{"id":425,"date":"2017-11-01T22:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2017-11-01T22:32:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T17:02:11","slug":"5-goals-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/01\/5-goals-november\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Goals for November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60 days for the year to end. I can either look back at the months passed and regret what I could not do or look forward for the coming 60 beautiful days to achieve what I could not so far.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here I go back in time, evaluating the past 31 days, not to feel regret but appreciate the good things and learn from what didn&#8217;t work out.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October Review<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Courses:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have started doing multiple courses on coursera but could finish only one on <a href=\"http:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/02\/creative-problem-solving-course-review\/\">creativity<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoping to finish the remaining this month.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Finance:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a part of my expanding knowledge habit, I started with finance. I searched for blogs but could not find anything which will really help me to start off. I tried to watch finance Ted talks too (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TvcNw4F0Y4Y\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TvcNw4F0Y4Y<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gzcw_02ZB1o&amp;t=873s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gzcw_02ZB1o&amp;t=873s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) but haven&#8217;t learnt what finance is all about.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But after stumbling for the first few days, I learnt that finance is a very broad topic. If I say \u201c<em>I want to learn Finance<\/em>\u201d, I will reach no where.If I\u00a0pinpoint at what I want to learn-\u00a0 \u201c<em>I want to learn behavioral finance<\/em>\u201d or \u201c<em>I want to learn how to invest<\/em>\u201d, my goal is easier to achieve. That was when I stuck to these two courses &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/financial-markets-intro\/home\/welcome\">Introduction to Financial Markets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/duke-behavioral-finance\/home\/welcome\">Behavioral Finance<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Organise:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I created a huge list of things to be organized. If I have to measure the success of this habit by the frequency I executed the task or completion of checklist, I have failed. But if I measure it with how well I started organising, I have done a good job.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Songs<\/strong>: Instead of sitting with them for an entire evening, I am cleaning the ones which I don&#8217;t enjoy much as and when they come in the random playlist.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Photos<\/strong>: The media from WhatsApp is set on auto download mode in my phone. Some of the photos are spam. But some of them are memories to treasure for a lifetime. While a few others are jokes which will crack me up on any day. I set this exercise for once a month so that I even do my photo routine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Clothes<\/strong> : I removed the clothes which I don&#8217;t wear regularly and organized the remaining by colours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Papers<\/strong>: I used to throw papers all over the shelf. Now I bought files and I keep them in those files based on the category they belong to.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Catalogue<\/strong>: I created a notebook in Evernote and made note of what I am keeping where. If I need a document, I can search in my Evernote and it will tell me where it is available. This was the coolest thing I did this month.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best thing about organising is it felt that I have a control over my life. I was organizing my mind while I was organizing the material stuff. <\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The habit which I failed to accomplish is placing them back where they belong to. So my frustration is not totally gone and I have to continue this exercise for a couple of months till I can call myself \u2018The organized one\u2019.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Learning Language:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Tamil alphabet:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though I am not able to read the entire word yet, I can recognize the vowels and consonants. Whenever I am on the road, I try to read whatever I find in Tamil. I am happy with the progress I made so far. Thanks to Memrise.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>French:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I discovered another app to learn French. In Duolingo and Memrise, I am learning the basics of French. I enrolled for intermediate level of French on Mondly to speeden my learning <\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Words:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn&#8217;t stick much with this habit. But then it turned out to be a good exercise. I want to continue this for as long as possible.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Creativity Exercise:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was not able to stick to this habit regularly. But for whatever I did, I tried to be as creative as possible.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goals for November<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New goals:<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Improve Logic Reasoning\/ Critical Reasoning:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to solve problems which will improve my reasoning skills. Even though I was good at them once upon a time, I feel my brain is rusted now. It needs some cleaning to be as sharp as before. I am going to spend one hour everyday on this. I can\u2019t really measure the success of this exercise, but then I know that it makes me feel smarter.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>One good thing about me: <\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had a one time feel good list. But now, I want to maintain a daily list. I want to appreciate myself for one good thing I did in the day. This in turn motivates me to do at least one good thing a day.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Give something:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It might not be possible everyday. But I want to find opportunities where I can provide some help for others.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Network Online:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have come across the benefits of this in multiple articles. I want to do the exercise to test its utility. As a part of this exercise, I am going to drop a message or comment or email to other potential or established bloggers\/writers. <\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turning old goals into habits:<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Ted talk:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the last Ted talk challenge, I could watch only 4 amazing Ted talks. This time I have a list from the book Ted talk to see the best ones. I think, this exercise is definitely going to give me ideas which are going to change my life.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Stay positive: <\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though I already did it in the month of September, it was not really sufficient to make it a habit. October was again a stressful month with negativity lurking around all the time. I want to keep doing this once in every two months to make it a part of my life.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Wake up early: <\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been skipping exercise as I had been waking up late every other day. Exercise is highly correlated with staying cheerful and productive. This in turn depends on my wake up time. So I want to wake up early. It is tough to wake up at 5 in this winter. But around 6 is decent enough to aim for. This in turn requires me to sleep by 10.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Books:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only two months are left this year and I have not finished many books which I started. I have a lot of plans on how to select new books but I want to first finish the ones I started. Hopefully from January, I will follow my new way of selecting books.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How was your October?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are your goals for November?<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me know in the comments section.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em><strong>Happy November!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>60 days for the year to end. 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