Self Improvement

Month #7: Meditating for 20 minutes every day

A Year of Monthly Challenges

20 minutes * 30 days = 600 minutes. I meditated for 10 hours this month. That’s a lot of time doing nothing — well, sort. As it turns out, doing nothing is really hard!

Month #6: Reading three articles every day

A Year of Monthly Challenges

I read a lot of articles this month. I read opinion pieces, current events articles, and even some entries from science journals. I read 93 articles, but I don’t feel much more…

Month #5: Rising and shining

A Year of Monthly Challenges

Last month’s challenge was to wake up earlier and enjoy my mornings. Of the five challenges I’ve completed, it was one of the most enjoyable and eye-opening (heheh). I’ve always admired productive morning…

Checking In

A Year of Monthly Challenges

Since this month’s entry was pretty concise, I wanted to pause and write a little bit about how the monthly challenge thing has been going in general — which habits I’ve been retaining, which I haven’t and how the practice has spilled…

Month #4: Stretching every day

A Year of Monthly Challenges

Month #3: Writing 250 words every day

A Year of Monthly Challenges

Starting this challenge, I didn’t really know what kind of writing to expect from myself. Reviewing my entries, I’ve sorted them into three groups based on three shared purposes: extracting…

Month #2: Designing something every day (and stop eating dessert)

A Year of Monthly Challenges