For the past few years, I’ve challenged myself to do something difficult during each holiday break. I enjoy these challenges because they stretch me further than usual and give me something productive and fun to work on during “downtime.”

I’ve got my daily reading habit down now, but I never established a habit of making sure I absorb what I read. So, this year, I’ve been focusing more on sharing what I’ve learned from books to make sure I’ve really absorbed them and, hopefully, to help others. To do this, I’ve been trying to synthesize some books and write posts about what I learned from them.

It’s not an established habit, so it’s been hard to do. I felt the same way when I started blogging daily and reading books daily. In both cases, I just needed more reps to get my brain used to the activity and establish the habit.

With that said, my goal for the Christmas and New Year holidays is to make progress on establishing this habit. Specifically, I plan to synthesize two books (that I’ve already read) and share posts explaining the main ideas I learned from each of them.

Wish me luck!