Blog Journeys of a Lifelong Learner

The year is almost over, but ten days remain (December 22-31).

More than 240 hours are available (at the time of this writing). How will you use them?

Here are some ideas for improving the value of those days:

1. Set a rising time that you can reasonably maintain every day and enforce it rigorously.
2. Read a good non-fiction book and identify at least one concept to implement in your life.
3. Memorize a chapter of the Bible.
4. If you are a musician, learn a new simple composition you have never played.
5. Discontinue all monthly services for which you would not now register, knowing what you now know.
6. Open a dictionary and identify at least ten words you do not know, learn them, and integrate them into your vocabulary.
7. Close all e-mail communication gaps.
8. Spend at least 30 minutes outside daily.
9. Open a new online savings account for a specific goal and schedule automated monthly transfers to it.
10. Use a stopwatch to force yourself to stand and stretch every 30 minutes when working at a desk for extended periods of time.