As part of my Foundations project, I read 102 books over the past twelve-and-a-half months. That includes seven textbooks and dozens of academic books, in addition to the popular science and self-help books I selected for each theme. Those interested in brief reviews of each book can check out my reading lists for each topic: […] The post 102 Lessons from the 102 Books I Read This Year appeared first on Scott H Young.| Scott H Young
I’ve just finished the last month in my year-long Foundations project. In this post, I’ll share some reflections about this month’s focus: Service. Soon, I’ll share some takeaways from my readings and experiences from the project as a whole. In case you’re interested, here are the previous months: 1. Fitness: Start, End, Books.2. Productivity: Start, […] The post Service – Month-End appeared first on Scott H Young.| Scott H Young
At the start of this month, I shared some reflections on my poor organizational skills, and how I’d generally like to be a tidier person. Today, I’d like to share a little bit about how my efforts at getting organized went, as well as some ideas from the five books I read this month on […]| Scott H Young
I’m wrapping up the eighth month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s focus was on reflection. In addition to reading eight books about thinking and feeling better this month (which I wrote about here), I also stuck to a habit of daily journaling. In case you’re interested, you can see my day-one plans, books […]| Scott H Young
As I write this, I’m reaching the end of my month-long effort to sleep better. This is part of my year-long project to improve my foundations in life, following previous months dedicated to fitness, productivity, money, food, reading and outreach. Overall, I’m pleased with how the month went. According to my Fitbit, the average time […]| Scott H Young
Having now reached the end of the sixth month of my year-long Foundations project, I’d like to share some reflections on this month’s focus: outreach. In doing the reading for this month, I found myself impressed by the numerous associations between having strong and broad social ties and living well. Being connected isn’t just good […]| Scott H Young
I’m wrapping up this month’s focus, reading, in my year-long Foundations project. Normally, I split my final posts into one covering the books I read during the month and one discussing my personal experience and habit changes in the month’s focus area. However, since this month was *about* reading, I decided to merge the two. […]| Scott H Young
I’m wrapping up the fourth month in my year-long foundations project. This month, my focus was on food. You can also read my opening update, and my book notes for the month. Previous months centered on fitness, productivity and money. You can also watch my wife’s and my conversation about how this month in the […]| Scott H Young
As I write this, I’m concluding the first month of my year-long foundations project. The first month’s foundation was fitness. You can read my opening update here and my post covering all the books I read this month here. In this essay, I’ll be focusing on how the first month went for me personally, as […]| Scott H Young
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I’m now rounding out the third month in my year-long project to improve my foundations. This month’s focus was money. In particular, the keystone habit I asked students of my course to work on this month was setting up a system to track their expenses and reviewing it at least monthly. Monthly expense tracking has […]| Scott H Young
As might be expected given my renewed focus on productivity, I was pretty productive this month—especially at home, which was a bit of a weakness in my old system.| Scott H Young
So much of modern life relies on specialization. But are you good at all the core activities? The foundations?| Scott H Young
