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Day 1 of 30 · turn 1 · experience without names

Why you are here

Nicholas Roerich. Messenger. Tribe Has Risen Against Tribe, 1897
“Messenger. Tribe Has Risen Against Tribe”, 1897 · State Tretyakov Gallery · Nicholas Roerich · reproduction: Wikimedia Commons, public domain
What you see

night, the moon over a sleeping settlement; two men in the boat: an old man at the stern guards the news, a young man at the bow steers with a pole – movement against the dark, when nobody is waiting.

Question of the day: the messenger sails in the dark, but his direction is clear to him. And you — where to, today?
The meaning of the day

the first day is an honest beginning: not a promise to become perfect, but a decision to check what changes in an ordinary day when the day is given a direction. One phrase — “why I am here” — is worth more than ten plans.

What to do today

  • 07:30–08:00open the painting and look at it for 60 seconds. Question of the day: the messenger sails in the dark, but his direction is clear to him. And you — where to, today?
  • 08:00–08:10write down one phrase: how does this image touch my day today?
  • 11:00–13:00the main practice: in the morning write down one phrase: “today, one step towards the future is …” — and take that step before evening.
  • 15:00–18:00a small contribution / benefit: tell one person that you are starting a 30-day experiment — no campaigning, just the fact.
  • 20:30–20:50fill in the evening answer in the format below.
  • 20:50–21:00send your answer to the chat: briefly, without a novel and without self-criticism.
  • 21:00–21:30after you have posted your answer, listen to the evening audio of the day.
The minimum for a hard day. one phrase in the morning: “today, one step towards the future is…”. That is enough — the day counts.
The anti-distortion of the day. striving is an even vector, not a fanatical lunge; a flare burns out in three days.
Format of the evening answer
  1. The main observation of the day: …
  2. The practice of the day in one action: …
  3. A small contribution / benefit: …
  4. What I take into tomorrow: …

Briefly, without a novel and without self-criticism. Into the chat — or silently to yourself: silence here is full participation.

nobody will notice your first day — and that is right. The real thing begins without witnesses. You have already begun.
Mark the day — stored only in your browser