2nd January 2009

Public posting of my 30 day trials

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Contemplation

Contemplation

Although I don’t do the standard “New Years Resolution” each year, I have been doing something similar but much more limited in scope and more often. It’s called the “30 day trial.” I’ve been doing this “30 day trial” for a couple of years now off and on.

This has included tons of various improvements in an attempt to either start a new good habit, or break an old bad one. Examples of ones I’ve already tried are vegetarianism for 2 months, writing daily in a journal, recording my dreams, morning exercise, getting up early, flossing, no alcohol, and more.

I’ve had some success and some were not so successful. Most of the unsuccessful ones were because I didn’t stick to the full thirty days and gave up. To help alleviate that, I am going to take the next step forward and publicly post my progress on my trials to hold myself accountable and keep a log of how well I did.

My list of published trials: (To be expanded as I do them)

  • January 2008 – 20 minutes of deep meditation, 20 minutes of drawing, 40 minutes of workout
    • Days 1 to 5
    • Days 6 to 10
    • Days 11 to 15
    • Days 16 to 20
    • Days 21 to 25
    • Days 26 to 30
  • February 2008

Possible future trials:

  • Talk to a new person every day

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  1. 1 On January 2nd, 2009, Sergei G said:

    It would be nice if you posted a good URL on how to meditate.
    I’ve been looking for one lately.

  2. 2 On January 3rd, 2009, Jan 2008 - Meditate, Draw, Workout - Days 1 to 5 » Wanderings and Musings said:

    [...] be consolidating the reports on each day into batches of 5 days or so. Articles in this series 30 Day Trial List Days 1 to 5 More to [...]

  3. 3 On January 11th, 2009, Jan 2008 - Meditate, Draw, Workout - Days 6 to 10 » Wanderings and Musings said:

    [...] in this series 30 Day Trial List Days 1 to 5 Days 6 to 10 More to [...]

  4. 4 On April 23rd, 2009, maiceMapheate said:

    I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death…

  5. 5 On August 13th, 2009, Toolisoxscani said:

    This looks cool so far, what’s up people?
    If there’s anyone else here, let me know.
    Oh, and yes I’m a real person LOL.

    Later,

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