Reply To: Exercise 1a: Your sidcha
by Hayden Kessinger
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My lifelong commitment
It feels pretty good to plainly say that. For the rest of my life I will do this one thing, no matter what. The only reason I will stop will be to change to something that serves me better. Even if I switch, I will still do my SIDCHA.
My SIDCHA for the rest of my life will be mostly fitness, but I’d say also mindful: a one-minute plank. I predict the length will increase quickly as a one-minute plank is not difficult for me right now. However, I will start with one-minute. That is what I believe I can do every single day no matter what happens. It’ll be interesting to see if I’m still doing daily planks in one month, six months, and a year from now. I’ll certainly still be doing my SIDCHA, but perhaps I will have realized that planks should be replaced by something else. Maybe something creative or mindful, or something else physical. I think if anything I’ll add more SIDCHAs rather than replace the plank. But who knows?
There are plenty of healthy habits I want to introduce (or more commonly, re-introduce) to my life. In fact, I spend a lot of my time every day thinking about them: running, yoga, meditation, writing, learning an instrument, and many more. Some of these things are already almost daily habits that bring me a lot of benefits. However, none of them are non-negotiable. I skip my yoga and meditation practice from time to time. I go long stints without running. Sometimes I feel too tired to journal before bed, so I don’t. I’ve started many daily habits, kept them for a while and then dropped them. I always value the routine and structure they provide in addition to the benefits that come as a direct result of actually doing them (feeling more calm from meditating, feeling stronger and more flexible from yoga, etc.).
My new SIDCHA is different. I will plank for one minute for every day until the day I physically cannot (or if I decide to switch). As I write this, I’m thinking, “man, this is kind of extreme isn’t it? Do I really want to put this pressure on myself?” But c’mon, it’s one minute. No matter what insane circumstances life throws at me — rain, snow, hail, meteor shower, nuclear fallout — there’s no way I can’t manage to hold a plank for one minute. So I guess that settles it. I’m a daily planker. Here begins my streak. I actually started yesterday but I’ll log October 21st, 2024 as the official first day of my SIDCHA journey.
I’m excited to read about and support everyone else’s!