Accountability Partner I don’t know how all of you have been doing with the challenges, but I know that sometimes I find myself struggling to keep up with them. Who even knows if I’m actually doing them all? It won’t hurt if I miss one day… I can make every excuse in the book, but … Read moreAccountability
How To Read A Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren is our book for February 2021. First Impressions Well first things first it seems a little absurd for a book to be titled How to read a book.. If we didn’t know how to read a book how would we be able … Read moreHow to read a book
The skill we are going to work on for February 2021 is being more open, expressing, and talking about our feelings. This goes hand in hand with the challenge for this month, expressing your love. These are separate things though. Being open about our feelings and talking about them more is not the same thing … Read moreBe open about your feelings
Express your love The challenge we are going to be doing for February is to Express Your Love. Each day I want you to talk to someone and tell them that you love them. Do this is person or if you have to do it on the phone. Do this with a different person every … Read moreExpress Your Love
Overview The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris was our book for December. This book is all about learning to stop struggling with your thoughts and emotions. It frames how to do this and gives you exercises to help you stop struggling and falling into the happiness trap. This book is based on the ACT model … Read moreThe Happiness Trap
Overview The challenge for December 2020 was to practice self-care for a minimum or 30 minutes a day. This could include anything from taking a bubble bath, calling your best friend, watching tv, meditating, or taking a walk outside. Whatever self-care activity benefits your mental health the most that’s what you were supposed to do. … Read moreDecember Challenge/Skill Review
Overview As a Man Thinketh by Jame Allen is our book for October. It is a classic essay published in 1903 on thinking. The book describes how each of us shapes the events around us and shape our lives through our cognition’s. It is broken into a few main categories. Thoughts and Character “As … Read moreAs a Man Thinketh
My 2020 experience Before I talk about how the challenges for this year went I thought I’d talk a bit about how the year went for me as an individual first. I started the year off fairly determined. I had three major goals. To get to 10% body fat, to get straight A’s in school, … Read more2020 Recap
January 2021 we are going to start reading The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday. It is a daily book so you only read one or two pages a day. Each days passage contains a quote and breakdown from one of the ancient stoics. This is a short daily reading, but it lasts all year long. … Read moreJanuary 2021 Challenges
“Life is too short to be busy” I am sure this is a quote, but I am not totally sure who said it first. Regardless this statement holds true. It sounds a bit contradictory, but let me explain. There is a constant feeling among many human beings that if we are not busy then we … Read moreLife is too short to be busy