The 30 Day Magneto Challenge

Hello, WordPress.

Before I begin this post, I’d like to say that I’m not writing this post to attract attention or garner encouragement. Both would be nice, but my only goal is to have a place to hold myself accountable. I’ve decided that WordPress will be that place.

I also owe you an explanation. The reason this blog is named ‘The 30 Day Magneto Challenge’ is because I am training myself to be superhuman, metaphorically for 30 days. (plus Magneto is one of my favorite superheroes)

Today, I will give you a short summary of the position I am currently in.

I am 15 years old, go to a decent secondary school and am getting decent grades in most of my subjects. I do pursue extracurricular activity (playing sports mainly). But the problem is that I am one of the laziest and most undisciplined person you will ever meet.

I started this summer holidays (6 weeks in total) to change my life bit by bit, but everything, so far, has failed.

Instead of doing what I set out to do, I sit in my room scrolling through the internet or reading pointless fiction books for most of the day. I really wanted to revise for maths this summer and follow my regime through every day but nothing actually happened. I’m that type of student who will do his homework at the very last minute, rushed and scribbled, and not care one bit about the consequences.

The problem with me is that I will try everything but nothing will work. I’ll start off with some good habits and make a tiny bit of progress and then, after my triumph, I’ll mess it one thing up , and come to the conclusion that I might as well go back to where I was.

I’m desperate for a change in my life but I’m not in any immediate danger or anything. I’m just sick and tired of not being able to change myself for the better. Every single day I feel like my willpower is decreasing. So for the next 30 days until September 10, I will experiment with a new method: I will become my perfect, robotic self, torture myself by doing everything the perfect me would do, and write daily updates documenting my progress.

Here is the breakdown of what I set out to do DAILY:

1. Get up immediately with my first alarm, regardless of what time it is.
2. Cook myself a healthy breakfast (usually scrambled eggs with green tea)
3. Wash the dishes that are left over from the night before and make my bed
4. Brush my teeth twice a day
5. Have  a cold shower and ensure personal hygiene
6. Drink 8 cups of water and have two glasses of milk
7. Do three circuits of chosen workout program
8. Meditate for 15 minutes
9. Study for two hours using Pomodoro technique (in another blog I hope to explain what this technique is and why I find it useful)
10. Write a blog post.
11. Read nonfiction for an hour a day (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)
12. Get 8 hours of quality sleep.
13. Write in my diary where I reflect on the day and write down any thoughts

And here are set of 5 rules my robot-self will follow:

1. No going on time wasters (YouTube, Reddit, social media,gaming or TV). Generally, not going on any devices or gadgets (especially straight before bedtime)
2. No sugary foods, crisps or sugary drinks (try to keep to 4 meals a day  with no snacking in-between)
3. Whatever nonfiction book I am reading at the time will have to be completely applied to my real life.
4. Constantly improve posture
5. Fort (might explain this in another blog)

That’s what I’ve come up with so far. I’ll definitely take other ideas from you or fresh from my brain.

And, I know what you’re thinking: I’m not the first or the last person to try this out, and it’s never worked in the history of humankind. You can’t  become someone you aren’t overnight. You will mess up the very first day and even the following days. Nobody is going to be able to do everything they set out to do. But that’s why I’m posting here. Because you’re wrong. And I’m going to prove it to you and myself by writing an update every single day. I dare you to tell me I can’t do it. The challenge starts the second I click ‘publish’. And, every so often I may add a challenge to my list.And, every so often I will progress further and further.  

P.S even if I do fail in one area(this may be because of self-destruction or external factors) I will continue and not let that put me down. After these thirty days, the strictness will be reduced.