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If you noticed, my first post back was second June, I've also started my Homework for Life and Daily Reflection on the first of June. As second June is a Monday and the start of the week for most people, it makes it ideal to start a habit.  Daniel H. Pink in his book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing talks about finding the perfect time to do anything, like starting a habit. Knowing the science to make it easier, to increase your chances of succeeding. The first day of the week, month or year are good times.  It was my favourite book. I gave it away to a stranger for a book exchange project.  Since the start of the month, other habits I'm building are meditating daily using the daily meditation tracks provided by Insight Timer and checking in daily on a self-care app called Finch. It's been a lot of fun using these two apps to help me build habits I want to keep.  If you do download them, send me a message so we can keep each other accountable. Studies h...

It's almost the end of January. How does it feel like for you?  Have you been keeping to your goals?  I know I haven't been working out thrice a week like I'd love to because of a slight injury which caused me to not know how to proceed forward.  But with writing, I think I'm slowly trudging along the right path with being consistent.  I remember reading in When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink that the start of the month is another perfect time to set goals.  Other info bites from the book include: The most productive people tend to work for 52 minutes straight and take a 17 minutes break. If you need a nap, take one that's between 10 to 20 minutes for your energy to be restored.  A 5 minute nap or less gives no benefits.  Take a nap of 30 minutes or more and you'll go into sleep inertia where you'll wake up groggy.  What would you do with the new info you've learnt?  I'm for sure going to set some new goals for ...