My first 10 day challenge was to eat cleanly for 10 days. I succeeded. My second 10 day challenge was to drink 60 oz of water a day. I think I succeeded. First. Why 60 oz? Rule of thumb says 64oz a day. I have a 20oz (3x) bottle, and I rounded off. But… I found 60… Continue reading Second 10 Day Challenge Down?, Another to Begin
Author: Matt Soreco
First 10 Day Challenge Down, Another to Begin
My first 10 Day Challenge was “to eat/drink pristinely for 10 days.” I think I did well. “Pristine” can be left up to interpretation, but in honestly I didn’t mess up. Well other than taking 2 bites of cake at a birthday party. I SWEAR it was more not to be rude than for the love of the… Continue reading First 10 Day Challenge Down, Another to Begin
What I’ve Been Up To (short)
If you want the long story, I wrote a very long post on my personal blog. Here is the long story short(er) errr, not as long. Key Methods: Be mindful – be in and aware of the present This means not having your head buried in a smart phone and checking Twitter every 2 minutes. I’ve read… Continue reading What I’ve Been Up To (short)
What I’ve Been Up To
In October and November, I decided to very carefully analyze my life and come up with meaningful new year’s resolutions. The entire process in coming up with them and even up to this point has yielded what I consider some real breakthroughs and realizations. The process of seriously and honestly looking inward has gotten me to a point where… Continue reading What I’ve Been Up To
First 10 Day Challenge of 2013
As mentioned in my 2013 “Resolutions” post, one of my “resolutions” (getting sick of the quotes? Yeah me too.) is to do a series of x day challenges to chip away at some habits I want to build. I had planned on some of these in advance. But I also went ahead and got Zen… Continue reading First 10 Day Challenge of 2013
Consolidation
I decided to take down my endscatterbrain.com site and consolidate the posts into this one blog. While I’m still interested in neuroplasticity and exercises and methods to improve focus and attention, I don’t think it warrants a whole separate site. I’ll continue to write on the subject and maintain a category on this site for… Continue reading Consolidation
2012 Resolutions Update 1
I haven’t abandoned my 2012 resolutions! Here is an update. Besides resolutions, I’ve tried 30 day challenges too. First was trying to write stream of conscious entries every day, but I bailed in 4 days. Second was eliminating twitter, google+, etc for 30 days, which I succeeded and learned from. Right now I’m trying 30… Continue reading 2012 Resolutions Update 1
2013 “Resolutions”
I can look at my 2012 resolutions in 2 ways. 1) Failure or 2) a road map that presented its share of twists and turns, which ultimately led to overall improvement (in thinking, creativity, effectiveness, focus). I’ll take #2. See what I did there? 😉 In all introspective and non-denial honesty, I learned a lot… Continue reading 2013 “Resolutions”
The Internet and Mobile are Destroying Our Brains!
Well it’s just a theory. I wrote about this here:https://www.mattsoreco.com/first-successful-30-day-challenge/ Adam Gazzaley articulates the theory here:https://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/opinion/gazzaley-mobile-brain/index.html I definitely felt more focused during my 30 day challenge of no twitter, G+, etc. I have limited their use since. I need to be more mindful of other “clutter” that I default to when there is a split second of boredom. I truly believe in… Continue reading The Internet and Mobile are Destroying Our Brains!
My First Public Speech
I still haven’t abandoned my new year’s resolutions. But they did take a little turn, which I’ll get into in another post. One resolution was to join, attend, and participate in Toastmasters. Toastmasters is a national organization with local clubs that meet regularly to provide a place for people to improve their public speaking in a supportive… Continue reading My First Public Speech