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Brent Ford's avatar

A great month Benny. Can just imagine the Eddie Murphy movie 'Daddy Day Care' with you at the helm. Cracking half mara pace, I'll hit that one day!

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Ben Alexander's avatar

Thanks mate! You'll hit that pace easy and soon as you chose to run for speed more than distance.

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HuwT's avatar

100 minute mark in a half marathon - great psychological barrier to break! Also that screentime effort is sensational. So easy to spend time poorly with a phone in your pocket.

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Ben Alexander's avatar

Thanks Huw! So easy in deed and crazy I got more than 30hrs back in one month!

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Dineshkumar's avatar

Nice recap.. I love your favourite post. Admire that your screentime reduction, I am still lagging but I will try to use the widget and see any improvements. Keep writing

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Ben Alexander's avatar

Thanks Dinesh! Give the widget it a try and I think anyone can improve anything, so long as they track their progress (just like running)

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Nick Karpetis's avatar

Love it when you get to reflect on something and, as you're going through it, you realise that something you thought was horrible at the time isn't so bad in hindsight. Such a beneficial activity!

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Ben Alexander's avatar

It is and it certainly felt horrible at the time. But yeah, after making some time to reflect, I'm super proud how I got thru Nov. Welcome aboard again to mate. Excited you're along for the ride.

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Sam Wilson's avatar

Wasn't so bad after all, eh?

Looking forward to doing mine on Thursday!

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Ben Alexander's avatar

Oohh, I won't be rushing back to the 3 main stressors (grandpa's death, wife's work travel and my work stress) as they where pretty bad, but I do feel much better about the month thanks to the reflection.

Looking forward to reading yours too!

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Sam Wilson's avatar

It’s such a good idea. So good for you

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