Prologue

Over the years, I’ve worked harder and harder to find meaning in life. But the more I've looked, the more I’ve wondered if I was going about my search the wrong way.

I've been looking for meaning through experience, but I think now that I've always had it backwards. Life will never be defined by extravagant experience, but about finding extravagance in common experience. So for 2009, I'm going to focus less on living large, and focus more on living well. Each month I'll start a new month-long project (like trying to run 3 miles faster than George Bush), to find uncommon results from common experience. Each project will involve daily activity, so every day of 2009 you can check my progress on the monthly projects and see what I discover.

None of these projects will cost much—in fact, I think most will be free. So if you're looking for a year uncommonly rich, you can join me. There's no membership required, just participate and comment if you want. Either way, get ready for a year I hope is unlike any other.

Epilogue

I stumbled across the finish line, but I manage to complete 8 of the month-long projects successfully. Blogging is now over at Wonderfam!

It's February, and February was a …

A Month of Accomplishment (about)

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Forcing myself to finish something (about)

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Midday workout crowd

Written by Nathan on January 26, 2009 at 10:42 pm from A Month of Resolve.

Today I set out for the Y during my lunch break. Even in the parking I was struck by the different clientele working out midday. The locker room was filled with pressed shirts and suits, instead of the normal mix of everyman that usually fills the gym after the work day is complete. There was also a healthy mix of seniors on the weight machines, but gone were the noisy, awkward classes and mostly absent were the families taking advantage of the YMCA’s excellent child care.

I took it easy on the bike today, limiting myself to a slightly slower pace than normal. By the end of the my workout my right foot which had hurt all day, felt looser and my back had finally relaxed. Unfortunately the good from that workout was mostly undone from the subsequent afternoon in my office.

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