Mini Challenges

Its kinda difficult to keep up with all of the different goals that I have and make sure I'm sufficiently working on them every day.

So I have a new idea to help myself stay on top of everything: mini-challenges.

These mini-challenges I'm creating are designed to help build the habits that will allow me to accomplish my goals. Most of them do not directly meet my goals, but ultimately help me work toward them.

Research shows that it takes approximately 21 days to form a habit.

One of my biggest problems is taking on too much too quickly, so in this way I'm going to somewhat limit myself, but also help to create a more manageable foundation to work with.

So I'll start with 6 daily disciplines that I want to work on, and focus on only those 6 things (along with some of my other one-time goals or goals that don't require daily practice) at a time. I will track each of the goals and work on them until I have practiced them every day for 21 days straight. If I miss a day, I have to start over. So I could likely accomplish the goals in just 21 days, or it may take a few months before they really set in and become habits. Once I accomplish a goal, I will continue to work on it, but shouldn't need to track it or really focus on it (it should be a natural daily thing for me now) and I can replace it with a new daily goal.

The tracking will be as follows: 1 2 3 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 X 1 2 etc. Numbers as I count up the days in sequence and an X any time I miss a day. Some activities, like going to the gym, are not things I really do on Sunday, so if I am skipping Sunday, I will put an S there instead and it won't count against the running tally.

So here I start!

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
					1	2
x	x	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	x	1	x	1
x	1	2	x	1

1. Read at least 10 pages from a good book

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
					x	1
x	x	x	1	2	x	1
2	3	4	x	1	x	x
x	1	x	x	x

2. Say my morning prayers

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
					1	2
x	x	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	x	1	x	x	x
x	x	x	x	1

3. Take my daily vitamins

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
					x	1
S	x	x	1	2	3	4
S	5	6	x	x	x	x
S	1	2	3	x

4. Cardio workout

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
					1	2
x	1	2	3	x	1	2
3	4	5	6	x	x	1
x	1	2	3

5. Read scriptures

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat
					x	1
x	x	1	x	x	1	x
x	1	2	x	x	x	x
x	x	1	x	x

6. Wake up by 5:30AM!