The Daily Pattern

Every morning when I wake up, my first thought is ending the day, which consists of the sequence of steps that match the pattern I want for myself on a daily basis. I start each step with an eye towards the next one, but no further. It is a very simple plan: coffee > gym > ready > eat > work > study > home > family > bed :-) Breakfast is my one and only meal on most days, so I don't have to deal with the logistics of lunch or dinner, nor do I have to effect any will power for said meals, nor do I have to kill myself in the gym to manage my weight. This particular plan is not for everyone, but the strategy of defining the lifecycle of a day and targeting it as a pattern to live by can, I think, work for everyone, whatever the pattern. Further, taking the guess work out of every day living leaves more room to be creative, because it conserves energy that might otherwise be spent on deciding between a salad or an entire bag of dark chocolate Hershey's kisses for lunch (wink).