As you probably already know from my previous posts on this subject, I am working daily on developing a number of habits to help me live a productive and meaningful life I so much want. It's time to account for the month November, in which I focused on the habits of meditation and mindful relationships. The latter consisted in spending at least 10 minutes a day with my wife Luda to talk and listen to each other about the things that are important to us. Surprisingly, this did not turn out so easy, especially because of our busy schedule and Anne Sophie demanding attention.
Out of the 30 days in November, we only did this on 17 occasions for a total of some 7 hours. Perhaps somewhat disappointing, but we are determined to work on this!
According to my records, I just did a few mindful productivity sessions in October, so there is nothing to boast about. On the other hand, I spent a lot of time with my family, rested well and got a lot of inspiration from travelling, which is great!
In December I am working on general habit skills, focusing on the habit of spending a few minutes a day to check on my finances (like savings, investments, mortgage, insurances, etc).
My stats for November are as follows:
Wake-up time (average): 05:38 a.m., not too bad for a dark month like November!
Sleeping time (average): 07:12 hours a day, comparable to September.
Diary: 12:40 hours, again less than in October and September
Meditation: 11:40 hours, way better than 3:30 hours in October, and somewhat better than the 10:50 hours in September! My secret is that I started using Headspace for my meditations, and it works out fine for me!
Work (net time): 147:05 hours, pretty much in line with my 40 hours work week plus some overhead.
Family: 60:25 hours, which is good!
Study (including French language, Programming, Erich Fromm, etc): 60:00 hours
Transportation (mostly bike commute to work): 23:50, comparable to the 24:53 hours in September.
Social media: 07:20 hours, not too bad!
Reading (excl. reading on holiday): 05:25, somewhat disappointing :)
Friends: 18:55, less than in October, but much more than in September! This includes writing to friends, talking to them on the phone or via skype, meeting them in person, doing something for them.
House (working on and around the house): 09:55 hours
Community service (volunteering at school and with the neighborhood watch): 09:10 hours. more than twice as much as in October!
Sport: 22:10 hours (up from from 17:30 in October), including:
Out of the 30 days in November, we only did this on 17 occasions for a total of some 7 hours. Perhaps somewhat disappointing, but we are determined to work on this!
According to my records, I just did a few mindful productivity sessions in October, so there is nothing to boast about. On the other hand, I spent a lot of time with my family, rested well and got a lot of inspiration from travelling, which is great!
In December I am working on general habit skills, focusing on the habit of spending a few minutes a day to check on my finances (like savings, investments, mortgage, insurances, etc).
My stats for November are as follows:
Wake-up time (average): 05:38 a.m., not too bad for a dark month like November!
Sleeping time (average): 07:12 hours a day, comparable to September.
Diary: 12:40 hours, again less than in October and September
Meditation: 11:40 hours, way better than 3:30 hours in October, and somewhat better than the 10:50 hours in September! My secret is that I started using Headspace for my meditations, and it works out fine for me!
Work (net time): 147:05 hours, pretty much in line with my 40 hours work week plus some overhead.
Family: 60:25 hours, which is good!
Study (including French language, Programming, Erich Fromm, etc): 60:00 hours
Transportation (mostly bike commute to work): 23:50, comparable to the 24:53 hours in September.
Social media: 07:20 hours, not too bad!
Reading (excl. reading on holiday): 05:25, somewhat disappointing :)
Friends: 18:55, less than in October, but much more than in September! This includes writing to friends, talking to them on the phone or via skype, meeting them in person, doing something for them.
House (working on and around the house): 09:55 hours
Community service (volunteering at school and with the neighborhood watch): 09:10 hours. more than twice as much as in October!
Sport: 22:10 hours (up from from 17:30 in October), including:
- Biking: 212 km, 09:42 hours vs 182km in 08:15 hours in October!
- Running: 84.93 km in 09:51 vs 31.2 km, 03:25 hours in October!
- Running with Anne Sophie: 8.42 km in 01:37 hours
- Circuit training: 5:50 hours vs 02:00 hours in October!
- Soccer: 0 hours
All in all a very good month!
