Getting better one day at a time
The 5 Minute Project Five minutes can change your life. Or at least I believe that it can. This new project sets out to prove it. (P.S. If you’re not familiar with this blog or my past projects, you can find more information here). What’s …
Failing at Math In the spirit of full disclosure, I completely failed at my goal this month. I wanted to at least get through one section of the Khan Academy course on calculus. But, I got up to the point of reviewing trigonometry and the …
I really love music and it’s something I always wanted to be good at but never put the time and effort into. So, this month I am going to try to teach myself the basics of piano. It’s funny because my cousin majored in music …
So, last fall semester I was thinking about taking some classes in computational linguistics (think the programs that make Siri and Alexa work or give you the autofill function in Gmail). The thing is you need some solid math skills for these classes. So, I …
It seems like this is the month of admitting that I’m wrong about everything. There is something beautiful about being wrong and expanding your mind to possibilities you had previously not been able to imagine. But, enough waxing poetic, what was I wrong about this …
About a year ago I started reading the book Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. I never finished the book, but one concept from it that has stuck with me since is the concept of play. In the first couple of chapters the …
(See what I did there? Since my goal for the month was reading) All puns aside, I’m a bit disappointed with my progress in June. I only ended up completing two books, one of which was given to me by my mother. And just yesterday …
I’m so pumped that it’s already been a month and I’ve managed to complete my first goal. I think what’s especially fun about this project is that when you set yourself a specific time frame, it allows you to reflect back on the process. So, …
I used to not be a big fan of reading. Until about seventh grade when I read a book that I really loved. That book was Eragon by Christopher Paolini. I know, it’s not the most insightful or life-changing book on the planet but it …
Since I’ve been working on building a fitness routine this month I thought it would be beneficial to talk to someone who’s already achieved a lot of her fitness goals and see how it’s done. So, I reached out to a friend from high school, …