A new type of challenge update & something to try for extra focus

#100HABITSIN100DAYS | DAY 25

Saturday, 14 January 2023

It’s day 25 of my #100habitsin100days challenge, testing out a new format for this daily challenge update.

Here are yesterday’s stats for my daily habits:

I completed 18/19 of my daily habits, resulting in a 95% success rate for now (I’m allowed to catch up on habits for max 2 days).

For my dance habit, I did my alternative journal excitement routine, because of a headache.

I also catched up on my reading habit from Wednesday and Thursday.

You can find an overview of all stats here.

Here are my new habit updates:

  • Updated my routine details & clarification for my challenge update habit to make it easier, more enjoyable, and less time consuming while hopefully still being valuable: I will be testing this new format (of the update you’re reading right now) starting on day 25.
  • Added a celebration habit booster to my plank + ab wheel habit: Celebrations make you feel successful, which helps wire the habit in your brain. After I’ve finished my plank, I will celebrate it by throwing my arms in the air. After I’ve finished my ab wheel, I will celebrate it by making a fist bump.
  • Added a celebration habit booster to my 30 min strength training habit: After I’ve finished my workout, I will celebrate it with a mini happy dance.
  • Added a tempation bundle habit booster to my tickle session habit: I will eat a piece of daim chocolate after the tickle session.
  • Updated my obstacle battleplan for feeling tired for my 10-page reading habit to include binaural beats: If I think I’m too tired, I will remind myself that my thoughts aren’t always right, and that in the past I’ve been able to read even though I thought I was too tired. I will focus on just reading one page to start with, which will usually give me enough momentum to continue reading. If I still struggle, I will put on my headphones and listen to brain.fm binaural beats for focus.

Here is my new habit recipe for today:

Tiny update on my sleeping experiment:

On the 6th of January I started experimenting with polyphasic sleep (getting up at 4 A.M. and taking 2 naps during the day). Yesterday, I had a lot of energy during the night and morning. During the afternoon and evening I experienced a bit more fatigue and a slight headache. I was happy about getting 5,5 hours of work done plus a 30 minute ballet strength workout before noon.

Actionable takeaway:

If you have trouble concentrating on a task or habit, you might want to give the focus music of brain.fm a try. They also have a full page dedicated to the science behind it, in case you’re skeptical.

 

If you have any questions, ask them on the live Thursday at 16.30 CET in the Mighty Habits Facebook group.

Update 25/100 complete 🎉. Thanks for following along!

Challenge Updates

Intro: Is it possible to build 100 habits in 100 days?

Stats: My challenge progress & success rates so far

Day 1: The habit recipe to kickstart your habits like never before

Day 2: Motivation is not always the problem - Fix this thing first

Day 3: Uncover golden nuggets from the past before designing the future

Day 4: A shocking technique powerful enough to quit smoking in 5 days with a success rate up to 61.4%

Day 5: The single most important thing to boost motivation

Day 6: 5 words to keep in mind when you're struggling with perfectionism

Day 7: The two types of progress and how to combine them for maximum effectiveness

Day 8: Let your brains desires work for you

Day 9: Swap this thought - make failure your friend

Day 10: How to align your habits with your goals so you get the results you want

Day 11: The Fresh Start Effect, and how to use it for habit-building all year long

Day 12: Make it easy for yourself - prepare your habit success

Day 13: Reduce regret - build habits for the things that count

Day 14: A simple technique that makes building habits more fun and effective

 

Day 15: Minimum Viable Habits - The key to consistency

Day 16: Rule your habits, don't let your habits rule you

Day 17: Another crazy experiment

Day 18: The 'Don't-Break-The-Chain' Myth

Day 19: How better predictions lead to better habits

Day 20: My experiece so far & a useful type of resistence

Day 21: The difference between willpower and self-discipline and which one to rely on most

Day 22: How to use this one piece of habit advice that's extremely effective, but usually hard to implement

Day 23: Motivation is not as unreliable as you might think

Day 24: On falling in love with the process & why I'm tweaking my daily updates

Day 25: A new type of challenge update & something to try for extra focus

Day 26: Curiosity and wonder can help you improve your habit plan

Day 27: Habit bundling - a strategy for when you're short on time

Day 28: Make your habits more enjoyable – use a temptation bundle

Day 29: A way to collect habit ideas for maximum impact

Day 30: The crazy sleeping experiment continued…

Day 31: An easy and affordable way to extract habit ideas

Day 32: Simplify to make room for experimentation

Day 33: Updating routines to make them more effective

Day 34: Obstacle battleplans for sick days

Day 35: Adding another Mighty Habits content habit

Day 36: Figuring out how to keep up with my sleeping schedule while sick

Day 37: Another obstacle battleplan to deal with sickness

Day 38: A tiny update

Day 39: Alternative habits

Day 40: Adding comfort

Day 41: Playing with building a new habit app

Day 42: Increasing the flexibility of my sleeping schedule

Day 43: Working on a new tracking system

Day 44: A perfect day

Day 45: Still working on a new tracking system

Day 46: The first few habit cancellations

Day 47: A festive reason to miss a habit

Day 48: A challenge within a challenge

Day 49: When excitement gets you up at 2.45 AM

Day 50: Deep in launch prep

Day 51: It's almost there

Day 52: The beta memberships are live

Challenge Habits

Habit 1: Post a challenge update in the Mighty Habit FB group every day

Habit 2: Go live every week in the Mighty Habits FB group

Habit 3: Send weekly newsletter that includes challenge update

Habit 4: Plank & ab wheel every day

Habit 5: 30 minute ballet strength training every weekday

Habit 6: Curl my hair twice a week

Habit 7: Paint my nails once a week

Habit 8: Wear jewelry every day

Habit 9: Weigh myself every day

Habit 10: Do a daily 2-minute snack aversion Pavlok session

Habit 11: Update whiteboard with visual progress of Mighty Habits every week

Habit 12: Update whiteboard with progress stats of goals every week

Habit 13: Create progress report of goals every week

Habit 14: Dance around in my room for 2 songs every day

Habit 15: 30 20 minute ballet stretching every weekday

Habit 16: Track & share stretching progress in MFT FB group every weekday

Habit 17: Weekly Daily habit plan check-in

Habit 18: Update challenge stats page daily

Habit 19: Do a monthly review

Habit 20: Take out the trash twice a week

Habit 21: Create monthly ballet progress report

Habit 22: Practice and give massage once a month

Habit 23: Do personal + business finances once a month

Habit 24: Do daily shutdown routine

Habit 25: Monthly call with my friend who’s biking around the world

Habit 26: Tidy my bedroom daily

Habit 27: Clean the kitchen daily

Habit 28: Submit item for promo to Evelyn’s list each week

Habit 29: Read 10 pages a day

Habit 30: Keep my phone upstairs in the evening

Habit 31: Take vitamins daily

Habit 32: Track finances daily

Habit 33: Create overview of non-recurring expenses weekly

Habit 34: Eplilate my legs weekly

Habit 35: Submit one item for feedback every week

Habit 36: Daily tickle session for my mom

Habit 37: Weekly head tickle session for my parents

Habit 38: Film myself doing ballet class and send recording to Isabella each month week

Habit 39: Do one value interview a week

Habit 40: Read one page from the Daily Stoic

Habit 41: Stretch glutes for 2 minutes while brushing my teeth

Habit 42: Balance on one leg while doing tickle sessions

Habit 43: Do 5 roll downs against wall couple of times throughout the day

Habit 44: Do a daily wall squat

Habit 45: Do 25 single leg calf rises for each leg while sticking teeth/ using mouth wash, follow up with calf stretch

Habit 46: Do 5 min of metatarsal exercises a day while waiting

Habit 47: Do 2 min neck stretch daily

Habit 48: Do 10 min of standing glute stretch while checking news/ social media/ mail

Habit 49: Do 10 min of sitting glute stretch while checking news/ social media/ mail

Habit 50: Visualize daily ballet routine & ballet goals

Habit 51: Daily 15 min frog stretch while reading

Habit 52: Monthly photo shoot for social media

Habit 53: Monthly social media photos edit session

Habit 54: Post weekly live with training on Youtube

Habit 55: Get up at 4 AM every day

Habit 56: Go to bed between 10.30 and 11 PM every night

Habit 57: Take two naps every day

Habit 58: Practice ballet choreography 25 min daily

Habit 59: Daily 15 min passive side split stretching

Habit 60: Post 3 one-liner posts in Mighty Habits FB group every week

Habit 61: Post one 'reveal/ where I stand' post in Mighty Habits FB group every week

Habit 62: Post 1 ‘behind-the-scenes/ member-win’ post in the Mighty Habits FB group every week

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