Holding the door open for one minute a day.
For today’s change, I’m going to start being that guy above in yellow.
The plan is to hold the front door to my apartment building open for others for one whole minute each day I get home from work.
I’m curious to see how it will feel and what the reaction will be.
Here’s the running list of changes I’ve made each day since I started a few weeks ago:
11-Mar-17: Starting taking cold showers (for the last 60 seconds)
12-Mar-17: Set goal of learning one new song per week on the guitar
13-Mar-17: Started listening to Audiobooks at 3–4x the speed
14-Mar-17: Started keeping my shoes organized
15-Mar-17: Decided to learn to juggle, practicing a few min daily
16-Mar-17: Began reading 3 book summaries (~10 min each) daily
17-Mar-17: Limit eating out to bare minimum, learn new recipe weekly
18-Mar-17: Limit alcohol to a bare minimum
19-Mar-17: No more snoozing alarm clocks, no more than 7 hrs sleep/night
20-Mar-17: Build tracker for bills as a reminder
21-Mar-17: Limit TV usage to 2 hours per day
22-Mar-17: Saying people’s names when I say hello, brushing teeth with weak hand, do one charitable thing a day, stretch for 10 minutes a day, spend 15 minutes a day on personal improvement
23-Mar-17: Picking up one piece of litter a day
24-Mar-17: Drink 3L of water a day
25-Mar-17: Start keeping track of calories with myfitnesspal
26-Mar-17: Try a day without the internet next weekend
27-Mar-17: Start attending weekly Toastmasters sessions to become a better public speaker, start meditating 5 minutes daily, take one online course at all times, learn to play the game “Go”
28-Mar-17: Sketch one thing at least once a month for the rest of 2017
29-Mar-17: Find a mentor by the end of April (to chat with on a regular basis)
30-Mar-17: Make it to work on time everyday, and start posting on Medium in the mornings
31-Mar-17: Start volunteering at least once a month (look into options and find a place by April 7th)
1-Apr-17: Start quizzing myself in Chinese for 10 min daily using a flashcard app; start shampooing hair every other day (as opposed to every day)
2-Apr-17: Explore downtown Toronto by riding bike each weekend in spring, summer, and fall of 2017; Bike the 24km to my parent’s place uptown and back at least once this summer
3-Apr-17: Start donating blood, register as an organ donor, use less energy heating and cooling home, start buying some fair-trade products, start using reusable bags when grocery shopping
4-Apr-17: Eat an orange in the shower each morning, keep kitchen clean, jot down 10 ideas every day
5-Apr-17: Read fiction for 5–10 minutes a day
6-Apr-17: Ignore eNewsletters until the end of the day, and write down lesson learned from each book I read
7-Apr-17: Strike up a 1+ minute conversation with a stranger each day, read over Medium posts for grammar
8-Apr-17: Include a header image on all Medium posts
9-Apr-17: Drink a class of kefir each morning
10-Apr-17: Run at least one mile every single day
11-Apr-17: Plank once a day for as long as possible
12-Apr-17: Substitute baby carrots for regular carrots for morning smoothies
13-Apr-17: Buy a foam roller and start using for 5 minutes daily
14-Apr-17: Take the stairs (as opposed to escalator) wherever possible
15-Apr-17: Climb the stairs in my apartment building from ground to 50+ once a week
16-Apr-17: Play Spikeball with friends on at least 10 occasions this summer
17-Apr-17: Take one picture every day
18-Apr-17: Hold the door open for others for one straight minute each day
