Halfway by the Numbers

Today marks October 16th, we have crested the hallway point of the daily habit challenge.

At the start of October, I urged all of you to zoom out, and gain some perspective on how your habit can compound, and how the little things add up each day over time.

If you’ve been diligent, let’s say breathing for 5 minutes per day, what do the numbers look like halfway through?

5 minutes per day x 15 days completed = 75 minutes of breathing!

Can you believe that? One hour and fifteen minutes of just focusing on your breathing! And it only took 5 minutes.

Let’s dive a little deeper. Several of you have reading goals.

Swap out the 5 minutes of breathing for 5 minutes of reading.

75 minutes of reading! But wait, there were those 4 nights that you were into the book, and you ended up reading for 20 minutes. We can add 4x15 minutes (additional time) to the 75 minutes for a grand total of 135 minutes of reading.

Now, according to this, the average person reads 300 words per minute, or 1500 words in 5 minutes.

With the original total of 75 minutes, you would have read 22,500 words. With the additional 60 minutes of reading spread through the habit challenge, without even trying, you could take the total to 40,500 - almost doubling the amount you consumed.

Hopefully you’re starting to see how these small efforts add up over time. The halfway point is a big milestone, but you’ve got a long way to go, keep it up!

Justin Miner

@justinminergain