#project 50

I have been reading, that's fore sure, but my life focus has shifted a bit this year, since I feel a bit more secure to leave my house, after all that crazy stuff happened the past 3 years.

Still, I still love this space of mine on the internet and for the last couple of days I've been thinking about it, specially because I do believe that we change overtime and since i've been moving on with some of my life stuff, I feel this could be a start of a new era of this little blog. I don't think it is fit to be only about books anymore.

That said, i've decided to start posting more about the studyblr community and, mainly, productivity over here as well. Mainly because I want to do some productivity challenges and I feel that posting about it over here will help me get motivated and continue to do them.

So, may I announce that starting tomorrow (June 12th 2023 aka. brazilian valentines day) I will be doing the Project 50 Challenge!

I will be following the basic rules (+ my takes on it) of the challenge, that are:

wake up before 8am (my goal is to wake up everyday at 6am)

do your morning routine: 1h no distractions (i have no idea what i'm going to do except that i can't use my phone and i will be dressing up and making myself some breakfast lmao)

exercise for 1h a day (gym during week days and blogilates exercises during weekends and holidays)

read 10 pages a day (i will start by reading The Prince, by Machiavelli)

dedicate 1h towards a new skill (revising and learning French)

follow a healthy diet (no soda, no red meat and i have to bring my own healthy snacks to work +edit: follow the weight watchers program!!!)

track your daily progress in a journal (this space of mine will work as my journal)

PS: I feel some of my takes on the goals will be changing as the 50 days will pass by. For example, The Prince is a really short book, so I guess I will finish it pretty early on the challenge and then change to another non-fiction book.

What is it?

Project 50 is a challenge to help you become your best self. You write down some things that you can do to help you become a better version of yourself and you do it for 50 days (hence the name Project 50).

Don’t know where to start? Here are some rule ideas:

Wake up before 8am

Start a morning routine

At least 30 minutes of exercise

Do something productive (study, read, etc.)

Focus on your skills/goals

Start eating better

Track your progress

Start a night routine

Realized last night that it doesn’t make sense to post this before my day is done...so this is yesterdays day one of project 50!

Woke Up: 6 am

Morning Routine: only moderately interrupted by a call from L+D. Otherwise no scrolling! 

Work: stayed on top of tasks throughout the day and only missed my phone for a few moments

Exercise: tried my first Peloton workout! (It took me two months to get my bike delivered - so excited when it finally arrived last week!)

Productivity: finished my notes from the day and sketched out what I need to catch up on from the holiday period at work 

Reading: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Day 20/50☕️ Today I,

- woke up a little late, at 6:30am since I stayed up late revising.

- reached uni and revised some more.

- finished my 3rd midterm.

- studied at a cafe with a friend, ate some yummy tortilla/flat bread pizza (?)

- washed all my flasks and bottles

- read for 15m (will catch up post midterms)

- made some chamomile tea and going to resume studying for tomorrow.

Project 50 - Day 1

It's 7.15 PM now, and I have done most of what I needed to do today:

Woke up at 7.30 AM

Did morning routine and 1h of no distractions

Ate healthily for most parts

Studied Python for data science for a bit more than 1h

What I still need to do:

Read 10 pages

Do some stretching (I use the STRETCHIT App at the moment) as a workout

Track my progress in my journal

Should all be doable - I also traveled a lot today, so I feel like I did my best.

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Day 1: What’s your favourite podcast?

I honestly don’t listen to podcasts much, as I’d rather have a YouTube video playing in the background on a topic that will help me either improve myself or learn a skill of some sort (or just pick up knowledge). When I do listen to podcasts, it’s 99.9% likely to be just because it’s in a language I’m studying, for that critical immersion.

So, it’s either that or music. I think when we’re so rat-raced mentality, even on the more mild side, it’s super helpful to have those times you turn off the content, slow down the consumption, and ground yourself in the moment when you do take the time to do the smaller things like laundry, cooking, whatever. So I’d rather listen to music, or something stimulating, like an audiobook! :)

Dave Ramsey’s financial podcast is the one podcast off the top of my mind I remember listening to a bit. Trust me when I say it was a moment of impulse, deciding “i’m gonna be a big boi who listens to podcasts now and lives life like a CEO”. I listened for a couple hours. Only lasted a couple days lol.

TL;DR I don’t have a favorite. If I listen to a podcast, it’s in a language I’m studying. I rather have YouTube, music, or an audiobook playing!

What did I accomplish today?

Studied Korean (reading & pronunciation, plus some jotting notes) for 2 hours in the morning

Located additional resources for Korean studies

Bible study (Nehemiah) for an hour in the afternoon

Cleaning room, cleaning out closet, filling up 2 big boxes of donate/sell stuff

Listed items to resell

Finally updated all of my devices which I always put off until it’s literally unhealthy for me and my tech x-x

Made a notion chart to track my progression through Japanese grammar points from N5-N1, as I’m aiming for N2 for this year’s JLPT (this is taking FOREVER- HELP-)

Delegated this week’s kanji to learn (~20 kanji), as well as next week’s

Japanese writing practice (kanji, hira-, kata-)

Located additional resources for Japanese studies

Japanese listening practice

Korean listening practice (continued yesterday’s audio drama)

Korean output practice (texting with Korean friend; major compliment today for using something most young koreans don’t even know :D)

Planned for tmw/day ahead (it’s currently 1am, I’m studying Japanese, don’t @ me xD)