We all know that to start something is easy, but to finish
it is, most of the time, not as easy.
In January I started the Time Challenge here on the blog and
many people decided to start it with me.
So far, there have been frogs, lists, tasks, a diet and even
a frog eating competition. It has
really been a challenge for my partners and I, but we stuck to it and we remain
faithful to our tasks until today.
Change is hard for everyone but much harder for some. So
unfortunately some were eliminated from the Challenge and will not continue
with us in the next phase.
If you are reading this and you are one of those who got
eliminated, don’t give up. You can join us for the new Challenge starting in
March. Now that you know what to expect, it will all be easier for you. The
secret is to look forward and to press forward always. If you want to register
again, here’s the link.
To those who passed onto the next phase, congratulations!!
You may not have won the war yet, but you are definitively already winners as
the first battle is already behind us.
Here are the names of those who won the battle against
themselves on the first round of the Challenge:
Jasmine de Los Rios
Alicia Montalvo
Jazmin Cazares
Bruna Araujo
Phelisa Godi
Sarah Ng
Triana Saucedo
Bianca Lima
Leslie Ntoya
Mady dos Santos
Jessica Aguilar
Congratulations once again!!!
Now, let’s fight and eat those frogs!
Hi I'm here to tell about "meu sapo chato" which is washing/putting away dishes & vacuuming the house" which I call daily clean up around the house
ReplyDeleteThis sapo usually take me about 30-40 minutes total, because it includes me cleaning up the dinner table, washing the dishes, putting the dishes away, and vacuuming the house, overall fixing up the house so it won't be messy.
Since cleaning the house is my at least favorite thing to do, and it unfortunately takes me longer to do, but I am DETERMINED to get it done in 20 minutes and WELL DONE TOO!
Monday- Wednesday I plan to time myself to see on average it takes me to get this done, and work out on ideal plan to get this sapo done in 20 minutes or less! Which is working faster but still doing a good job.
For the second part of the task...
ReplyDeleteThis challenge has helped me write everything down, that I need to get done and I haven't been forgetting what I need to get done on my to-do list. Also it has been helping me get things done that I used to leave for "tomorrow's last minute." Overall it has been helping me keep more ORGANIZED!
Hello! :) My most annoying frog would have to be my homework, It usually takes me up to 3 hours to do it, but this week I am setting a goal! this frog is going to have to get eaten faster! ;)
ReplyDeleteThe time challenge has helped me prioritize , and has really helped me get a lot of things done throughout my day! :)
ReplyDeleteAnnoying frog eaten!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt never takes me less that 2 hours and a half to get this annoying frog eaten, but today with the task of doing more in less time I managed to shorten it to 1 hour and 57!!
A difference of 33 minutes! And it's only the first day :)))
Let's see tomorrow!!
Hi Ms. Raphaela,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if we still suppose to write our daily frogs eaten?
Hi Danielle,
DeleteNo, you don't need to. Only what I sent you as a task this week ;)
Hi !
ReplyDeleteOne of my annoyinf frog is my revision. I have a competitive examination in march so I have to work hard everyday. I used to dedicate 1 hour to 4 hours a day to my revision. The problem is that, that time is never enough for me. So quickly, 1 hour becomes 2 hours, 2 hours 3, and so on.
But now I found a strategy to respect the time. I started yesterday and it's working for me =) It's simple actually, now, when I write my tasks on my notebook, I not only write " Revise" but something more precise. I ask to myself " What subject are you going to revise ? And How ? " Otherwise, I want to do so many subjects that I become quicly nervous to not find enough time for all the subjects that I have in my mind.
I will be back by the end of the week to share my progress with you ! =)
The time challenge is THE opportunity to learn how to be an organized woman! Now, I can say that find myself at the end of the day without complete any of my important tasks is totally behind me!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ms Raphaela
hello everyone my ugliest frog that i hate that make me take for ever is my cleaning.. dont get me wrong i love to be in the cleanliness :) thats why i eat them lol but i don't like it cause it takes me almost all day even if i wake up extra early :/ but i studied my ugly frog and i found out that what my problem is is that my son is around-not him but what i clean first lol so i set up a strategy and ill let you know on saturday how its been going lol its nice ;)
ReplyDeleteThe frog challenge has really been helping me to naturally organize myself, proving myself that i can get things done :)
ReplyDeleteI like that the Time Challenge really does challenge me! It's awesome to always be able to look at my to do list instead of forcing my brain to remember everything I have to do! :)
ReplyDeleteMy most annoying frog is preparing fotr the next day, I tell you though it is something that is af great use it is something ver daunting to me. This week I was still dragging my feet about but I saw its value, because when I got up on Thursday the was a power balckout and it was pitch dark in the whole house. But because I had prepared everything before hand, I did not need to run around the house looking for things it made my start to mt day so much easier. Whew it felt good to be in control.
ReplyDeleteHello! :) I have seen that I have been progressing with my annoying frog, I cut off from all the distractions while I was eating my frog and focused on finishing at a certain time I used to eat it in 3 hours now I have been eating it in 1:35 mins !
ReplyDeleteMy annoying frog is doing my hair. It takes me for ever! I thought there was not much I could do, but then as I was doing it I realized how many times I stop to do something on my phone, I'll start talking to someone, or just space out and play with my hair lol. Realized I could finish faster if I stop that and just focus on finishing:)
ReplyDeleteOk with my ugly frog lol its truly ...well it was ;) impossible to get the house clean with my son at home. . But I found out that Alan doesn't go as much to the kitchen or restroom as often as he goes to the Room and living room etc. . .. so in the morning still waking up earlier, I cleaned my room first and then the living room. .. Alan didn't wake up he is a deep sleeper. .. lol so something that took me like till 12 or 1 and with a lot of Alan calling... i broke the record and finished earlier :D I was in my head saying indeed I'm becoming a super mom lol
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ReplyDeleteThis frog is called the Kitchen frog! I like the kitchen but I do Not like it when it's dirty so now I am cleaning it even if its clean even if their is only one dish I am cleaning that dish. LOL. Isound crazy! Lol. It is becasue every time I do clean it (takes an hour) I go back and it's dirty again but nope. It's time I will beat the dirty mess. I know that this helpers a lot of people cause this task Is challenging but it helped too!!
ReplyDeleteHi everyone,
ReplyDeleteI applied my strategy and it's really work for me ! But, this week my daily task has been so hard to complete because of a lot of tourist tasks. =(
I don't give up !
My annoying frog is doing Science Revision, I do revise but I get distracted soo easily by tv and ect and today whenever someone would distract me I would get up then go to a quiet place, usually I take a whole day to revise a learn a reasonable amount. But now I want to revise for x hours and learn much more soo,.. #timechallenge here I come :)
ReplyDeleteSorry for not posting before, I was "wasting" my precious time but now I'm in full throttle :)
Hello:) This week I have been eating my annoying frog in 1:30-40 mins depending on how much homework I have been having, this has helped me out a lot because before I would try to avoid doing it or leave it for the last thing i would have to do, now it has been my main dish ;)
ReplyDeleteHello everyone,
ReplyDeleteHere my experience with the last task.
I used to prepare my clothes, bags, book every evening to avoid wasting time but I didn't do it properly. My clothes were ready yes, but not ironed for instance. I always let this for tomorrow morning. But obviously, I never found time to do it! The result is that I was forced to look after other clothes quickly etc. I lost a lot of time just because of my clothes, now imagine how many time I wasted ( and money sometimes...) with my lunch box, that I always tried to do in the morning.
With this task I learn to not be in a rush anymore. It's really delightful to wake up in the morning knowing that everything is done. Sometimes it's difficult to do it in the evening because I feel so tired and the only thing I want it's going to bed lol But I know what my reward will be : a peaceful mind and above all more time for my other morning task !!
Hi everyone
ReplyDeleteHere is my experience with last weeks task.
I used to just prepare my breakfast in the morning, have it all set up. But with the task more I being more detailed to make my mornings easier, for an example, in the past (sometimes) I would leave the things I needed to do my coffee (pot, coffee, sugar, and mug, and even the spoons hehe :))out in the morning,(I'm old school, I don't use a coffee maker to make my coffee), now with the task its a MUST no if and buts.
I did not pick out my outfits at night, I would always do it in the morning, and I must admit it took a good chunk of time. So this part of the task has been a bit difficult in adjusting, but I'm working on it.
And having my books organized was something I would do occasionally, but now with the task, its being a daily GOOD habit :)
Overall I do see a difference and it has been very helpful all the tips, but it just gets difficult when theres exams, its something I need to work on.
Hello! :) My distraction has been going on the internet, sometimes i would go to check my e-mail or i would start doing my homework that involved the internet and I would start getting distracted by checking my facebook & such, so my times are going to be in the morning and in the evening ! :)
ReplyDeleteHello everyone! Well I have struggled with getting my things ready for the next day... and to be honest there were days that I failed at doing so.. :( but the good thing is that it's still in my to-do list ;) im working on my distractions aswell its hard because here were I work I have the whole day to eat my frogs I keep wanting to say oh ill do it later I have the time in my hands lol which technically I do but I have to do my priorities first thats what my mom tells me all the time lol but I keep being cabesona in English hard headed lol but thanks to this challenge im doing- im breaking myself from my habbits :) we will master this for sure ;) God bless ya chikas
ReplyDeleteMy iPad is another annoying frog. I'll get back to you on how I overcame it.
ReplyDeleteFor the past week I had been very faithful in preparing my thing for the following day, I found that sometimes when I had prepared my things, in the morning I had so much peace. and in this week having done that I had unexpected delays because though I had a plan in place, I had to change it as I fell weak and many of things like going to gym I had to cancel as I did not have the strength. But I am excited about this weeks challenge.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone !
ReplyDeleteI admit that this week I didn't really managed to reduce my distractions ! When I suceed to avoid one, a another one came in my mind. That was awful ! I'm glad that this task is the same for next week. I don't accept this situation. I'll try a new strategy to reduce my distractions. I'll treat them like bad thoughts : rebuke them immediatly and carry on with my task ! I believe that the result will be good. =)
Im happy that we have the same task of last week lol strongly need inforce this habbit in me.....ITS HARD WHEN YOUR DISTRACTIONS ARE IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND!!!! LOL but God just spoke to me lol like righr this second (he's so awesome! I love him so much :D) well any who im going to delete the apps that distract me from my phone just until I can manage to get this habbit in me a natural thing... I'll delete it cause then if I want to get in it I have to type in everything and don't really want to be doing all of that lol so it'll take more to get in so ill think twice if I really want to do all of that lol therefore ill be more focused on these ugly frogs ;)
ReplyDeleteSo I have been timing myself in my cleaning sometimes I would take all day cleaning the whole house... (imagine if my house was filthy??? I would take the whole week to clean hahahaha) well anywho I woukd start like at 7 or 8 in the morning and end like at 3 or 4 my goal iscto finish before 12 the first days I ended at 1 or 2 but aa I started to race myself lol I have been doing good finishing my 11:45 really close lol but later im going to make m6 goal 11 am but for now um going to leace at 12. :) I have took the app off my phone already and getting things done jejeje well talk to u later ♡
ReplyDeleteHello! :) I have been working on my distractions (ribbit, ribbit) ;) , setting times has helped me it has really been a challenge since it was a habit so I'm working to break that habit, ive been working to better myself with my annoying frogs my goal in finishing my annoying frog is in 1:30 mins so far i have been in 1:40mins, preparing myself a night before has saved me from rushing in the morning and trying to check if I missed anything :)
ReplyDeleteOkay last weeks task didnt go that well but I did put a time for me to clean the kitchen it took me 1 hour and sometimes with 20 min. But I have planned to do it in 45 minutes. Now I cleaned and at first I didn't go that we'll. I kept slacking off or siting down to watch tv. But no. Then I just started and I had to finish by 45 min. I finished in about 48 min. I am almost there :) but now I'm trying not to get distracted and putting things under the sink so I won't have to wonder around to look for them then get distracted LOL but I am getting there.
ReplyDeletehello! :) I am striving to better myself in all the tasks, they have been helped me manage my time, making time work for me instead of working for time ;)
ReplyDeleteHi! :) well ok I have been cleaning and I have tried my strategy and tried it with other strategies lol and im getting better :)) just that now im kinda having a little issue cause I have my list then I get frogs that weren't planned I didnt forget them they just popped in my way! :O how do I manage those??? It just throws me off of everything lol I think thats why we have to strive to finish all of our frogs to
ReplyDeletebe a step ahead.. thats why I started to clean at night ^_^ I clean my living room and then the next day if I have to work I clean really fast lol when I get home and relax and then when im off I have less to clean :D and more time on my hands ;)