Day Zero Project: Week 1

Today is the eighth day of the Day Zero Project. That means that a week has passed already. And that means that it is time for a progress report!

Eight goals are in progress. None are completed.

#7: A day a week without internet and television every week

I thought this would be hell! I'm an internet and television addict, I admit it. So that's why I thought this one would be very difficult. Bravely, I decided to go for this goal yesterday. I printed everything I needed for studying the day before, so I didn't have to start my laptop at all.

It all went well, until the evening came. One of my favourite programs on the Dutch television started it's new season: 'Wie is de Mol?'. I decided to go upstairs and try my best to resist the temptation to go and watch it. But I can proudly announce that I did it! I could change the status of this goal into in progress!

#34: Read 75 books I have never read before

As was obvious in the post before this one, I have finished one book, Gerechtigheid by Stieg Larsson. I started this one a long time ago, but never found the time to finish it. The passed week I didn't have much time either, but I got a little help from goal #36 (Read a book for at least 30 minutes 750 days). It's amazing how much pages you can read in such a short period. And then I was absorbed by the book and simply had to finish reading it. So last night I read and read and read until I couldn't keep my eyes open. And this morning as soon as my alarm went off I read and read and read. And then I finished it.

#36: Read a book for at least 30 minutes 750 days

As I stated before, this goal is in progress. It encourages me to spend 30 minutes at nearly every day to reading. Normally I would waste those minutes by doing something useless, so I really think this goal is good for me.

#40: Rate every book I read on boekmeter

Boekmeter is a very nice website where you can rate and review books. There are some people who give extremely helpful reviews that encourage you to read a certain book or just leave it where it is.

I rated Gerechtigheid with 5 stars out of 5.

#46 and #47

Writing blog posts goes really well. 6 blog posts in 8 days is a nice score! I actually think if I keep continuing like this I will pass the 333 by far. But I will have to keep in mind that I won't be posting very much when I'm on vacation.

But I think my paper journal feels a bit neglected when compared to my blog. So I should write some more in that one.

#59: Buy an external harddisk

This one is in progress, because I ordered one. But it will take some time before it arrives, so I have to patient. It's about time I will do some proper backing up!

#71: Send and receive 101 postcards using postcrossing

I have sent 6 postcards, but I will start counting when they arrive at their destination. One arrived extremely fast: only two days after I sent one to the United Kingdom it was already at its destination. So that's 1 postcard sent!

I think it's actually going quite well! Especially since I have to read a lot for my tests and I only spend the time that's left when I finished reading on completing goals.

Goals I will try to pay attention to next week:

#4: Write a letter about my life at the beginning of the project

#7: A day a week without internet and television every week

#25: Open a savings account

#42: Make a Quote and Poem Book and fill it