Give it a 100 (or 20, or 30) Challenge - February 2018

[ejchase]

In August 2017, a few of us were inspired by the video at the link below. It's the story of a woman who went to the gym 100 times to try to get herself out of a rut. I saw it when George Takei posted it on Facebook along with the question, "What would you like to do 100 times?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5FkshLcNLQ

Her video was part of a larger movement online called "Give it 100" which, as far as I can tell, is now defunct.

I decided what I wanted to do 100 times was work on my fiction writing at least 30 minutes a day. The times do NOT need to be consecutive. Since I knew I would miss a lot of days here and there, I was aiming to complete my 100 days by January 15, but now it's clear it's going to take a little longer than that.

Others joined in at various points - nswef has been building up to 100 times of a certain number of steps a day and I think is also counting days doing 15 minutes of decluttering. Chicken Lady got 30 days in her studio in November and has been counting other things too.

Anyway, if anybody else wants to join in for 20, 30, 100 or however many times of something, please do!

I'm at #96 of my writing but am going to aim for 110 now because I had some goals to complete some longer sessions, and I want to meet these goals.

[nswef]

I gave up on the decluttering, but have decided to add a 15 minute writing each day. I already do a journal, so this is in addition to that writing and will be counted separately. I'm still working on the steps. Thanks for starting this threw anew each month. It gives me time to refocus and appreciate what I've done.

[Chicken lady]

So, February is short and I am starting a day behind because I am still a little sick, but i’m going to try to address two areas this month.
exercise: swim six times, ride the exercise bike ten times
take time to reflect on the day past (things that went well and badly) and plan the day to come. (This may be in the evening or in the morning, so at least twice in every 48 hours.)

[nswef]

I decided to keep the decluttering goal, but change it to doing one household chore...mopping, dusting, vacuuming, sorting, decluttering, curtains and count it. Also the steps. Thanks folks for keeping me on task. It's odd how it helps.

[early morning]

Ok, I'm ready to start tracking again. I was working almost every day on our "inventory control" up until Christmas; we sold much stuff and cleared out a lot of tubs and boxes, plus most of the extra stuff got moved upstairs for the holidays. Now that the downstairs is just cluttered, not almost impassable, I need to start thinning out the upstairs. I do need storage space for stock - you can't sell what you don't have- but upstairs is still crammed with family stuff from my mom's house. Now that she's been gone for 14 months, I think I can work on most of it more rationally, and it can be priced and sold, or incorporated into our stuff, replacing other pieces that I will sell. Thursday and Friday were a bust, but we inventoried and packed two tubs today to store for next Christmas sales, and have a small stack to take to one of our booths tomorrow. I am also planning to spend 5 - 10 minutes a day with a new interactive journal that called to me from Amazon. I'm really bad at keeping up with journaling although I find it helpful.

[Chicken lady]

The exercise program kicks in on Monday, but I have been doing a good job with the journaling/reflection.

[ejchase]

Wow - it was so nice to come back to this thread and see all the different things people are counting!

I'm still on a break from writing - probably until February 19th - but it's inspiring to see what everybody else is working on.

[Chicken lady]

So, I have a journal entry for every day this month except the 1st, and I did the 2nd first thing in the morning.
this morning I rode the exercise bike again, so 1.

i still have a bit of a lingering cough, but I feel basically well.

[ejchase]

Sounds like a strong start, Chicken Lady!

[Tybee]

I just committed to 6 months of Weight Watchers, so I guess that is 180 days!
On Day 1. . .

[nswef]

Good for you Tybee. It is a never ending struggle.

[early morning]

Self-improvement is a struggle for ME, that's for sure! YAY for all of us who are trying to make or lives better in some fashion! :cool: I need to quantify my goals for this challenge, or I know I won't hold myself accountable. SO, I'm aiming for 100 journal entries this year (about 2 a week). So far, I have 5 for the year. I want to make daily entries in my interactive journal, which I need to date so I know when I started it. So far I'm on day 11, and entry 11! And I want to spend 100 hours this year on my upstairs decluttering/reorganizing. THAT is at zero and probably will remain that way for the next few weeks as I have other things backed up at the moment. So, those are my goals, and I hope that by posting here, I will do a better job of actually accomplishing them! Thanks, ejchase and all of you, for keeping this thread going!

[Chicken lady]

Early morning, you can do it!

tybee, how was day 1?

started my morning with the bike again - 2.

[nswef]

You can do it early morning. Every day you do something is a bonus!

[Chicken lady]

Swam 1000 yards. Tired.

[nswef]

I guess, CL! That's a long distance!

[early morning]

Day 13 on the journal, and 2 more days on my regular journal. That's it so far. WOW, 1000 yards seems like a lot of swimming! I don't know how to swim, so that would be LOTS of time for me to drown in, lol.

[Chicken lady]

I grew up near the ocean. My class was required to pass “drown proofing” to get out of 6th grade.

i love swimming, but prefer open water.

rode the bike this morning - 3

still keeping up with the journaling. It is definitely helping me process things.

[Chicken lady]

The pool was closed.

which made it impossible to swim.

[Chicken lady]

So, the pool is back in order. Swam 1200 yards last night.
swimming 2
bike still 3

journal is going well. There have been several difficult things recently and it is helpful to have a place to process them and a defined structure to help me do it.

[ejchase]

Good going, Chicken Lady!

[Chicken lady]

I swam 1600 yards yesterday. I’ve pretty much given up on the bike. I need to sleep a little longer instead.

[nswef]

Chicken Lady, that's fantastic. Sleep is very important. Swimming is wonderful and probably a lot more enjoyable than the bike!

[nswef]

Day 83 of 6000 steps. Plugging along. Day 25 of house straightening...cleaning.

[Chicken lady]

1200 yards
4 swims.

[Chicken lady]

1600 yards.
5 swims. Almost made it.

[nswef]

Yay!!!! CL You are my HERO!