Tools – What kinds of tools do you use to help with your self-improvement goals? I’ve tried a lot of tools. Everything works for awhile. But none do the work for me. For tracking my heath, I’ve tried the following: Pedometers and Fitbit for tracking activity related to health goals. Building a 0-5-10-25 spreadsheet using dataContinue reading “Buttontapper Challenge: Day 10”
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Eight-Week Challenge Final Report
Weeks Five through Eight did not vary enough from the previous four weeks for me to have much to say worth sharing. In this final report I will focus on what I learned through setting out this personal challenge. Again, a reminder of my goals: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk atContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge Final Report”
Eight-Week Challenge: Weeks Three and Four
Weeks Three and Four: small improvements from Weeks One or Two. Again, a reminder of my goals: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk at least 5,000 steps per day, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table, and write at least 500 words per dayContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Weeks Three and Four”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week Two
Week Two: not much difference from Week One. Again, a reminder of my goals: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk at least 5,000 steps per day, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table, and write at least 500 words per day for at leastContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Two”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week One
It’s time to report on the results of my first week. As a reminder, my goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, walk at least 5,000 steps per day, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the end table, and write at least 500Continue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week One”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week Eight Results
Last week of the eight-week challenge is done! Whoo-hoo! Again, thanks to Danielle for inspiring others and me to take on this challenge. I wish I had done better, but I’m pretty darn happy with having met the first goal, at least as measured by my body-mass index, for the entire eight weeks. And for cleaningContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Eight Results”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week Seven Results
One week left! Each week one of my goals takes a back seat to something. This week the goal I was short on was writing. As a reminder, here are my remaining goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories and write at least 750 words per day for at least fiveContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Seven Results”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week Six Results
Six weeks into the challenge, and my progress remains positive, though always with something just beyond my easy grasp. Something worth striving for. As a reminder, here are my goals for the eight-week challenge: eat more nutritious food with fewer empty calories, spend one day a week reading the backlog of magazines sitting on the endContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Six Results”
Eight-Week Challenge: Week Four Results
How Am I Doing? There is a lot less green for this, the fourth, week of the challenge. But I knew that would happen. We were out of town for most of the week which means my walking routine was shot and I didn’t have time to write anything. But I did read, making aContinue reading “Eight-Week Challenge: Week Four Results”