My 30-day challenge

Inspiration: Julie & Julia

Julia taught me what it takes to find your way in the world. It’s not what I thought it was. I thought it was all about-I don’t know, confidence or will or luck. Those are all some good things to have, no question. But there’s something else, somethng that these things grow out of. It’s joy.

Julie Powell, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living


No, my 30-day challenge is not that crazy or courageous. No marriage/job/sanity at risk here. Yes, a tiny attempt to master the art of living. My project is very simple:

Read 20 pages of The Design of Everyday Things and post the summary/my understanding here. This sounds fairly simple, doesn’t it? What’s so challenging about this?

I’m working as a Product Manager at a small app startup. We’re trying to get to the point when we can say that it’s a BIG app startup. The only thing in my life is my work. There’s literally nothing else. This project is aimed at teaching myself time management before monotony kills me.


This is my first ever Medium post, written in a local train while commuting to work. If you think it sucks, blame the scorching heat of my city.