A Month In

So it has been a month(ish) since we started this experiment in life improvement. It's a good time I think to take a moment to look back and evaluate how things have gone.

We have posted every day, so that is a real win. I wasn't sure we would be able to do it, but thus far we have and I am quite pleased. It has encouraged introspection and thought and I know my life this past month has been richer and better lived than it would have been. I am not sure if I will want to continue the blog after this year, but it is certainly proving its worth so far. I expected it to be a source of motivation and accountability for the other systems I have been working on, and I haven't been disappointed. I haven't been at the top of my game every day this month, but inevitably getting to sit down and think through something to write has been a guiding force to keep me from straying too far from my initial purposes.

The house has gotten better. We have organized things to a level that we haven't for years. With the kids help we are able to get the regular straightening done in under an hour. It's really nice. There are still issues that we want to work on, but the low hanging fruit has been picked.

Relationally we have been better about spending time with people, and I have reconnected with a lot of old friends, and continue to maintain conversations with a number of them. This has really enriched my life a lot and it is probably the biggest gain I've seen so far.

I haven't gotten into a good system for exorcise, but I have a plan and once I'm done being sick I hope to get that worked through.

Really, it has been a good month. There are areas that I haven't made the progress I have wanted to, but I knew I had laid out a pretty ambitious buffet of areas for improvement so the fact that I have gotten this far is encouraging. As I get comfortable with the gains I have made I can start putting more effort into ones that have gotten a little neglected to date.

This has been so much fun. I am so glad we are doing this.