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My quest for excellence (tips?)

Posted by Alex

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I want to improve, improve a lot, become more and more excellent. "In what?" In absolutely everything.

It's a very important part of my life.


I want to discover new ways to do things so I can establish a good action plan.


Things I'm currently doing:

- Learning a new language.

- Working more and more productively (I'm a homemaker, by the way).

- Training my mind daily with various apps.

- Taking better care of my appearance (skincare, teeth, etc.).

- Moving my body more.

- Resetting my home (cleaning, organizing, etc.).

- Significantly reducing leisure time (less time with my partner and pet).

- Compensation system: I have two medium-short breaks a day and one day off a week. If I take more breaks one day, they are reduced the next. If I take more breaks, they accumulate. If I haven't made up all my breaks by the end of the week, I don't get a day off that week. If I take more than one day off one week, I don't get a day off the following week. The breaks don't apply to apps, language learning, and basic tasks; those should be done during your days off as well.


Things I plan to do:

- Optimize my time even more and learn to do things more productively.

- Improve my presentation (manners, social skills, etc., which aren't bad in my case, but I want to improve them further).

- Join something related to interpreting and improve significantly (that's my original field of study).

- Exercise regularly (I'm currently planning Pilates and maybe yoga; I also want to consider other options).



Does anyone have any ideas on how to improve this, things to add to this list, etc.?


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Reply by geline⋆˙⟡

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Just curious as to what language you're learning? I am learning Russian and I'm trying to spend at least two hours a day studying which I haven't been very faithful to the grind. 


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Reply by Alex

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Im learning russian to! lol, its not my main objective atm but im studying every day at least 15 minutes, not much but im actually slowly getting better at it. Wishing you lots of luck btw!


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Reply by evelyn g

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I'm a homemaker as well! I have a lot of low energy days though, so I do have to let myself have a lot of rest days.

For me, just having a basic cleaning schedule/routine has helped a lot. In the morning, I empty the dishwasher and put them away, tidy up from breakfast, and fold/put away the laundry from the night before. Then I usually sit and rest a bit, then get on the chore for the day. In the evening, I load the dishwasher from the day and put a load of laundry in the washing machine to clean and dry before I go to bed, so I can fold it in the morning. I also tidy up the living room before bed. Each day I have a different room I focus on.

Setting up time blocks on my Google calendar has also helped a lot. I set blocks up like "take kids to bus stop" which will last like 15 min, "make dinner" which lasts like an hour, etc. The time blocks you do EVERY DAY, no matter what, are what you'll put in there. Then you can see where your gaps are and where you can plan for other things. This has helped me visualize my day a lot!


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Reply by sadsatan

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Instead of apps that help with your mind, try reading more. Read non-fiction. Or read classics. Set a goal.


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