{"id":915,"date":"2018-11-01T22:54:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=915"},"modified":"2018-11-01T22:54:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:24:33","slug":"2018-october-review-november-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/01\/2018-october-review-november-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 October Review and November goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

October had been a chaos. I felt that I lost control over all my routines. It is a good thing that I do a monthly review which helps me get back to my schedule in a month when I am not able to live up to my expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Review of October<\/span><\/h2>\n

 
\n1.Meditation<\/strong>
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\nWhen I did it with my teacher, I was able to do it in a calm way. But when I sat down to do it by myself, I was not able to go into the complete meditative state. Also, the disappointing part of the meditation practise was, I could not maintain the 31 day streak as I initially wanted to.<\/span>
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\n2.10,000 steps<\/strong>
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\nOn a few days, I could do as many as 15,000 steps and on few others I could hardly cross 6000. On a few others, I didn\u2019t really track my steps. The average was close to 9000 if not 10,000. It was a good enough progress.<\/span>
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\n3.Books<\/strong>
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\na) First comes love, then comes money<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
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\nIt was just one chapter of the book which was relevant for me. I finished that in one evening and was insightful. I could connect the personality types mentioned in this book to the personality types I read in \u2018Why him Why her\u2019. <\/span>
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\nAlso, this book helped me understand people in my real life on why they behave the way they do.<\/span>
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\nb) How to talk to anyone<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nThis book doesn\u2019t focus on conversations alone. It is more of an overall personality building book. I regret trying to read it all in one go instead of choosing one technique a day as the goal. The book is useless to read if I don\u2019t apply the first technique before I read the second one.<\/span>
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\n4.Writing<\/strong>
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\nI could not stick to my target and write everyday. I could pull off only 1000 words. That was still better than not writing anything at all.<\/span>
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Plans for November<\/span><\/h2>\n

 
\nI have analysed what went wrong last month and what can be done to get back to track. One of the biggest issues I was facing was productivity. It was not that I didn\u2019t have time. I was not using the time I had productively. I was waiting to get into the mood to do things instead of using every short break available. Keeping that in mind, I designed my schedule for the month of November.<\/span>
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\n1.Thought tracker<\/strong>
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\nMy life became so chaotic that I stopped writing diary which is very disastrous for well-being. This is the first thing I need to get back to. This also helps me deal with my overthinking which I waste time on. Previously, whenever I did this activity, it helped me a great deal in improving my productivity. <\/span>
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\nWhenever I feel distracted, I will make a note of my thoughts.<\/span>
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\n2.Meditation<\/strong>
\nI have crossed a 200 day streak in photography. My friend challenged me to do a similar streak in Meditation. I won\u2019t count the amount of time I spend on it. All I want to do is attempt to sit daily for meditation for the next 30 days.<\/span>
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\n3.Books<\/strong>
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\nI have lost track of the number of books I read this year. I failed in posting the book reviews too. I need to find a way to track all the books I read to see if I reached my target to read 52 books this year.<\/span>
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\nKeeping the original target in mind, I want to read 5 books this month.<\/span>
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\nPsychology<\/strong>
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\nAttached<\/a><\/strong>
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\nAs a part of my personality theories, this month, I am going to read on attachment. I have already read a great deal on attachment, this book is just for revision to fill any missing gaps.<\/span>
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\nThe relationship cure<\/a><\/strong>
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\nEven though the book name suggests that it is on relationsips, it is more about emotional intelligence. My last attempt at learning about emotional intelligence was a failure. Hoping that this will help me in getting the knowledge I am looking for.<\/span>
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\nI will read 2 chapters a week and finish the book in 4 weeks.<\/span>
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\nFitness<\/strong>
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\nI had been exercising but that doesn\u2019t seem to bring any change in my metabolism. I want to understand the science behind the food and exercise to be more effective.<\/span>
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\nThe 4 hour body<\/a><\/strong>
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\nEven though it is a very fat book, I don\u2019t really need to read it all. The section on losing fat is my main focus. <\/span>
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\nThe sections I want to cover are 300 pages. 10 pages a day will help me finish it.<\/span>
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\nDeep Nutrition<\/a><\/strong>
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\nExercise alone won\u2019t help in burning fat. The food you take also matters. This book is going to be my first attempt at cracking the science behind nutrition.<\/span>
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\nThe book has around 400 pages. 13 pages a day will help me reach the target.<\/span>
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\nCreativity<\/strong>
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\nI had been ignoring the other parts of self-improvement. So this month, I will bring in a little dose of it.<\/span>
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\nImagine<\/a><\/strong>
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\nI came across this book in one of the Quora sessions and I hope that it will give me some material to chew on. I don\u2019t want to be over ambitious to finish the book. It consists of two parts and I am aiming at only one part of it which comes to 200 pages. I can read 7 pages a day and still finish that.<\/span>
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\nIn order to stick to my schedule, I will put daily reminder and track<\/a> how much of it I have been reading. <\/span>
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\nReading books had been a part of my life. Not doing it daily makes me feel that a part of me is dying. This is an attempt to rejuvenate myself.<\/span>
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\nOverall, I might have to spend around an hour on reading daily which is definitely doable.<\/span>
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\n4.Language Learning<\/strong>
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\nI moved to a different city and want to learn the local language<\/a> here.<\/span>
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\nEven though learning sentences is important, I want to start off with learning one word a day and then building the grammar.<\/span>
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\nTarget<\/span><\/p>\n