Blog Posts Tagged "Personal 30 Day Projects".

For this month’s Facebook project, I’m going to be doing…

1 Small Action Per Day Towards Actually Doing Something From My Bucket List.

Plan

I think of my bucket list in a very flexible way. For example, it has about 10 recipes I want to try making on it. So, 1 small action might be something like buying a specialty ingredient for one of the recipes.

I anticipate this will be more challenging than November’s 30 Days of Savoring 1 Thing Per Day.

You can join in if you’d like to by
1. “liking” the FB page for the blog, and
2. leaving a daily comment of which small action you took for each day of the project (Most people just watch but it’s fun to have fellow participants!).

You can see how it works by having a look at the blog’s Facebook page. No need to join to view, it’s completely public (You will need to “like” the page to be able to comment).

Just a wee note to any therapy clients, for a bunch of legal/ethics/privacy reasons please don’t publicly participate in the projects/Facebook (feel free to ask at your session if you’d like to know the specific reasoning). Reading the page is fine (of course!) and you should feel free to read/not read as you want to. The Facebook page is an experiment and I’m trying to keep the things I do for free separate from the therapy services that people pay for. Am more than happy to explain this more when I see you in person, all you need to do is ask.

This project is going to be using the productivity principle of “Next Action” which just means that, when setting a goal/task, also identify the next (single) action you need to take. Tip: Make sure it really is the next single action e.g., get bank account number of person need to make a payment to, rather than transfer money by internet banking.

Would love for you to say hello via the FB page, even if you just want to lurk for the project.

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The November 30 Day project is going to be 30 days of – Savoring one thing per day. I’ll be posting my daily update on Facebook (most days, I usually don’t post on weekends), and I invite you to join in.

Each day I’ll do one of two types of savoring once a day:

1. paying greater attention while having a positive experience

or

2. reflecting on something positive that has happened in the day (e.g., reflecting on the feeling of satisfaction at finishing a task).

Why You Might Want to Participate: The Rationale

This is a great first 30 Day project for people who want to:

1. Increase willpower by picking something small and sticking to it consistently (especially good if you are stuck in boom and bust cycles of activity)

2. Increase positive emotions. Increasing positive emotions is not just hedonistic, pointless or selfish. Research shows that increasing positive emotions increases flexibility of thinking, increases creativity, improves cooperative problem solving, enhances realationships, and even improves physical health. Cultivating good mental habits also helps protect against depression and anxiety (especially if you have a tendency to get depressed).

Start date is Nov 1.

Observers welcome too but if you’re curious about participating, hopefully you will. It took me ages of following other people’s projects before I started doing my own because I was worried I wouldn’t stick at them, but I have found that I get so much out of them that I do stick at them. I’m also getting better at setting more reasonable daily goals for myself, which is leading to increased success.

You’ll need to “like” the Facebook page to post on the page. The idea is that I write my update and other people write their update as a comment to mine. You’re likely to find that posting your update each day helps you stay on track with the project. Latecomers also welcome, so you really have no excuses if you are curious about trying this ;-)

Link below – Join the “Savoring One Thing a Day” 30-Day Project

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Alice-Boyes-Psychologist/146054325428624

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My monthly 30-Day projects are where I use psychology tips to try to solve one of my own problems, and you can participate along with me if you want.

This Month’s Goal:

My goal for this month is to reduce overthinking, specifically around work tasks. The type of overthinking I do generally isn’t worrying (it’s usually excited overthinking), but it is draining and I suspect all the thinking doesn’t actually lead to achieving more. For example, I get ideas and start working on new therapy tools before I finish things I’ve already started.

Strategy for Reaching the Goal:

The strategy I’m planning on using is simplifying my thinking.

Daily Behaviour Plan Based on the Simplifying Thinking Strategy:

- Limiting my daily “To Dos” to a max of 2 tasks. This excludes the tasks I need to do everyday.

- I do most of the work involved in running my business from home and only go into the office for the hours I have people scheduled to come in for their appointments. I’ve prepped a list for myself of the work tasks I need to do each day I see clients in the office, broken into the 3 categories of: before going to the office, before leaving the office, and when I get home. Creating this has made me realize I’ve been underestimating how many of these tasks there are and how little time there is to actually do other stuff without putting in far more hours than a normal work week.

- Not allowing myself to start other tasks until my everyday tasks are done.

- If I have thoughts about projects that aren’t on my list for the day, I’m going to mindfully let them pass through my mental sky like light, fluffy clouds. Instead of the “Getting Things Done” approach of writing all these things down in order to free up mental workspace, I’m just going to let them sail through. I’ve realized that there is no way I can even do 10% of work projects I’d like to get done and I’m hoping that acceptance of this is going to lead to taking on less, peace, and calmness.

How to Participate

You can join in on the blog’s Facebook page. I’m going to post a daily (or almost daily) status update about how I’m doing with the project. If you want to try the project with me, you can post your update as a comment to my update. (You need to “like” the page in order for the comment option to appear). Late comers are always welcome, so you can start anytime in October. Come watch, participate in this project, or participate in some of the other interactive things I do on the Facebook page?

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