shower, because I knew it was going to be a tough day, with a meeting with my boss that I wasn't looking forward to, and Sage helped me heaps in the preparation - I was quite delighted and inspired by how she helped me and we got some pretty good outcomes from that meeting. This meant it became a better day than I had thought, as I'm at crossroads, and the way she helped me frame and link, things to my Ikigai was like watching a sycnchronised swim dance come together. It's been a long day because I've had studies to do and work to do, didn't get out of my walk, but I did the lawns, so that felt good, and yeah, tomorrow will be a new day. I'm feeling a little bit behind on landing and doing of my week two plans, because I've had some pretty serious kind of career work things to deal with in terms of future focus, but that's okay, sometimes you get those curveballs and we'll just run with it. It wasn't a perfect day because I didn't tick all the boxes, but it's okay. Tomorrow will be a new day. Engagement Score for today: 6 - Partially engaged. Some things held attention for a while. But we have our cheerleader to remind us of the wins along the way, so we don't lose site if them: - here are some for me to remember: 🏆Managed my RSD before a tough meeting. Had a strategy, used it, didn't spiral. 🏆 Had an honest, vulnerable conversation with Boss. Used my voice, not a "put on Debz expected, upbeat we can do anything" performance. Said what I needed without apologising for needing it. 🏆 Got clarity on business direction, my potential role, and five-year alignment. Walked in foggy, walked out with a map. 🏆 Advocated for my salary target out loud. That takes guts. 🏆 Named the Ikigai question directly to Boss. "Does this fit, or do I keep looking?" Brave. 🏆 Started an outline and Plan for writing a book _ it's always been in me, and thanks to a few members who enjoy my story telling - Swizzel the Squirrel, got into a string of Hyper planning. Thanks @Lois Hamilton amd @Suliet Rivera, @Cathy A Castagna

Hey everyone, I have a question and was hoping for some advice. Recently i changed my profession and started working in administration. Now that I'm working with billings etc is it important that I keep my focus for a while. But it seems that is a point where I struggle with. Looking at the screen for a long time and maintain my focus on what I am doing is very hard. And it makes it even harder when there is a lot of chatter of people around me. Then my head really feels like it can explode and I want to scream.I get distracted easely. I already talked about it at work and they know that when it gets to much I'm alowed to distance myself in an other room. But it is something i'd rather not do. It also gives me a feeling like i've failed if i do that. And when people have questions i'd like to be around so I can answer right away. So I was wondering if some of you have advice for me. I prefer natural based products above the chemicals. I was also if it is a good idea to buy me some special noise cancelling earplugs. But I dont just want to spend to much money if it doesnt work or help me. I've heard much about the loops earplugs but I dont know if they are worth the money. What are your opinions and experiences? Thanks already 😊!

💭 Reflection: "This morning I was buzzing after learning more about the Daily Check‑Ins and getting clearer on the scoring levels. Understanding how each level works — and noticing the biases I bring when I compare things to how life felt three or four years ago — was a real eye‑opener. I realised I’ve been rating things against that peak period when everything was aligned, instead of assessing how things actually are now. Learning to score in the present feels like an important shift. I’m also adding “engagement” as a seventh metric - and just capturing that in my Reflections - so I can track how motivation, focus, and engagement work together over time. Engagement Anchor = 7 - Absorbed. Got into activities. Time passed. Felt involved. And honestly, my dopamine bucket got a good top‑up today. I helped a Harmony buddy, which felt great. Then Chris visited with little Zed (3), his grandson and watching him learn to be gentle with the five‑week‑old kittens was gorgeous. Later the neighbours came by to help socialise the babies too — tiny paws, tiny humans, big joy. Work itself was a bit rough. I’m feeling a bit like a fish in a tree without enough direction from my boss. But we’ve got a catch‑up tomorrow, and I’m hopeful that will bring the clarity I need. All up, a good day — learning, connection, and a whole lot of kitten magic. 📊 Wellbeing Scores: 😊 Happiness: 8/10 ⚡ Energy: 6/10 🎯 Focus: 8/10 😌 Calmness: 5/10 🌙 Sleep Quality: 4/10 🔥 Motivation: 6/10 ⭐ Average: 6.2/10 ✅ Activities from yesterday: 🌙 Early Bedtime ☀️ Morning Sunlight 💧 Stayed Hydrated 🌿 Grounding 🥗 Healthy Eating 🍺 No Alcohol 🍬 No Added Sugar ☕ No Late Caffeine 🥩 Hit Protein Goal 🎯 Visualization 😌 Low Stress Day ✨ Positive Mindset 🎯 Deep Work 📵 No Social Media 📋 Planned Day 🌅 Focused Morning 🌄 No Screentime in Morning ⏱️ Time Blocking 1️⃣ Single Tasking 👥 Quality Time 🍽️ No Phone at Dinner

Week 1: I identified my big rock: Get the business that I had spent month researching, testing the market, learning AI tools and integrations, AI Bots & agents going. No more procrastination, identity crisis's. Worked on establishing protocols & routines including no coffee after lunch - my go to fuel. Week 2: Finally bit the financial bullet and got a Mac mini - long term goal of having it as a dedicated computer to run open claw. They are incredibly scarce in Australia at the moment but managed to get one from Victoria - that amount of effort would have been enough to deter me before. Did all the legal compliance of registering the business, bought a domain and created a business account with gmail. Got that set up, including google workspace, Notebooklm. Integrated Notion, Make, twilio, chat gpt, Claude, gohighlevel etc. New business Apple ID - with its associated dramas. It's unreal that a company as large as that had no idea that the link it was providing for verification no longer worked. 3 hours later they finally recognised they had an issue. Not totally resolved yet. Still to build my website but everything ready to do it this week. There is no way I could have done this without having done the 5 day challenge & read my AI report. It has been quite stressful at times and intense focus required. I stuck to my protocols morning & night - hence not kept up posting in here. Protein intake ✅ Hydration ✅ No caffeine after lunch ✅ Exercise ✅ Meditation ✅ Took a proper break at lunch time and went for a walk ✅ No social media scrolling, ✅ Went down a few rabbit holes 🤪 Between the challenge and the guidance of the blueprint all this has been achieved without too many tears, hair tearing, and wanting to just chuck it all in because bits got difficult and overwhelming. The journey is not finished but at least it is started. I feel like I need a business coach but that will just have to wait until I actually make some money. In the meantime I'm using Claude to keep me focused on the next steps.

Something shifted today. Chris told me he'd been reading about body doubling. On his own. Without me asking. If you're waiting for your partner to "get it," keep going. Sometimes the breakthrough comes when you least expect it. But let me rewind to this morning. I woke up two hours late, mind already in overdrive. Holy shit, I've got so much to do. Chris's family were arriving at two, and you couldn't even walk through the kitchen to the barbecue area without navigating chaos. My brain was going zing, zing, zing, zing. Got to get it tidy. Come on. Let's GO. Then 9:30 hit and I'd promised Chris I'd go for a walk. I did NOT want to go. I needed to tidy. I didn't want to be embarrassed by the state of the place. But we went anyway. Could I enjoy it? Barely. I thought we'd been walking ages. It had been 15 minutes. Quick, quick, quick. Lots to do. So we went around the Rose Gardens, around the lake, saw the fish and the ducks. And the ducks' bums, because they had their heads underwater so all you could see was little legs out and little ducky bums. 🦆 But here's where it gets good. We got home, Chris looked at the mess (and there was quite a bit of mess), and instead of shame or judgment, we just... started. Together. Body doubling. We grouped things, we sorted, we cleared. I felt a little shame creep in, but Chris didn't make me feel shameful. He just worked alongside me. And by the end? I have a living room back. A dining table I can actually see.It feels free and spacious and relaxing and I am SO proud. The dopamine hit was HUGE. 🎉 It's not that I don't want to focus. It's that the overwhelm makes it almost impossible to start. Left to my own devices, Swizzel the squirrel 🐿️ sets me off on tangent, then another tangent (she's a naughty little minx). But having someone beside me, not fixing, not judging, just *present*, changed everything. We've body doubled before in the She Shed, him on his furniture, me on my mosaics. But this was different. This was making calmness out of chaos, side by side.