Is it possible to just do a bunch of them on your local computer in a lump sum, then just copy and paste them here when you are ready so you don't have to type them up? That seems to be the easiest thing I'd do.
30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
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Timber72
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Throbulator
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Today I followed through on my priority of chatting people up. I met some people I hadn't talked with in quite some time and struck up a conversation. We talked a bit about how it's going and I decided to talk about that I may have trust issues, and that I feel uncomfortable talking about my feelings with other people. Well they could relate and we had a great conversation. I'm really happy about this.
Maybe people aren't so dangerous after all.
Yesterday another acquaintance (friend perhaps?) told me I was a cool dude, who also happened to watch ponies. That made me feel good too.
I'm gonna issue myself a challenge and get in touch with an old friend I haven't talked with in years. We're friends on facebook so I know how to reach him. He's just gotten married, and I'm like 'woah'.
Maybe people aren't so dangerous after all.
Yesterday another acquaintance (friend perhaps?) told me I was a cool dude, who also happened to watch ponies. That made me feel good too.
I'm gonna issue myself a challenge and get in touch with an old friend I haven't talked with in years. We're friends on facebook so I know how to reach him. He's just gotten married, and I'm like 'woah'.
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Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Today's challenge is incoming, so get ready to rumble!
Next to today's challenge I'm also going to post tomorrow's challenge in roughly three hours. But finish working on today's challenge first!
You don't have to do tomorrow's challenge. Instead you can read it before going to bed and mentally prepare yourself, then you can start working on it immediately tomorrow
Next to today's challenge I'm also going to post tomorrow's challenge in roughly three hours. But finish working on today's challenge first!
You don't have to do tomorrow's challenge. Instead you can read it before going to bed and mentally prepare yourself, then you can start working on it immediately tomorrow
This is a brilliant idea, thank you!
Awesome! Great that you're putting so much effort so quicklyThrobulator wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:34 pmToday I followed through on my priority of chatting people up. I met some people I hadn't talked with in quite some time and struck up a conversation. We talked a bit about how it's going and I decided to talk about that I may have trust issues, and that I feel uncomfortable talking about my feelings with other people. Well they could relate and we had a great conversation. I'm really happy about this.
Maybe people aren't so dangerous after all.
Yesterday another acquaintance (friend perhaps?) told me I was a cool dude, who also happened to watch ponies. That made me feel good too.
I'm gonna issue myself a challenge and get in touch with an old friend I haven't talked with in years. We're friends on facebook so I know how to reach him. He's just gotten married, and I'm like 'woah'.
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Honeycrisp
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
[quote="Daionus post_id=21404 time=1365981724 user_id=1]As someone going through a mod challenge that's a semi-voluntary but shorter version of this, Here's some suggestions:
-use HabitRPG
-Learn how to make something
-Volunteer
-Donate blood & platelets
-Donate plasma
-Study a lagnuage
-Learn CPR/First Aid[/quote]
I'm worried fiddling with this will eventually just become another form of procrastination. I'm going to go eat and then this post will become my repository for the entire month. Very darkly amusing seeing how many shitty problems we all share.
-use HabitRPG
-Learn how to make something
-Volunteer
-Donate blood & platelets
-Donate plasma
-Study a lagnuage
-Learn CPR/First Aid[/quote]
HabitRPG is a great idea, does this thread have an official ponygoons party code? :goonsay:Gravenstein wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:55 pmI've decided that instead of making a journal with goals, that I'm gonna start working on stuff in HabitRPG instead and maybe sharing progress here.
Good idea/bad idea?
I'm worried fiddling with this will eventually just become another form of procrastination. I'm going to go eat and then this post will become my repository for the entire month. Very darkly amusing seeing how many shitty problems we all share.
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Star Platinum
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I'll be fashionably late for today's challenge, I must procrastinate prepare for an exam tomorrow.
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Yesterday you looked at your life with the Life Wheel. Some of you may have received a big wake up call. Some of you may have been shocked. Some of you may have been confronted with parts of your life you've been neglecting the past few months/years/your entire life.
It's a powerful tool because it gives you an instant overview of how you are doing in your life. We mostly focus on the details, our moment-to-moments, the nitty-gritty of our life to, so we aren't aware of the big picture. We miss out on areas, and as all areas are intertwined, even areas we want to focus on: like studies, health, family, fun.
If your scores aren't great, the good thing is that you're now aware of what your life is like. Don't avoid it or push it away. Instead remember and realize what you're going to do to make it better.
If your scores are great, there's always room to be better. Think about what you can do to bring those areas to the next level. Set bigger goals and strive for them!
The steps you created yesterday and your 30 Day Action Plan are key to making this the best month ever, so take action on them. Stay true to your goals and actions, to your life's improvement.
Because this is more than just 30 days of daily tasks, this is about you becoming a better person. This is about you building up momentum and supercharging your life!
This is about you.
The more you work towards becoming a better person, the bigger your improvement will be when the challenge is over, and long after that!
With that said, let's get to today's challenge.
Day 3: Design Your Ideal Life
What would you do if you could never, ever fail? What would you do if you had unlimited resources, time, energy, skills and a social network spanning the globe?
Would you be an artist painting mesmerizing pictures?
A musician rocking people or bringing them to tears with your music?
A pioneer in science, paving the way for innovation?
An owner of a multimillion dollar international business?
A writer publishing awe inspiring stories?
An engineer working on the biggest, record breaking projects?
A teacher cultivating greatness in your students?
An athlete pushing the boundaries of what's physically possible?
An explorer travelling the world, immersing yourself in other cultures?
An industrial designer creating the most cutting edge devices?
An actor starring in big Hollywood productions or cult indie hits?
What would you do? Who would you be?
Many of us used to dream freely when we were young. Life was one big adventure filled with wonder, excitement and possibilities. There was always something new to discover, always something new around the corner, in every nook and cranny, under every rock. We would imagine who we would be, and visualize us achieving our biggest dreams!
We could be anyone. An astronaut, a pilot, a super hero and we would be encouraged to pursue those dreams.
Somewhere along the way, growing up, we lost touch with all of that. We started to think in limitations, in numbers, grades. No longer did we wonder "wouldn't it be great if...", but instead we started to ask ourselves "but what if I fail...?"
We stopped thinking about what made us happy, what excited us, what brought us joy. We stashed all of that, our dreams, hopes, imaginations, somewhere in a corner and lost a part of ourselves.
It eventually shriveled up and got buried.
But what if our goals have always been possible and we've been the ones stopping ourselves all along? What if our ideal life is still in there, waiting for us to reach out for it?
It's time to do just that. It's time to dig in, find this treasure we thought we lost and set it free.
Yesterday was about getting clarity and becoming aware. Today is about dreams, possibilities, your wishes, your ideals, your goals, your hopes, desires, aspirations, your truest passions in life.
For today's task, you will design your ideal life.
Task: Design Your Ideal Life
Open a new page in your workbook and name it "My Ideal Life" or something snazzy.
Don't distract yourself, shut down anything you don't need, create a time of clarity for yourself.
Do this exercise when you're not going to be interrupted by anyone.
For the next 30 minutes (or more), answer the following:
Write everything down, right down to the specifics. The more specific, the better! Any ideas and nuances are important too!
Use your Life Wheel as a launchpad
Business/Career/Studies: What would you be doing? What achievements and results would you be getting? If you're a student, what would be your academic achievements? If you're working, how big would your career be? If you have a business, would it be just local, or would you want to take it to an international level?
Finance/Wealth: How much would you be earning? What kind of home would you have? What kind of things would you have?
Health/Fitness: How fit would you be? How would you look? What would your diet be like? How healthy would you be?
Social Friends: What would your social circle be like? What kind of friends would you have? What kind of people would you know? What would you be doing with them?
Family: What would your relationship with your family be like? How much time would you spend with them together? What would you be doing with them?
Love: What kind of relationship would you have? How much would you love what you do? How much love would you feel?
Recreation/Fun: What would you be doing for fun? What kind of hobbies would you have fun with?
Contribution: What would you give to society, to others? How would you give back to the world?
Personal Growth: How would you be pursuing your growth as a person? What would you be busy learning?
Spiritual: How spiritually aware would you be? How would you be pursuing your spiritual interests?
Self-Image: How would you see yourself.
You don't need to create an ideal vision per segment, these are simply areas of your life to take into account. Just make sure your ideal life covers all of them
Write as much as you want! This is the life that will make you yell out loud, do a dance and be at the top of the world!
Reflect on Today's Task
1: What did you think of today's task?
2: What did you learn? What kind of insights have you gained?
Your 30 Day Action Plan
What tasks have you got planned for today? Go and do them with excellence Record your results in your workbook.
Tomorrow, you will map out the journey towards your ideal life
It's a powerful tool because it gives you an instant overview of how you are doing in your life. We mostly focus on the details, our moment-to-moments, the nitty-gritty of our life to, so we aren't aware of the big picture. We miss out on areas, and as all areas are intertwined, even areas we want to focus on: like studies, health, family, fun.
If your scores aren't great, the good thing is that you're now aware of what your life is like. Don't avoid it or push it away. Instead remember and realize what you're going to do to make it better.
If your scores are great, there's always room to be better. Think about what you can do to bring those areas to the next level. Set bigger goals and strive for them!
The steps you created yesterday and your 30 Day Action Plan are key to making this the best month ever, so take action on them. Stay true to your goals and actions, to your life's improvement.
Because this is more than just 30 days of daily tasks, this is about you becoming a better person. This is about you building up momentum and supercharging your life!
This is about you.
The more you work towards becoming a better person, the bigger your improvement will be when the challenge is over, and long after that!
With that said, let's get to today's challenge.
Day 3: Design Your Ideal Life
What would you do if you could never, ever fail? What would you do if you had unlimited resources, time, energy, skills and a social network spanning the globe?
Would you be an artist painting mesmerizing pictures?
A musician rocking people or bringing them to tears with your music?
A pioneer in science, paving the way for innovation?
An owner of a multimillion dollar international business?
A writer publishing awe inspiring stories?
An engineer working on the biggest, record breaking projects?
A teacher cultivating greatness in your students?
An athlete pushing the boundaries of what's physically possible?
An explorer travelling the world, immersing yourself in other cultures?
An industrial designer creating the most cutting edge devices?
An actor starring in big Hollywood productions or cult indie hits?
What would you do? Who would you be?
Many of us used to dream freely when we were young. Life was one big adventure filled with wonder, excitement and possibilities. There was always something new to discover, always something new around the corner, in every nook and cranny, under every rock. We would imagine who we would be, and visualize us achieving our biggest dreams!
We could be anyone. An astronaut, a pilot, a super hero and we would be encouraged to pursue those dreams.
Somewhere along the way, growing up, we lost touch with all of that. We started to think in limitations, in numbers, grades. No longer did we wonder "wouldn't it be great if...", but instead we started to ask ourselves "but what if I fail...?"
We stopped thinking about what made us happy, what excited us, what brought us joy. We stashed all of that, our dreams, hopes, imaginations, somewhere in a corner and lost a part of ourselves.
It eventually shriveled up and got buried.
But what if our goals have always been possible and we've been the ones stopping ourselves all along? What if our ideal life is still in there, waiting for us to reach out for it?
It's time to do just that. It's time to dig in, find this treasure we thought we lost and set it free.
Yesterday was about getting clarity and becoming aware. Today is about dreams, possibilities, your wishes, your ideals, your goals, your hopes, desires, aspirations, your truest passions in life.
For today's task, you will design your ideal life.
Task: Design Your Ideal Life
Open a new page in your workbook and name it "My Ideal Life" or something snazzy.
Don't distract yourself, shut down anything you don't need, create a time of clarity for yourself.
Do this exercise when you're not going to be interrupted by anyone.
For the next 30 minutes (or more), answer the following:
Be big, be bold, be audacious. Write whatever you want. There is no such thing as "impossible". There are no limits, only the limits you set yourself. When answering this, be truly you.What would you do if you could never, ever fail? What would you do if you had unlimited resources, time, energy, skills and a social network spanning the globe?
What would be the biggest dreams and goals you would see yourself fulfilling?
What would you have? Who would you be? What would your ideal life be like?
What is the life you look at and can say, "this is truly the best life I can ever live"?
Write everything down, right down to the specifics. The more specific, the better! Any ideas and nuances are important too!
Use your Life Wheel as a launchpad
Business/Career/Studies: What would you be doing? What achievements and results would you be getting? If you're a student, what would be your academic achievements? If you're working, how big would your career be? If you have a business, would it be just local, or would you want to take it to an international level?
Finance/Wealth: How much would you be earning? What kind of home would you have? What kind of things would you have?
Health/Fitness: How fit would you be? How would you look? What would your diet be like? How healthy would you be?
Social Friends: What would your social circle be like? What kind of friends would you have? What kind of people would you know? What would you be doing with them?
Family: What would your relationship with your family be like? How much time would you spend with them together? What would you be doing with them?
Love: What kind of relationship would you have? How much would you love what you do? How much love would you feel?
Recreation/Fun: What would you be doing for fun? What kind of hobbies would you have fun with?
Contribution: What would you give to society, to others? How would you give back to the world?
Personal Growth: How would you be pursuing your growth as a person? What would you be busy learning?
Spiritual: How spiritually aware would you be? How would you be pursuing your spiritual interests?
Self-Image: How would you see yourself.
You don't need to create an ideal vision per segment, these are simply areas of your life to take into account. Just make sure your ideal life covers all of them
Write as much as you want! This is the life that will make you yell out loud, do a dance and be at the top of the world!
Reflect on Today's Task
1: What did you think of today's task?
2: What did you learn? What kind of insights have you gained?
Your 30 Day Action Plan
What tasks have you got planned for today? Go and do them with excellence
Record your results in your workbook.Tomorrow, you will map out the journey towards your ideal life
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Timber72
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I'm confused. What are the limitations here? If I really had unlimited money, I'd just buy the world to freedom, peace, prosperity, and end all discriminations against people. Obviously I'm pretty sure that's not what we are supposed to write here.
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"If I had unlimited money I would fix every problem" is a fair response to the prompt, but how would you do it? After all, you can't just go into a store and buy world peace, so there have to be steps you take to get there. Plus, you inevitably would run into things or people or complications that can't simply be straight-up brute forced away by throwing money at them, so how would you deal with those? Try thinking less in terms of abstract goals and more in terms of what you would get up and do if you actually had infinite money and connections right now this very minute.
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That actually went pretty fast. I suppose I'm a man of simple ambitions.
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Demeh
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Space travel. Space colonization.
And lots of it
And lots of it
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I think I'll do prework on tomorrow's challenge, lay it out, then put in your feedback on today's challenge to make it that much better.
It'll evolve to something in synch with you all specifically!
This means that
I'll post tomorrow's challenge tomorrow (my time), around 10:30 AM GMT+1. It'll be there when you wake up in other words!
Go and make today's challenge, I'm off to do it right now
It'll evolve to something in synch with you all specifically!
This means that
I'll post tomorrow's challenge tomorrow (my time), around 10:30 AM GMT+1. It'll be there when you wake up in other words!
Go and make today's challenge, I'm off to do it right now
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You know that old adage about people not wanting to write, they want to have written? Yeah, that.
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Throbulator
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
In short I'd use my powers to invent clean energy, mine asteroids, and colonize Mars.
I'm feeling photoshop today, I'll edit in my doodle later.
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Tears
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Okay, so I managed to mess up my chart somehow, because infographics are why I can't have nice things.
Behold!
In text form:
Career- 8 : I've been at my current place for eight months and feel like I'm settling in. I enjoy the work, it's varied and challenging, while still letting me have some kind of a life (unlike the last place). I could be harder, more ruthless, but I've realised that the sort of national newspaper job I used to aspire towards requires everything you have. And that I don't want to be in the office til midnight every day.
Wealth - 7: I do okay, but I live in a very expensive city, and I'm never going to be a millionaire. I need to start paying more attention to money, try and save even more per month than I currently am.
Health - 6: Too many late nights. Work + commute + socialising makes it difficult to stick to a routine, and occasional exercise-based injuries haven't helped. Need to be more methodical.
Social - 9: Lots of good friends, and absolutely no problem with doing stuff on my own, concerts, plays, exhibitions, movies. But long work hours plus friends plus family obligations make me feel like I'm careening wildly through weeks and months though. Feels like my feet never touch the ground, so it's hard to take stock.
Family - 7: I love and get on with my family, but because of how dysfunctional and scattered things have become, I feel like there's always an email I haven't replied to from someone. I try and see my mum at least once a week, to be a partial support network, but it's tiring and means there's hardly ever a weekend where I'm not busy both days.
Love - 8: After a long, long time being in one of two serious relationships, I love being single right now. So relaxing, so much more space. And having two real love-type relationships make me feel like I've gotten pretty lucky even if I never go on a date ever again.
Fun - 8: Gigs, going round friends' houses to watch movies, going out dancing, I have a lot of fun. It's not really building towards anything, but does it need to be?
Contributions - 5: I give to a few charities and am a total sucker when it comes to beggars, I listen to people and try to be compassionate. But in terms of any concentrated THING to help or be good, I don't know. Even though I try to be kind, I commit sins of inaction, I let friendships laps because I can't be bothered to reply to emails or texts. Need to work on that.
Personal growth - 7: I work on myself, on improving things where I'm weaker. I do things that scare me or seem difficult, rather than shying away from them. But I could do more, and I need to decide what the plan is with all these little evening courses.
Spiritual - 9: I don't believe in anything, but I still feel a sense of wonder at how magical and unlikely and strange the world is. Sometimes I walk round thinking about how miraculous everything I see is, and the street seems to glow almost. There's a line in a song, "how strange it is to be anything at all". I've always been terrified of getting jaded, losing that feeling of awe, but it hasn't happened yet.
Self image - 4: Despite everything, it's like those fears and insecurities from my early teens never dissipated.
From all that, I need to take more time to take stock of things, be less crappy about abandoning friendships, and find a way to make my relationship with my family less of a constant source of stress.
Behold!
In text form:
Career- 8 : I've been at my current place for eight months and feel like I'm settling in. I enjoy the work, it's varied and challenging, while still letting me have some kind of a life (unlike the last place). I could be harder, more ruthless, but I've realised that the sort of national newspaper job I used to aspire towards requires everything you have. And that I don't want to be in the office til midnight every day.
Wealth - 7: I do okay, but I live in a very expensive city, and I'm never going to be a millionaire. I need to start paying more attention to money, try and save even more per month than I currently am.
Health - 6: Too many late nights. Work + commute + socialising makes it difficult to stick to a routine, and occasional exercise-based injuries haven't helped. Need to be more methodical.
Social - 9: Lots of good friends, and absolutely no problem with doing stuff on my own, concerts, plays, exhibitions, movies. But long work hours plus friends plus family obligations make me feel like I'm careening wildly through weeks and months though. Feels like my feet never touch the ground, so it's hard to take stock.
Family - 7: I love and get on with my family, but because of how dysfunctional and scattered things have become, I feel like there's always an email I haven't replied to from someone. I try and see my mum at least once a week, to be a partial support network, but it's tiring and means there's hardly ever a weekend where I'm not busy both days.
Love - 8: After a long, long time being in one of two serious relationships, I love being single right now. So relaxing, so much more space. And having two real love-type relationships make me feel like I've gotten pretty lucky even if I never go on a date ever again.
Fun - 8: Gigs, going round friends' houses to watch movies, going out dancing, I have a lot of fun. It's not really building towards anything, but does it need to be?
Contributions - 5: I give to a few charities and am a total sucker when it comes to beggars, I listen to people and try to be compassionate. But in terms of any concentrated THING to help or be good, I don't know. Even though I try to be kind, I commit sins of inaction, I let friendships laps because I can't be bothered to reply to emails or texts. Need to work on that.
Personal growth - 7: I work on myself, on improving things where I'm weaker. I do things that scare me or seem difficult, rather than shying away from them. But I could do more, and I need to decide what the plan is with all these little evening courses.
Spiritual - 9: I don't believe in anything, but I still feel a sense of wonder at how magical and unlikely and strange the world is. Sometimes I walk round thinking about how miraculous everything I see is, and the street seems to glow almost. There's a line in a song, "how strange it is to be anything at all". I've always been terrified of getting jaded, losing that feeling of awe, but it hasn't happened yet.
Self image - 4: Despite everything, it's like those fears and insecurities from my early teens never dissipated.
From all that, I need to take more time to take stock of things, be less crappy about abandoning friendships, and find a way to make my relationship with my family less of a constant source of stress.
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StarStep
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Ok a few days late noticing this but I figure it's not too late to join in.
Heres pictures of my journal for the first day.
Anyway I wish everyone the best in reaching their goals whether they be big or small.
Heres pictures of my journal for the first day.
I must say that was kind of hard trying to think what to say without being self deprecating. I may end up picking up a whiteboard like some of you have done so I can checkmark that I did everything I want to do in a day.
Anyway I wish everyone the best in reaching their goals whether they be big or small.
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doodlesplat
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I'd like to educate the world that simply having more or newer or better material things is not the solution to what ails them. I'd like them to realize that the source of their woes is in the suffering they bring upon themselves and each other: the cynicism and negative thinking; the flippant but hurtful comments; the capricious consumption of natural resources; the doubts and fears that we drown ourselves in; looking the other way when a fellow human is in need of you; the lack of consideration for the other flora and fauna on this planet; the belief that pushing others down raises you up; the 'Thank you's and 'I love you's that were never said; the short-sightedness of our decisions.
I'd like all humans to find harmony within oneself, harmony with others, and harmony with their universe. The positive spirit and sheer amount of human energy that would result from this would go a long long way if not outright solve all the remaining problems that plague humanity. We're able to make enough food for everyone if only it weren't so hard to get it to the mouths that need it. We can produce vast amounts of clean energy if we're willing to invest. We can stop war if all sides truly desired to get along. We know how to live sustainably if everyone just cared enough to carry it out. We can do it. The power of compassion and cooperation has been amply demonstrated on smaller scales in all forms and occasions in the present and throughout history. It all starts from just caring about more than the self.
The 'Contribution' segment of my ideal self would be to assist in educating and motivating this caring, intrinsically or otherwise, so that future generations can have that 'better world' sooner rather than later. In its ideal form, the positivity springs forth from each individual and spreads to those around them. Beyond a theoretical critical point, reciprocation magnifies and sustains this effect and no active maintenance is required. It will be an uphill battle until that critical point. If my ideal self could achieve this, whatever happens with all the other segments is of little consequence.
The existence of this thread, the existence of this forum, the existence of this fandom is living proof that there is hope.
It starts with each and every one of you, and I'm cheering on all of you.
edit: Oh, and free puppies for everyone!!
I'd like all humans to find harmony within oneself, harmony with others, and harmony with their universe. The positive spirit and sheer amount of human energy that would result from this would go a long long way if not outright solve all the remaining problems that plague humanity. We're able to make enough food for everyone if only it weren't so hard to get it to the mouths that need it. We can produce vast amounts of clean energy if we're willing to invest. We can stop war if all sides truly desired to get along. We know how to live sustainably if everyone just cared enough to carry it out. We can do it. The power of compassion and cooperation has been amply demonstrated on smaller scales in all forms and occasions in the present and throughout history. It all starts from just caring about more than the self.
The 'Contribution' segment of my ideal self would be to assist in educating and motivating this caring, intrinsically or otherwise, so that future generations can have that 'better world' sooner rather than later. In its ideal form, the positivity springs forth from each individual and spreads to those around them. Beyond a theoretical critical point, reciprocation magnifies and sustains this effect and no active maintenance is required. It will be an uphill battle until that critical point. If my ideal self could achieve this, whatever happens with all the other segments is of little consequence.
The existence of this thread, the existence of this forum, the existence of this fandom is living proof that there is hope.
It starts with each and every one of you, and I'm cheering on all of you.
edit: Oh, and free puppies for everyone!!
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Tears
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
That's lovely, doodlesplat
I think there's a reason that there seems to be a direct link between how socially-equal a country is and how well it scores on those happiness index type matrixes.
I think there's a reason that there seems to be a direct link between how socially-equal a country is and how well it scores on those happiness index type matrixes.
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Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Snazzy start so far, StarStep (say that six times fast). It's okay to self-deprecate a little. I couldn't write something inspiring off the cuff - so I ended up arguing with my first paragraph. The important thing is that you win that argumentStarStep wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:40 pmI must say that was kind of hard trying to think what to say without being self deprecating. I may end up picking up a whiteboard like some of you have done so I can checkmark that I did everything I want to do in a day.
Anyway I wish everyone the best in reaching their goals whether they be big or small.
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Timber72
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
How to 'win' at the game of earth:
More down home answer (not infinite money, but enough to do what I want):
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doodlesplat
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Back to some Day 1 related stuff,
Never mind how I'd like everyone to be, I myself am not yet like that. If I'm going to find some way to educate others, the first person it has got to work on is me. It's very hard to fight negativity sometimes, especially the kind that comes from within. It's incredibly easy to lapse into an uncaring and selfish mode of thought. It's just too natural. Everyone was and ever will be born with the capacity for uncaring and negativity. Enforcing good behavior only suppresses that negativity; internally, they will be in conflict and suffering. That is why education and self-awareness is the key. I'm making progress, and I'm never giving up.
Never mind how I'd like everyone to be, I myself am not yet like that. If I'm going to find some way to educate others, the first person it has got to work on is me. It's very hard to fight negativity sometimes, especially the kind that comes from within. It's incredibly easy to lapse into an uncaring and selfish mode of thought. It's just too natural. Everyone was and ever will be born with the capacity for uncaring and negativity. Enforcing good behavior only suppresses that negativity; internally, they will be in conflict and suffering. That is why education and self-awareness is the key. I'm making progress, and I'm never giving up.
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Lhet
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Came up with a list thing, except didn't really use the unlimited money because that would just be silly (I could build a mansion entirely out of cash!):
-Careerwise, would likely still want to work for a company; somewhere where everybody was fun, and I could be creative (Google/Valve come to mind as companies that at least appear to be like that). Would have my own office with an awesome view. Would also be able to walk around and see cool things. -Would be able to have lunch with coworkers/friends every day
-Would probably be making music that I like, and have a small following, not really being mainstream, except maybe appearing on occasional collabs. I'd probably make/direct nifty music videos to go along with my music that would catch people's attention and introduce them to my awesome music. This would be a hobby that maybe occasionally makes a little bit of money
-Would be in good shape, healthy in all regards.
-Probably would have a happy family & couple kids.
-Would do some sort of public speaking at conferences from time to time
-Would be confident in general, and able to talk to anybody
-Would have some nice things, perhaps a Lotus Elise and ITG machine, and I guess a sweet custom built house if we're talking infinite money, but nothing too extreme.
-Would probably speak at least one other language, I suppose Japanese.
Reflection:
What did you think of today's task?
-Seems fine, though using the LITERALLY UNLIMITED MONEY would give a different set of fairly pointless answers.
What did you learn?
-I suppose one of the bigger things wasn't really "learned", but I recalled a previous goal from a few years ago to present/speak at conferences.
What kind of insights have you gained?
-I think my ideal life can mostly be summarized as "making cool things with cool people".
-Careerwise, would likely still want to work for a company; somewhere where everybody was fun, and I could be creative (Google/Valve come to mind as companies that at least appear to be like that). Would have my own office with an awesome view. Would also be able to walk around and see cool things. -Would be able to have lunch with coworkers/friends every day
-Would probably be making music that I like, and have a small following, not really being mainstream, except maybe appearing on occasional collabs. I'd probably make/direct nifty music videos to go along with my music that would catch people's attention and introduce them to my awesome music. This would be a hobby that maybe occasionally makes a little bit of money
-Would be in good shape, healthy in all regards.
-Probably would have a happy family & couple kids.
-Would do some sort of public speaking at conferences from time to time
-Would be confident in general, and able to talk to anybody
-Would have some nice things, perhaps a Lotus Elise and ITG machine, and I guess a sweet custom built house if we're talking infinite money, but nothing too extreme.
-Would probably speak at least one other language, I suppose Japanese.
Reflection:
What did you think of today's task?
-Seems fine, though using the LITERALLY UNLIMITED MONEY would give a different set of fairly pointless answers.
What did you learn?
-I suppose one of the bigger things wasn't really "learned", but I recalled a previous goal from a few years ago to present/speak at conferences.
What kind of insights have you gained?
-I think my ideal life can mostly be summarized as "making cool things with cool people".
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Hi.
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Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I'd be Tony Stark, basically.
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Aramek
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Bigdog
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Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I think I'm falling off the wagon here.
I really think this sort of activity might benefit from a 'less is more' strategy because the people most in need of it are the people least able to sacrifice 30-60 minutes each day without cutting into their existing coping mechanisms. I mean yes, you can say 'this is now the most important thing in your life for the next month' but just saying that isn't going to make it work.
Not that I don't like the idea behind it, I think it's great. Maybe I can catch up if the themes of successive days don't ramp up the load as fast as the first two have. But I'm no longer as committed.
I really think this sort of activity might benefit from a 'less is more' strategy because the people most in need of it are the people least able to sacrifice 30-60 minutes each day without cutting into their existing coping mechanisms. I mean yes, you can say 'this is now the most important thing in your life for the next month' but just saying that isn't going to make it work.
Not that I don't like the idea behind it, I think it's great. Maybe I can catch up if the themes of successive days don't ramp up the load as fast as the first two have. But I'm no longer as committed.
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doodlesplat
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I agree with you that there is a certain regimented feel to these activities that most likely come from how the original thing was written. So, just adapt it to your own needs. Maybe some days just write a little. Some of those questions are hard to fully answer at a moment's notice. I've been doing them mostly in my head, and just letting those questions linger around in my head, feeling free to go back and think more about a previous activity if I wanted to. Don't completely stop though. It's not imperative to follow every little single detail. Just do what feels right to you.jerrylee wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:09 pmI think I'm falling off the wagon here.
I really think this sort of activity might benefit from a 'less is more' strategy because the people most in need of it are the people least able to sacrifice 30-60 minutes each day without cutting into their existing coping mechanisms. I mean yes, you can say 'this is now the most important thing in your life for the next month' but just saying that isn't going to make it work.
Not that I don't like the idea behind it, I think it's great. Maybe I can catch up if the themes of successive days don't ramp up the load as fast as the first two have. But I'm no longer as committed.
*hangs onto you so you don't fall off!*
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Timber72
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Put as much effort as you can. My sorta fun, jokey, take over the world post took a while to come up with, but my realistic post took me like 8 minutes to write and format, and some I don't even bother with and just think about in my head for a few seconds.jerrylee wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:09 pmI think I'm falling off the wagon here.
I really think this sort of activity might benefit from a 'less is more' strategy because the people most in need of it are the people least able to sacrifice 30-60 minutes each day without cutting into their existing coping mechanisms. I mean yes, you can say 'this is now the most important thing in your life for the next month' but just saying that isn't going to make it work.
Not that I don't like the idea behind it, I think it's great. Maybe I can catch up if the themes of successive days don't ramp up the load as fast as the first two have. But I'm no longer as committed.
I think Isaak is just giving suggestions. Obviously your responsibilities in the real world come first, so if you need to sacrifice 'deep thought' time, it's okay. No one is forcing you to answer every question. Read them over, and answer the ones you want to. If you run out of time and can't finish, that's okay.
The point of this isn't to make you feel pressured and stressed out.
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Aramek
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I knew everything about this except what it is called. It is every bit as awful/hilarious as I remember, holy shit.
The napkin part, as always, is the best part. The Onion couldn't do better.
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BattyBovine
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*hug* I like you Batty. Hope you feel better soon, you're cool.BattyBovine wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:21 amWell, guess I'm out, then. I'm not going to bother transcribing this page. You'll just have to read the Journal or PDF files.
Good luck, everyone.
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Ponder
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I wish you would stick with it, Batty, but only because we want you to be happy. If this isn't working for you though, I sincerely hope you find something that does.
The same goes for anyone else dropping or considering dropping. Everyone here wants you to be a happier person. Isaak warned us it wasn't going to be easy, but it should be worth it by the end.
I don't want to come across as a jerk, but what we get out of this is going to depend on the effort we put into it. Having trouble with your "ideal life"? Use your imagination! This is about reaching for the stars!
Does your ideal life include being miserable? No? Youdon't want to be miserable? Then in your Ideal Life, you wouldn't be! How? Well, what makes you miserable currently? Okay then, in your Ideal Life, either you wouldn't have to deal with it or it wouldn't bother you. Not sure how something like that could ever fail to bother you? Stop right there. That isn't what this exercise is about. Figuring that part out comes later. One step at a time, my friends.
jerrylee, yeah, these first few days have been pretty heavy. I don't know for certain, but it looks like it's about building a framework. I imagine the activities will be less time consuming after we've each constructed a launchpad. Do what you can; keep moving forward. You're worth it.
The same goes for anyone else dropping or considering dropping. Everyone here wants you to be a happier person. Isaak warned us it wasn't going to be easy, but it should be worth it by the end.
I don't want to come across as a jerk, but what we get out of this is going to depend on the effort we put into it. Having trouble with your "ideal life"? Use your imagination! This is about reaching for the stars!
Does your ideal life include being miserable? No? Youdon't want to be miserable? Then in your Ideal Life, you wouldn't be! How? Well, what makes you miserable currently? Okay then, in your Ideal Life, either you wouldn't have to deal with it or it wouldn't bother you. Not sure how something like that could ever fail to bother you? Stop right there. That isn't what this exercise is about. Figuring that part out comes later. One step at a time, my friends.
jerrylee, yeah, these first few days have been pretty heavy. I don't know for certain, but it looks like it's about building a framework. I imagine the activities will be less time consuming after we've each constructed a launchpad. Do what you can; keep moving forward. You're worth it.
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StarStep
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Maybe your ideal life would be that you know what you want to do. I know I was kind of miserable when I was just floating through life not knowing what I wanted at all. Then I just had to start doing something, anything until I found something I could enjoy doing. I know I can't say much but I hope you find something and I wish you the best.BattyBovine wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:21 amWell, guess I'm out, then. I'm not going to bother transcribing this page. You'll just have to read the Journal or PDF files.
Good luck, everyone.
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!saak
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Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Thanks everyone for helping out when I'm not here, you're making this challenge that much better
Spend less time doing things which aren't that important, Facebook can wait, save reading that article for later, that Youtube clip will be there tomorrow. You are important, you are worth spending time on.
The point is to get started, so get started on every task. If you can't finish, then that's perfectly okay! If you did finish, that's fine too! All effort you put into it is a good effort and more than you ever would put into it.
If you feel the next challenge is a bridge too far, go back to the previous one and work on it some more.
Look at the goals of your 30 Day Action Plan, do those fit in your ideal life? Make them your ideal life!
Read what you wrote for the Ideal Life challenge again, start writing it again, but write down the opposite of what it says. Look at every sentence, every word and see what happens if you turn them around.
Then reflect on what you've just written.
Let me help you stay on
Spend as much time on every task you feel is necessary. If you don't have 30 minutes, spend 20, if you don't have a 20 minute stretch, spend 5 minutes working on it every hour you're awake.I really think this sort of activity might benefit from a 'less is more' strategy because the people most in need of it are the people least able to sacrifice 30-60 minutes each day without cutting into their existing coping mechanisms. I mean yes, you can say 'this is now the most important thing in your life for the next month' but just saying that isn't going to make it work.
Not that I don't like the idea behind it, I think it's great. Maybe I can catch up if the themes of successive days don't ramp up the load as fast as the first two have. But I'm no longer as committed.
Spend less time doing things which aren't that important, Facebook can wait, save reading that article for later, that Youtube clip will be there tomorrow. You are important, you are worth spending time on.
The point is to get started, so get started on every task. If you can't finish, then that's perfectly okay! If you did finish, that's fine too! All effort you put into it is a good effort and more than you ever would put into it.
If you feel the next challenge is a bridge too far, go back to the previous one and work on it some more.
BattyBovine, you've done a great job. You don't have to publicly share your daily tasks, don't feel pressured to. This is about what you want, so if you don't want to then that's awesome.BattyBovine wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:21 amWell, guess I'm out, then. I'm not going to bother transcribing this page. You'll just have to read the Journal or PDF files.
Good luck, everyone.
Look at the goals of your 30 Day Action Plan, do those fit in your ideal life? Make them your ideal life!
Read what you wrote for the Ideal Life challenge again, start writing it again, but write down the opposite of what it says. Look at every sentence, every word and see what happens if you turn them around.
Then reflect on what you've just written.
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doodlesplat
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
BattyBovine, discovering ourselves and figuring out what we want from life is not an easy task. It's not a 30-60minute task and it's not even a 30 day task. For most, it is a life-long task: a task that everyone is born with having zero progress. This challenge is just meant to get you started. There's no entry requirement that you have to already be so and so far along.
As a personal example, I did not have much trouble writing out what I want or evaluating where I am for this challenge because this kind of introspection has been something at the front of my thoughts for over a decade now. When I started, I was as disappointed at myself and as lost about my future as anyone else. It was through a few surprise discoveries that I realized I didn't have to be lost forever. I kept looking and discovering, seeing where it may all lead, following that trail of discovery, and I'm still discovering new things today.
Think of it as mountainclimbing. This 30 day challenge gives you some basic equipment and a few pointers and some practice slopes. The real change in your life is going to come after these 30 days when you take your new skills and apply it for the rest of your life. It's hard to offer proof, so you'll just have to trust me that there is a way up the mountain, and that you can do it.
As a personal example, I did not have much trouble writing out what I want or evaluating where I am for this challenge because this kind of introspection has been something at the front of my thoughts for over a decade now. When I started, I was as disappointed at myself and as lost about my future as anyone else. It was through a few surprise discoveries that I realized I didn't have to be lost forever. I kept looking and discovering, seeing where it may all lead, following that trail of discovery, and I'm still discovering new things today.
Think of it as mountainclimbing. This 30 day challenge gives you some basic equipment and a few pointers and some practice slopes. The real change in your life is going to come after these 30 days when you take your new skills and apply it for the rest of your life. It's hard to offer proof, so you'll just have to trust me that there is a way up the mountain, and that you can do it.
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Jill
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Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Welp, that was a whole day wasted on nothing. 
Probably best if I just quit the challenge here before I do something I won't survive to regret.
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Lobst
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
I'm not participating at the moment, but I just want to say that this thread is really well-done, stickying it is a wonderful idea, and I'll be checking it often. Just the fact that it exists has made me think about my life in new ways.
I'm rooting for you all!
I'm rooting for you all!
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Aracat
Re: 30 Days of Life Improvement Challenge
Today I will be blowing my get-to-sleep-on-time goal once again. 
I'm also going back on the paper notebook. Being able to reorganize stuff easily is way too useful.