{"id":17325,"date":"2025-05-27T07:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=17325"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:21:11","slug":"reflection-month-end-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/27\/reflection-month-end-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection – Month-End Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m wrapping up the eighth month of my year-long Foundations<\/a> project. This month\u2019s focus was on reflection<\/a>. In addition to reading eight books about thinking and feeling better this month (which I wrote about here<\/a>), I also stuck to a habit of daily journaling.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re interested, you can see my day-one plans, books read and final takeaways for each month so far here:<\/p>\n

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  1. Fitness: Start<\/a>, End<\/a>, Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Productivity: Start<\/a>, End<\/a>, Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Money: Start<\/a>, End<\/a>, Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Food: Start<\/a>, End<\/a>, Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Reading: Start<\/a>, End and Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  6. Outreach: Start<\/a>, End<\/a>, Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Sleep: Start<\/a>, End<\/a>, Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Reflection Reflections<\/h2>\n

    So far, journaling every day is probably the easiest keystone habit of the project for me that I wasn\u2019t already doing. It felt a little bit like slipping into a warm bath\u2014something immediately enjoyable, even if you don\u2019t always think about doing it.<\/p>\n

    But perhaps that\u2019s a side effect of years spent writing for a living. I\u2019m not sure everyone will have the same experience, particularly if writing isn\u2019t something they do often. But, at least for me, the effort of writing in spare moments was much lower than, say, reading a book\u2014something else I often do during random moments with my phone.<\/p>\n

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