My Personal Routine (Inspired by: Dopamine Detox & Enjoy Life!)

High-dopamine/addictive behaviours that are bad for me (not beneficial):

- Self-indulgent web surfing (YouTube, Facebook, BBC News, Pistonheads, Autotrader...)

- Too much comfort food (i.e. a slice of bread with spread and a cup of tea every hour is too much!)*

- Computer games (specifically Civilization)

*I greatly enjoy food. I don't enjoy being fat though hence my desire to moderate my comfort food intake.

Contents

1) Monday/First Working day of the Week/High Stress day/Work Away day

2) Tuesday to Friday (Workdays)

3) Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holiday (Not a Workday)

4) Vacation

Note i: 1&2 apply best to WFH days. If you have to work away from home, it messes up the routine a little, so you have to be flexible.

Note ii: My weekday meals are simple:

- M/W/F: Fish Fingers

- Tu/Th: Big bowl of beans / Chunky Soup

Note iii: 'Computer/Internet Detox Morning' ideas: Do stuff around the house, in the garden, go for a drive, clean your car, go shopping, reading...
Note iv: Cereal+ is Cereal with optional Banana and/or Yoghurt Drink.

Remember:

1) "Enjoy life / Enjoy every day!" 2) "Life is meant to be enjoyed in moderation." 3) "The duty of an individual is to accept no rule - unless the rule is there to increase enjoyment (for oneself and others)." 4) Dopamine Detox: "It's not 'Endure the Boredom' it is 'Embrace the Boredom' or in other words - 'Enjoy the Boredom'."

1) Monday/First Working day of the Week/High Stresss day/Work Away day

Only difference is the morning where we wake up 1 hear later and have a break from exercise. A more relaxed morning. Same as (2) from 0730.

0500<: Lights-on

.....: [Breakfast] Cereal+ & Glucosamine drink

.....: (Optional) Shower

2) Tuesday to Friday (Workdays)

0400<: Lights-on

.....: Insanity Workout & Glucosamine drink

.....: [Breakfast] Cereal+ & Protein Drink

.....: 55 bicep curls -> Shower

0730~: ENJOY: WORK (until 1800)
.....: [F&D] Water

1100>: (Optional) Bread with Spread & Tea
1300>: (Optional) Cereal+

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| Dopamine Detox:                               |
| No music (except classical).                  |
| No personal internet. No comfort food.        |
| GET STUFF DONE. PROTECT YOURSELF. SAVE MONEY. |
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1800>: [Supper] Meal & Juice

.....: ENJOY: Anything!

.....: [F&D] Whatever/Nothing (remember FAT is not FUN)!

.....: 55 bicep curls with Stretches

2200<: Lights-off (0000 if tomorrow is a holiday)

3) Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holiday (Not a Workday)

0600<: Lights-on

.....: Running/Insanity Workout & Glucosamine drink

.....: [Breakfast] Cereal+ & Protein Drink

.....: 55 bicep curls -> Shower

.....: ENJOY: Computer/Internet Detox Morning!

.....: [F&D] Water

1200>: [Lunch] Salad & Juice

.....: [Optional] Bread with Spread & Tea

.....: ENJOY: Anything (ideally something productive)!

.....: [F&D] Water

1800>: [Supper] Meal & Juice
.....: (Optional) Cereal+

.....: ENJOY: Anything!

.....: [F&D] Whatever/Nothing (remember FAT is not FUN)!

.....: 55 bicep curls with Stretches

0000<: Lights-off (2300 if tomorrow is a workday)

4) Vacation

Do and eat whatever you want!