{"id":479,"date":"2017-12-01T21:51:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2017-12-01T21:51:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:21:52","slug":"november-review-december-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/01\/november-review-december-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"November Review & December Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here comes the last month of the year. The best thing about this year is I am still setting goals and working towards them. That is the best thing about monthly resolutions. If not for this, I would have long been lost in the journey and would not have reached even a single milestone. The onset of a new year does not change anything for me. I will still look at it as a new month and new goals to reach. <\/span>
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\nSo coming back to November. <\/span><\/p>\n

How did November go?<\/span><\/h6>\n

 
\nTo be honest, for the first time in all these months, I can\u2019t really measure November success for how I did for the entire month. I followed my goals diligently for the first 10 days. On the 11th day, I went on a vacation. My rule is to quit from all routines while on Vacation. The story of why I did not do my goals after vacation looks like a kid giving an excuse. But as a part of self-love, I did not want to stress myself. I had a lot of pending work, both office and personal since I was away for 10 days. Getting back to the routine was the toughest part. <\/span>
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\nLong story short- I am reviewing the goals for the first 10 days of November.<\/span>
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\nA Lesson that needs to be learned – Plan on how to get back to routines after a vacation.<\/span>
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\nLet\u2019s quickly see how I did:<\/span>
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\nNetwork Online:<\/strong>
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\nThis is the highlight of this month. I have learned a little from this exercise. Initially, I tried finding websites to connect with people. Then I realized that the best way to make this as a habit is to start small. I started commenting on the posts of writers on Medium. Initially, I found this also tough because I did not know how to comment. Slowly I started becoming comfortable doing it. A lot of people liked my comments and a few times the writers responded saying it was a great question. <\/span>
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\nI will continue doing it and share it with you if I learn something path-breaking in this process.<\/span>
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\nImprove Logical\/ Critical Reasoning:<\/strong>
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\nI did logical reasoning questions diligently for the first 10 days of the month. I was scoring well and I felt accomplished for the ideas I were getting. But then there were a few sets which I was not able to crack under stress. I need to learn how to perform well under pressure.<\/span>
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\nEven though I started doing a course on Critical reasoning, I have not finished it yet. Will aim to finish it this month.<\/span>
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\nOne good thing about me:<\/strong>
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\nI have a small list of good things about me to bank on now. But the problem with making the list is – You should be careful about what things you write about. For example, if you write something good about what you did today, it does not become a good thing about you. It can just be called as a good deed. It should be something which you do consistently. A few weeks later, if you see the list when you are low, if there are items which you have done just once, you might end up feeling fake.<\/span>
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\nGive Something:<\/strong>
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\nThis goal was a little flop. All I could help people was by lending pens and phone chargers. I have not done anything exceptional. Probably planning on what I will give and whom I will give would have helped me do it better.<\/span>
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\nGoals into habits:<\/strong>
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\nTed Talks:<\/strong>
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\nI went to my action list which I made when I read Ted Talks – The official guide. I decided to watch a TED talk each day from the list.<\/span>
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\nWhen I searched for Ted talks with the name of the person, I stumbled on various other videos or interviews of them. I didn’t know that there are so many amazing people with amazing thoughts out there until I discovered this way of searching.<\/span>
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\nThese ted talks had nothing to do with developing my personality but they had a lot to do with expanding my mind. I will write a separate article after I am done watching all the list.<\/span>
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Goals for December:<\/span><\/h6>\n

 
\nEven though I did not want to start new books, I just can\u2019t stop myself from doing it. But then I decided that I won’t read those books like a novel and write action points which I implement after a few months. I found the first action point and I want to take it as a challenge and do it for this month<\/span>
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\n1.No complaining<\/strong>
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\nThis is a life-changing goal. If I succeed in this, I can talk about my life as before 2017 December and after 2017 December. I am not a complaint master as of today. But the small things I still complain about still matters. <\/span>
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\n2.Complimenting<\/strong>
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\nWhen you compliment someone, they will automatically start considering you as a friend.<\/span>
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\nTurning old challenges into habits:<\/strong>
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\n30-day blogging challenge:<\/strong>
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\nThe only time in the past one year I wrote consistently was when I did 30-day blogging challenge. I am repeating this challenge to get back to writing daily.<\/span>
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\nMeditation:<\/strong>
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\nI have forgotten what it feels like to meditate. I need to make progress in this.<\/span>
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\nYoga:<\/strong>
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\nI want to learn a new set of yoga poses to make my body more flexible.<\/span>
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\nReading:<\/strong>
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\nAs a part of organizing activity, I organized the books I have into different genres. I decided that I will read a book from each genre. By doing this, I can read books in cycles where I get a chance to implement what I learn before I finish reading the book.<\/span>
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\nCritical Reasoning Course:<\/strong>
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\nI have enrolled for a course on Udemy to improve my critical reasoning skills. I will spend 5 minutes on it daily so that I can complete it at least this month.<\/span>
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\nNew Routines:<\/strong>
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\nDiary Review:<\/strong>
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\nSince it is already the last month of the year, for my annual diary review, I want to read the diary of 2017 and also 2016. So as a part of this exercise, I will read the diary of 2016 January and 2017 January which helps me compare how I have improved over the years.<\/span>
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\nPsychology Course:<\/strong>
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\nFor the course I am doing in Psychology, I need to submit assignments in mid of March. I need to answer 108 questions as a part of this assignment. In order to make my life simpler, I will write an answer to a question per day, which simplifies my life.<\/span>
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\nWhen I have too many things to do, I struggle to allocate time for each of them. So I am going to block my calendar for all these activities.<\/span>
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\nHow was your November? What are your plans for December? Let us know them in the comments section.<\/span>
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\nHappy December!<\/span>
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