Day 3466 - 13 March 2023

blessed_squirrel

100 days of productivity

starting 25th October 2023 ending 2nd February 2024

Rules

Success or failure -- just show up

No #ZeroDays -- No matter how hard it feels, do a little thing, a bare minimum. Don't let any day become a zero day

Do at least one PhD-related task everyday

Read a journal article everyday. Skim, AIC, full workout - anything

Weekends are excluded, but counted -- because rest is productive

Learn & practice mindfulness

Take two pictures everyday to represent the day (post them here)

Accountability

Daily update of task list here. Perfection is the enemy of done. So don't overthink, just post - even if it feels half-baked.

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I’m currently in the final quarter of my PhD. I feel quite demotivated and I find it hard to gain momentum. So I thought I'll take up an accountability challenge to help me stay motivated and eventually build a routine.

If you are already doing a 100 days of productivity challenge, or would like to take on one, please do comment/like this post. I'd love to have some company and inspiration! Please help me find similar accounts! <3

#post

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quick standing workout routines

5 minute full body fat burn by shirlyn kim

5 minute standing abs by move with nicole

7 minute hourglass workout by shirlyn kim

8 minute standing abs & hiit by pamela reif

8 minute hiit cardio by hailey c.

9 minute full body weight loss workout by shirlyn kim

10 minute cardio by pamela reif

10 minute all standing abs by eleni fit

10 minute standing abs by eylem abaci

10 minute standing hiit & abs by pamela reif

10 minute standing abs w/ one dumbbell by fitbymik

10 minute standing cardio by bigsis

10 minute all standing hiit by monikafit

10 minute beginner full body by pamela reif

10 minute cardio hiit by nobadaddiction

10 minute full body weight loss by mizi

10 minute standing abs by pamela reif

10 minute standing back & posture workout by hailey c.

10 minute standing abs by heather robertson

10 minute standing weighted abs by madfit

10 minute standing abs by emi wong

10 minute standing arms by madfit

10 minute standing abs by hailey c.

10 minute tabata by emi wong

10 minute standing ripped abs by hailey c.

10 minute standing abs & hiit by juice & toya

10 minute standing abs by emi wong

10 minute dumbbell standing abs by juice & toya

12 minute beginner friendly cardio by hailey c.

12 minute standing arms & abs by madfit

15 minute standing hiit by emi wong

15 minute standing cardio by mizi

15 minute standing cardio by growwithjo

15 minute standing fat burn cardio by bigsis

15 minute nonstop standing cardio by eleni fit

15 minute dumbbell abs by mizi

15 minute standing fat burn hiit by emi wong

15 minute standing abs with weights by madfit

15 minute full body standing cardio by lena snow

15 minute slimmer legs by mizi

15 minute arms & abs by madfit

15 minute standing abs with weights by madfit

15 minute total beginner cardio by madfit

15 minute full body hiit by madfit

15 minute pilates style legs by madfit

15 minute dumbbell full body by fitbymik

18 minute kickboxing cardio by bigsis

#books

Books I Want Adapted By Mike Flanagan

*Note: I haven’t seen all of his work and I’m more of a mystery/crime fiction reader than horror*

Something Wicked This Way Comes: 

I think this is probably the most expected considering it is THE Halloween story that people suggest. It is about two friends' experiences with a dark traveling carnival that preys on people’s desires right before Halloween. Ray Bradbury has written plenty of horror short stories as well that would supplement this as Flanagan sometimes incorporates those into his adaptations. 

Death of the Living Dead:

Translated from Japanese, beware the English print is very tiny. This is a story of a funeral director family living in New England in the 80s. The Barleycorns are a troubled family but what could be more troubling for funeral directors than an epidemic of the dead coming back to life?  Murder, but why murder when the dead come back to life? It is a murder mystery that plays with the classical conventions of a mystery novel. 

The Woman in White:

A ‘sensation novel’ written 1859. After a mysterious encounter with a woman in white Hartright, an art teacher, and his students find themselves absorbed in a tale of intrigue, suspense, crime, and more. The story is told from multiple perspectives which was inspired by how a crime is described by multiple witnesses in court. I think a lot of Collins’ novels could be adapted or they could be used for inspiration like I said with Bradbury. 

Another:

Another (ha) book translated from Japanese. It has an anime and film adaptation as well but I haven’t watched either. Koichi transfers to a new middle school but after realizing everyone is on edge and ignoring a girl who looks like a doll he figures out he is in a cursed class and a chain of horrific deaths follow. He tries to get to the bottom of it all and stop the gruesome deaths. There are three novels in this series but I only have the first one, I want the other two. 

Wylding Hall:

Members of an “acid-folk band” meet up at an old mansion in the country to record their music. They make their album but their lead singer goes missing in the building and is never seen again. Years later, the band reconnects with a young documentarian to tell their stories of what happened that summer.

And Then There Were None:

It doesn’t necessarily have to be And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie but any of the numerous mystery novels inspired by it. An island or secluded area where a group of people are staying with no contact to the outside ( A closed circle/community mystery ) and the people are dying off one by one as they try to figure out who the culprit is.

*I kept the descriptions short intentionally for convenience, so if you want to know more look them up, comment, or message me. I’m not going to promise to answer but I will try. If there are a lot of questions about one title I’ll probably just do a big singular review post of that title.*

#captions

how many books do I want to read? all of them. there is no limit. my frail body will one day be crushed under the weight of my tbr pile and my mind will rejoice at all the lives I have lived, at all the new words that I have learnt and yet there will still be more books that I wish to read. i am simply a gaping chasm that only books can fill.