So, MT… Did You Fix Your Brain, or What?

Earlier this month, I announced that I’d once again be taking up a brain-maintenance regime. I outlined a number of areas and goals, promised to track and report on them here. But as the more observant of you have noticed, there’s been no reports to observe.

You see, I haven’t been posting my progress because I haven’t been tracking my progress. Yes, this generally leads to a lower level of progress. That doesn’t mean there is no progress, of course. Measurements are not the goal, just a way of, erm.. measuring. (Profound, aren’t I?)

In the absence of clear measured and tracked achievements, I’ll offer a guesstimate… My brain is 70% fixed. (And yes, I just pulled that number out of thick air - air thick with the promise of further progress)

First, The Positive Accomplishments:

Sugar: I’ve cut sugar back down to nearly zippo.

Brain-Training: I’ve started doing the Lumosity program more faithfully again. Nearly every day.

Water: I’ve been drinking pure water, sometimes. More than I had been. Hey, it’s a start!

The Things I Haven’t Gotten ‘Round To Yet:

Supplements: I’m not sure why this one is so tough for me, but, it is. I did ok for about a week, then started blowing it off, including the allergy meds. I hate swallowing pills with a passion, and besides that, my desk is such a mess right now I cant find them…

Physical Exercise: What, I’m actually supposed to MOVE? You’re kidding, right? It’s COLD. I want to stay in bed!

Brainwave Entrainment: I think my block here is not having a program laid out for me. Though I understand the software and the theory, I’ve got no clear concept of which sessions to use.

Solutions:

1. Clean my desk and put the supplements where I can’t miss seeing them.

2. Move. Just Move. It doesn’t have to be exercise, but get the blood flowing, warm up, fight the hibernation mode.

3. Post to the Transparent Corp community forum, and ask for help setting up an entrainment program. (They’re the folks behind the MindStereo software and related entrainment programs)

So those are my weekend tasks. I might actually get them done over the weekend, too!

But, MT, what about goal-tracking, what about progress reports?

Goal-tracking software, progress reports and the like are tools to help do the job… they’re a means to an end, not the end itself. Sometimes they help, as they helped me during the first go-round of these tasks, earlier this year. This time, the tracking seems burdensome, and its getting in the way, so I’m not doing it. This may actually be helping, since I feel more positive about the bits I am doing, and not focusing on the “failure” of those tasks I’m not doing.

I often find that just setting an intent, and turning it over to the subconscious to implement, is more effective than meticulously planning and tracking each step along the way. That seems to be the case this time.

How do you work best?

Do you find that detailed planning, goal setting and tracking helps or hinders you?

Have you ever tried just setting intent, and letting your subconscious find your way there?

Have you got any other approaches to suggest?