Raamenchan

That would be the night before I met Mark to discuss the possibilities of working together. It was a fairly interesting night for me and I thought it would be worth writing about.

To begin, I didn’t sleep that night. As many of you already know, I have a pretty nocturnal schedule as of now. I often sleep around 4 or 5am, and wake up somewhere around noon, sometimes later. Of course that doesn’t lend itself well to getting things done during business hours, so if I need to get something done earlier, I just make myself wake up.

And that was the case that particular night. But as with all nights before Very Important Days (interviews, speeches, SATs, finals, etc), most of us end up anticipating the next day so much that we have trouble falling asleep.

I’ve actually gotten much better at falling asleep on these kinds of nights, because I’ve learned to trust that everything will be alright, which puts me at ease. But on THIS particular night, even though I trusted that everything would turn out well, I was just too excited about the great things that would come out of it. It was amazing. Positive thought after positive thought came into my mind, and I couldn’t sleep.

But perhaps the best part came when I had to wake up in the morning.

The night before (a.k.a. earlier that morning), I sent out emails to two of my fantastic friends, Katie Post and Sally Roberts. To Sally (who I knew always woke up early), I sent an email asking her to give me a wakeup call at 9am. And to Katie, I asked if she could send me a wakeup email to my phone at the same time.

So here’s what happened at 9am.

1. My alarm clock goes off.

2. I get an email saying WAKE UP! Good Morning! Give it your best! =D

3. I get a call and get a Good Morning! Are you ready for today? Good luck! I’m rooting for you!

That must have been one of the mornings I’ve ever had. Full of positive energy and good wishes. I’m going to have to reccomend that you also employ this simple yet great trick for Very Important Days!

And also, I found a new mental trick as well.

Despite all the positive thoughts I had that night, it was inevitable that a negative one or two crept in. I had an image of Mark looking and me and saying “I’m sorry…”

But the thing is, try as hard as you might to erase a thought, it just comes back. So I did something revolutionary for myself. I extended that thought, and made it: “I’m sorry… I forgot my credit card and cash today, so would you mind paying the bill?”

I’m sure its a technique that already exists out there, but it’s new to me! Hopefully it can be of use to you as well.

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