Project 7:15, Week Two

Thus far my decision to not eat cookies in the middle of the night has been the right one.  As a family, we are going through cookies at a much more respectable rate, and, perhaps more importantly, I no longer wake up people with the loud "crinkling" noise that cookie packages make at two in the morning.

After three days of not gorging on cookies after going to bed, I had a pretty good idea for organizing some random junk in the basement, and it occurred to me that maybe that idea came from the added rest that came from sleeping instead of eating.  I have read somewhere that eating at night is a bad idea, because while you are trying to sleep, your body is busy trying to digest the food, thus making it difficult to actually rest.  This makes sense, and after ten full days of not eating cookies at night, I will admit that I do feel more rested.  And I lost three pounds, too, which makes me think I was probably eating too many cookies to begin with.

To reiterate what we discussed last week, as an uncertified life coach it is necessary for me to have an A.I.T., (an Amazing and/or Inspiring Transformation,) in order for you to actually take me seriously.  A successful A.I.T. will give me the life-coaching street cred that has been sorely lacking thus far.  Every A.I.T. I have ever witnessed, however, begins with the B.P.; the "Before Picture," the photographic proof that I am a flawed person in need of an A.I.T.  With this in mind, then, I have provided you with a pretty intense B.P. taken about a month before the beginning of my A.I.T.

Although a little blurry, this photo speaks volumes about where I was in my life before I stopped eating cookies in the middle of the night.  What am I even doing in this picture?  Playing badminton?  Directing spider traffic?  And what’s with the outfit, anyway?  Those shoes say I’m going on a hike later but the polo shirt suggests otherwise.  (Turns out the shirt was right.)

Regardless, I was a mess.  Fortunately, my journey toward not being that person anymore is into its second week.  Stay tuned for even more inspiration!

Project 7:15

As I enter into my second year as an uncertified life coach, I am becoming more comfortable with people not only listening to and taking my advice, but also with them actually trying to be like me.  True uncertified life coaching credibility, however, will always elude me until I undergo an A. I. T., an Amazing and/or Inspiring Transformation.  I need to change myself in a very obvious and public way over the course of a set amount of time.  I need to begin as person ‘A’, and then, by a combination of ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and even ‘D,’ become the person I was always meant to be:  ‘E.’ 

With this in mind, then, today we initiate Project 7:15.  Project 7:15 is a year-long journey of self-discovery that will most likely amaze and inspire anyone wise enough to pay attention to it.  Project 7:15 begins today, on July 15^th, hence its name, and it will continue until July 15^th of next year.  That’s right.  An.  Entire. Year.

What will Project 7:15 entail?  Well, that’s really rather simple.  Beginning today, I will begin to engage, fight and eventually defeat one of my worst vices:  midnight cookie binging.  You probably don’t know this, but I eat cookies.  Many of them, usually between midnight and two in the morning.  I do this with milk and silence.  I feel terrible about it because the cookies are supposed to be shared with my whole family but they aren’t because after about three days they are totally gone.  I have eaten them. 

Granted, I took a pretty big risk sharing this information with you.  After all, what kind of uncertified life coach engages in such selfish and uninspiring behavior?  One who runs the very serious risk of losing his uncertification.

Thus, beginning today, the battle begins.  

Today we start the long struggle against my very own cookie monster.