June Challenge

[angie]

Update ( a bit late but better than last time) :

1. Get 5 new people in my business to get to the next level - FAILED

2. Go to bed straight away when I get in from work (instead of going on laptop for 1 - 2 hours & being tired & ratty next day!) - PARTIAL SUCCESS

3. Eat healthy & sensible amounts, cutting down on 'treats' in evening, drinking more water - PARTIAL SUCCESS

4. Get house ready & put 'onto market' - SUCCESS

5. Sort out desk and keep it tidy - PARTIAL SUCCESS

6. Keep house spotless for viewings (after no. 4) - SUCCESS (SO FAR)

7. Lose 7 lbs - FAILED

8. Go to netball every week and improve - SUCCESS

9. Post on my blog every week - FAILED

10. Post progress updates on here every weekend - PARTIAL SUCCESS

Not brilliant again. A bit better than the previous 2 weeks, but could still be better.

How about anyone else???

[Chet]

Close enough to end of June -

get blog online - success
gain 5 pounds - failed (zero gain)
sleep later - half/half, my average sleep is 30 minutes later, only half to what I wanted.
more frequent walks - failed (the same to sometimes even less )

[absvan]

Originally Posted by absvan

I am in for June Goals-:

A conscious effort to live in the present moment.
Be ready to give my first MCAD exam by the end of June/early July.
Get my body fat down to closer to 10% (I think its now 15%) - Lift weight thrice a week and cardio thrice a week.
Meditate everyday.

A conscious effort to live in the present moment.
Result: Gotten better

Be ready to give my first MCAD exam by the end of June/early July.
Result: Not there yet...looks like this will be delayed due to other projects that came up

Get my body fat down to closer to 10% (I think its now 15%) - Lift weight thrice a week and cardio thrice a week.
Result: I havent checked my body fat yet but can see myself getting leaner.

Meditate everyday.
Result: I have stuck to it most days but not everyday.

[Kaspian]

1 - Go hiking once per week.
2 - Spend 2-4 hours per week working in the yard.
3 - Write 3-5 days per week.
4 - Get up between 4am and 5am (once I'm back home again; I'm out of town at the moment.)
5 - Play horn daily.
6 - Meditate daily.

End of the Month Update:

1 - I dropped this one in favor of more yard work.

2 - Yes, over 10 hours per week for weeks 3 & 4.

3 - Yes, both weeks.

4 - Week 3: Flawless. Week 4: All but two, but those were a signal to address my frustration with a challenging horn student.

5 - Week 3: All but one. Week 4: Bingo!

6 - Both weeks: All but 2.


Bonuses:

For July, I was planning to add keeping a time log, finish knitting the turquoise sweater I've been working on, and switch to a Dvorak keyboard layout, but these all got started (or completed) this month.

Time Log: Consistent since June 19th.
Sweater: Done
Learning to Type on a Dvorak Keyboard: Though I'm still slow, it's getting faster and beginning to feel more natural.


Overall, not bad.

[Raoh]

1- continue to rise earlier to finish (i hope...) at 5:30am by the end of june (currently 8:30-10:00 )

week 1 (half week for this one) (01/06 to 03/06) average : 8:57
week 2 (04/06 to 10/06) average : 9:02
week 3 (11/06 to 17/06) average : 9:27
week 4 (18/06 to 24/06) average : 8:21
week 5 (25/06 to 30/06) average : 8:17

month average : 8:49

so i failed , but i think it was too difficult for me i totally lacked commitment for the first two weeks..
the good thing is now i'm nearer the down limit of my estimation 8:30


2- re exercise at least 3 times/week (may was a lazy month for me..)

Ok

3- increase my daily time spent on revigoring my maths skills (4 hours/day, 5 day/week at the end i hope...)

Failed

4- regain a good grasp on c++, try some funny language (rebol or ruby i haven't decided yet..)

partial, i just toyed a bit with rebol/ruby, but very shallowly, and no c++ at all


this was a good experience it cleared very much many things for me, in fact there is a great gap between what you think and what is real.. and this experiment opened my eyes..
i'm ready for next month challenge !
kisses
bye

[jwz]

End of month-review:

1. I've cleaned my house and bedroom good. I want to organize my stuff one thing at a time to help me keep it that way when my willpower is low.
SUCCESS

2. I am working on renovating a snowmobile, but can't seem to finish it. I want this done in June also.
FAILED

3. I will renew my wardrobe, throwing all stuff out that I don't use anymore and buying new clothes.
FAILED (ran out of $$)

4. I will manage to make a small workspace for my hobbies, that way I will keep the hobby-related clutter out of my bedroom. There shall be a small table with clamps, small drawers etc.
SUCCESS

5. I will stop smoking (period this time).
PARTIAL SUCCESS I've stopped a couple of times this month, and I feel like I'm ready for not smoking at all in July

6. I will try my best to become an early riser (I'm tired of waking up 15 minutes before work).
FAILED (but I tend to wake up early when not smoking. This one I will transfer to July)

7. I will work out much more often.
SUCCESS

8. I will begin journaling. By this I mean writing down my goals and writing down progress.
FAILED

9. I will eat less and more healthy food (expensive in Greenland).
SUCCESS

10. I will read a minimum of 3 books in June.
SUCCESS 4 books done this month

So. Not counting in the partial successes, I've accomplished 50% of my goals.
That's not much, BUT it's much much more than I would have if I hadn't joined the June challenge. July challenge here I come!

-Jan

[jag]

Hi to all,

Lately last two weeks, got busy with immigration to get ready all the documents. But Department of State and US Immigration and Naturalization screwed lately by cut short the Employement based Immigration numerical counts for Fiscal year 2007. Shame on them, last moment door slammed. why they not to revise the policy early than to wait till the last moment to cancel?

NY times covered the issue.If anyone interested, please have a look.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/us...=1&oref=slogin

ok, mvoing to my june challenge.

1. Wake up morning @ 5:00
2. Office 8:00 to 5:00 PM. Increase Productivity qualitatively.
3. 9:05 to 9:20 PM speech practice to get rid of stuttering habit.
4. Sleep between at Max 10:30 to 11:00 PM.
5 . Avoid Newspaper, No Television. bank statement & Email check do it in Saturday @ 10:00 AM.
6. Get MCITDBA certification. [Scheduled the exam in month end]

I able to achive# 1,3,5 and 6 and am happy with the results, not excellent though.

It was great to participate in this challenge with you guys.

Thanks,
Jag.