Keni @keni

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Keni last shared their writing First Saturdays
The first Saturday of every month, I meet with two groups of ladies. One is a book club and the other is a group I became a part of after an online class.Β 

The book club is mostly Ethiopians and we read a book that has been voted by the...
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Mastery
Malcom & Roxane

Last night I spent several hours watching Malcom Gladwell's and Roxane Gay's masterclass on writing. I had never heard of Roxanna Gay before but discovered that she was going to be one of the judges of the Medium Writing competition. 

So after completing Malcom's great class, I took Roxane's masterclass as...
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2021-08-11 01:59:25

Mastery
Second thoughts

I have been listening to a writing masterclass by Malcom Gladwell. He is a great story teller. I am getting the urge to re-read some of his books after listening to how he ended up on those topics.Β 

I have attended a few online classes and I am getting a...
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2021-08-09 21:39:43

Retrospective
Tallying

It has been a week since August started. I felt like doing a 1 week retro given that I have a lot of thing I want to get done by Oct 3rd of this year.Β 

I am doing a daily check of 20 items that I want to do everyday....
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2021-08-09 02:23:59

Mastery
Learning


Today, I was supposed to attend a stand up comedy event where the comedian Hannibal Buress was going to do a show. I had decided to expose myself to more comedy with the hopes that it will rub off on me. A few people close to me that are aware...
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2021-08-08 01:02:15

Addictions

I started to walk outside for a few minutes a day to begin my goal of working out regularly. Since I was told to take it easy, walking was the best thing to start with.Β 

Initially even a few minutes was enough to make me exhausted. It was quite troubling...
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2021-08-07 02:14:14

Sleep progress

Yesterday was another great sleep day. Both sleep and energy score were over 85% giving me a crown in the Oura app. I just may be getting to Brandon's level of expertise if I continue with these resultsΒ 

I slept earlier than usual. I did slight meditation. The temperature in...
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2021-08-06 00:24:55

There we go again

Yesterday I heard about someone who was vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine and still got severely ill with COVID19. I had managed to get myself away from the news long enough to believe that we were almost back to normal in the US.Β 

I was very carefree in where I...
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2021-08-05 01:26:41

Butterfly moments
Fear

Today I spent time looking at the details of the Medium challenge. 

The last date to submit my writing is on August 24th  - exactly 20 days away. 
Word limit is at least 500 words.
There are 4 topics: 

1) Death
2) Reentry
3) Work
4) Space

Judging Criteria: 

1. Creativity of Submission (40%);
2. Originality of Submission (30%); 
3.  Writing...
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2021-08-03 18:42:12

Retrospective
August 2nd 2021

I woke up on refreshed this morning. No alarms. No noise. No disruptions. Woke up when my body said I was done resting. My Oura informed me that I had slept very well and I was ready for a good day energy-wise. Β 

I did some breathing exercises. I have been...
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2021-08-02 23:24:31

Retrospective
August Adventures

I feel like July prepared me to make the most of August. I feel good and ready for some adventures.Β 

Adventure 1 - Finding a WeWork alternatives. I have already decided to keep going to WeWork until I find something better to undo the benefits I have seen in July....
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2021-08-01 20:05:52