Nov 15, 2019
John Lamerton is a “routine
freak” - or so his wife says and after chatting with him I tend to
agree (in the nicest possible way!). John loves a routine and his
new book “Routine Machine” explores how you can too. In fact John
promises that you can get results!
One
routine I’ve maintained for 2,240 days is waking up sober. Did I do
it through John’s book? Nope - it wasn’t written then (I read
another great book with 164 pages). But it’s the one routine I’ve
maintained every single day and one I often don’t give myself
credit for.
You
see it’s become so ingrained in me that I simply don’t drink. Being
sober is normal for me today.
Now am I being oblivious to the fact that I may drink one day?
Absolutely not. I know I’m only ever an arm’s length away from a
glass of Pinot.
But today I have a choice.
It
was a hard-won one. It was very costly and I don’t mean
financially!
Today I am sober.
I don’t have to drink
when I feel happy, mad, sad or bad. I simply have to ensure that
when I feel irritable, restless or discontent (or my emotions run
high) I do something about it. I talk to someone and tell them what’s going
on with me. God (or my dog) works for me if I can’t talk to another
human. I usually have to write it down and look at it (some
would call that journalling, I don’t, I call it looking at the
facts!).
A friend reminded me that if I
can do that, I can do anything.
And
so can you.
Anything is possible.
And
that’s one of the things I discuss with John. What do you do if you
want to create a new routine, but you’ve tried before and
failed.
Perhaps you’ve tried to write a book and
haven’t got more than 100 words down (or is that just
me).
Or
you want to lose weight/buy a house/get fit/eat healthily/insert
anything else here you want to do.
No
matter what routine you want to bring into your life it is possible
to change. If I can stop drinking, surely I can lose that 3 stone
that’s been with me far too long!
If
John “a normal bloke from Plymouth” can completely change his life
and become a “routine machine”, so you can we.
Listen to our chat about routines and let me
know what you think.
#TriggerWarning
If you’re a stationery
addict like me beware...whilst listening to this episode you may
feel the need to go shopping, buy some cool stickers (gold stars
optional) and release your inner child by making a sticker chart to
celebrate your success.
Be sure to give us a review on Apple Podcasts I
really do read them. In fact @Teddifantastic kindly gave me one and
I posted on our Patreon site a thank you. It’s here @Teddifantastic
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Here’s the details of John’s
book:
“Routine Machine: How successful people improve
their morning routine, daily habits and guarantee themselves
results” by John Lamerton is available in all good book
stores.
If you buy the book from Amazon using the link
below the Today I Am Sober podcast will receive a small commission
directly from Amazon as a thank you for your purchase. Who knows,
perhaps we’ll be able to buy a new microphone or sound-proofing so
that the audio quality gets better!
Buy the book now: https://amzn.to/2qVfVGU
Connect with John:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/routinemachines/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-lamerton-b42b9013b
Website: www.routinemachine.co.uk
PS I’ve been busy working on our
website todayiamsober.co.uk (well 2 hours
at the weekend!) I hope you like it!