{"id":1077,"date":"2020-03-04T09:34:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T04:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2020-03-04T09:34:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T04:04:36","slug":"2020-february-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/04\/2020-february-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 February Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

February was a short month because I was out of office for half of the month which took a hit on most of my routines. That being said, the best part of it is understanding my type of travel places. I realised that I can\u2019t just go to a beach and say wow. I need the place to be serene to feel connected to nature to feel relaxed. Travel is a therapy when you can discover where your heart feels connected. Else it is just about checking off the list.\u00a0<\/span>
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Review of Feb<\/span><\/h2>\n

 
\n1.Breathing exercises<\/b>
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\nTo be honest, I couldn\u2019t do it on all the days. On a few days, I just kept postponing under the pretext of finding a good place to do this. On a few other days, I was struggling to push myself out of the drowsiness to start the exercise. But, on the days I did it, I could definitely feel the difference. Whenever I was idle I resorted to doing pranayama. Also, I tried it in a forest, by the beach and while in water to notice how the quality differs. I don\u2019t want to lie. At this point, I didn\u2019t really feel a lot of difference. But once I get into it deeply, I am sure it will be a treasurable experience.<\/span>
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\n2.Stay away from social media<\/b>
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\nThis worked well for a couple of days. I am starting my day now by writing a gratitude diary which I find quite helpful. This in turn reduces my urge to scroll through social media on the rest of the day. But on the days, I am stressed out, I am resorting to social media to escape reality. I have a long way to go before I can get rid of this completely.<\/span>
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\n3.Gratitude<\/b>
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\nAfter a long break, it was difficult to get back to work. I didn\u2019t feel like going to the office. I wrote in my gratitude diary that \u201cI get to go to work.\u201d Changing \u2018have\u2019 to \u2018get\u2019 has made a huge difference in how I look at things.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n4.Books<\/b>
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\nI am glad I finished reading 9 books this year already which gives me confidence that I will easily reach the target of reading around 40-50 books a year. I started Ikigai<\/a> last year and finished it this month. I read two books on spirituality which expanded my mind and helped me find meaning to different things I have heard before. One of those is Sex Matters<\/a>\u00a0by Osho which made me think about love in a totally different way and Many Lives Many Masters<\/a> taught me how to find meaning for the difficult times in life. I also read Atomic Habits<\/a> which was a revision of Power of Habits<\/a> and a book to confirm that I am on the right path. I have heard about Super 30 when I was a kid and finally got to read his story as a grown up. I learned from this book that you need to do something bigger than yourself in life at least once.<\/span>
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\n5.Writing<\/b>
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\nI have completed the consolidation of all the content on self improvement I did so far. The next step is to bring a structure to the content and write elaboration for it to make it easy for the reader to follow.\u00a0<\/span>
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Plans for March<\/span><\/h2>\n

 
\n1.Learn Kannada<\/b>
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\nThe one thing of this month is to learn Kannada. I moved to Karnataka more than a year ago but I still can\u2019t speak basic statements in Kannada due to lack of exposure. Hence I bought a book Conversations in Kannada. There are 50 lessons in it. I will do one lesson a day. In the next 50 days, I will be able to speak like a beginner in Kannada. I can practise this with my husband and the locals here for the subject to stick.<\/span>
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\n2.Write book<\/b>
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\nI will spend 15 minutes daily in bringing structure to the content i consolidated there by bringing the book to a readable shape.<\/span>
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\nHow was your February? What are your plans for March? Let me know in the comment section.<\/span>
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\nHappy March!<\/span>
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