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100days

Posts that are part of a challenge to blog 100 days in a row, from May 1 to August 9, 2020.

Day 100: Saturday Morning Run

December 23, 2020August 8, 2020 by Jon

This morning I finally stopped and took a picture in Clarkesville where I run every Saturday morning. This post’s featured image shows the sidewalk leaving the Ingles parking lot as …

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Day 99: The Penultimate Entry

August 7, 2020 by Jon
brown wooden blocks on white table

Tomorrow is the day. Tomorrow I’ll publish my 100th blog post in 100 consecutive days. To be honest, I can’t believe I made it. I really expected to miss lots …

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Day 98: Don’t Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

August 6, 2020 by Jon
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A while back my son gave a talk at a virtual conference. I attended. He did great. He was prepared, engaged, laid back. He crushed it. The talk was recorded …

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Day 97: Embrace Your Own Work Style

August 5, 2020 by Jon
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I’m not anyone but myself. I’m not Cal Newport, though I really like his books. I’m not James Clear, though I think he has some really great ideas about productivity …

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Day 96: July Habit Recap

August 4, 2020 by Jon

While I’ve written about my habit plans for August, I haven’t yet recapped how things went in July. So today I’m going to do that. In July, I had five …

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Day 95: Reminder to Self: Don’t Stop Writing

August 3, 2020 by Jon
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Today is day 95 of a 100 day blogging challenge. It’s no small miracle that I’ve somehow managed to see this challenge through. As we round the corner and head …

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Day 94: Mulch and IKEA Assembly

August 2, 2020 by Jon

Today had two themes: mulch and the assembly and placement of stuff from IKEA. I started the day on the latter: assembling and moving around various pieces we purchased from …

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Day 93: A Lackluster Run

December 23, 2020August 1, 2020 by Jon

I got up early this morning for my customary Saturday morning run. Shortly after 7 I was pounding the pavement with a 10k in mind. The idea was to run …

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Day 92: IKEA Run

July 31, 2020 by Jon
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Back in March we moved from a small house to a much larger house–badly needed with our large family. A lot of our storage in our last house was built-in …

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Day 91: Settling on my August Habits

July 30, 2020 by Jon

For the last several days, I’ve been thinking about revamping some of my habits going into August. After mulling several possibilities, I’ve settled on the following habits for the upcoming …

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