Road to 188 days, benefits of retention and how to stick to goals

I ended a failing relationship, started a new job and new school a month ago.

I am now on day 25 and my energy is finally back up to where it used to be before when I was retaining consistently and got up to 188 days. It's truly been a humbling and self reflective experience, since I am now actively working on what I want out of my career and ended a relationship where I felt I was not appreciated, I find it easier to focus all my efforts on being as productive as possible so I can achieve my dreams. I'm no longer content with just watching TV and playing games after work, spending energy on a woman who wasn't reciprocating my dedication to her. I can perform with less sleep than before and do a ton of pushups without much prior exercise.

I guess if there's anything I've learned, it's the utter importance of changing things in your own life that you can change if you are unsatisfied with them.

I've learned that it's just so important to reflect on yourself to ask what you really want out of this life and then to immediately jump for it. Our time is limited, and just trying is half the battle. Staying hungry and striving to learn something new everyday keeps my mind young, active, and awake. Life feels exciting again, and I'm excited to get out of bed most days. Compared to before, when I felt like my soul was literally leaving my body at a dead end job and I was no longer learning or interested in doing anything to challenge myself. I held fast to the belief that everything would be fine, as long as I held out for a promotion and stayed with my then girlfriend, and that I would be happy if I just persisted, without paying much attention to whether these things actually made me feel fulfilled.

To stay on track, I want to journal my daily activities and constantly remind myself to stay humble while chasing my dreams, to allow the benefits of retention to become the new norm of my life, and take it as far as it will go. That mentality will be crucial while I pursue this path, and remembering that I will face roadbumps, shitty feelings, and sometimes shitty people along the way, but to never allow that to deter me. One small storm or wave isn't worth scrapping the entire ship I've built for myself on this voyage.