This experiment of 100 Liminal Days has interestingly unfolded in three acts – three distinct chapters rounding up to a holistic healing experience. In the first act, I focused primarily on soul work. In act two, I moved from excavation to creative expression. In act three, I’m shifting into a renewed commitment to physical fitness and attuning to my body’s needs.

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100 Liminal Days is an experimental project of embracing my current transitional season after exiting my business by sharing an honest, real-time account of my self-initiation experience in daily posts. I’m using The Artist’s Way as a guiding tool, and sending shorter weekly recaps only via my newsletter. Visit Day 1/100 to learn more and sign up to get the weekly recaps delivered to your inbox.

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Attention and Intention For 100 Liminal Days

In the first 30-ish days of 100 Liminal Days, my attention and intention centered around my initial goal to understand what type of work or vocation might be the right path for me to pursue in what I’ve only been able to call my “next chapter.” The enactment of this effort took me deep into my subconscious and was something I experienced within my mind and emotions. I call it soul work.

But then, I began to question whether this soul work was worth it. I asked myself if it was purposeful or if I was just beating myself up in the name of discipline. It was in this stage that I received a powerful message from a dream: I must slow down and integrate what I’ve uncovered from the depths of my soul. I cannot keep diving down expecting to hit the bottom and then rush back up with all of the answers. I will not reach that point, and in order for this to be meaningful and supportive of my goal to identify what vocation is right for me, I must learn to rest and linger skillfully in this liminal space. I must come up to the surface for a figurative breath of air if I am to discover and retain the treasures of the deep – the lessons of the liminal.

The Second Act of 100 Liminal Days

This pivotal point in the project was also around the same time I started my qigong teacher training where I began to deepen my intellectual understanding of qigong and its potency as an embodiment practice. I began to grasp the lessons of the Taoist philosophy undergirding qigong as a whole, and a new level of clarity unlocked for me. With that clarity, I adjusted my strategy for 100 Liminal Days to start this move from the mind to the body. This process birthed the second act of this 100 day experiment.

The second act has been less about excavation and more about expression through creative work. Whether it be artistic endeavors like painting, creating art in video form, or receiving a crisp, clear flow of ideas that felt like a download for my next book, this latest season of 100 Liminal Days has been all about creating from that depth I explored in the first act. Almost without effort, an organized framework for navigating the liminal space began to take shape.

My surrender set the gifts of my liminal space into motion on my behalf.

Deliberate Practice Means Improvement

One of the foundational commitments of 100 Liminal Days has been to track my keystone habits: Daily Pages, Qigong, Meditation/Prayer, Dharma Sprints, and Workouts. I use Notion to track everything, and I also pay for the Notion Business Plan so I can utilize the AI features.

I just asked the AI to analyze my data for the first 68 days of this project and share insights, and the short of it is that I’ve got a pretty consistent routine with everything except my workouts. Here’s a quick look at my data.

• Output and Cadence
  • 67 of 68 days captured Daily Pages, about 98.5% consistency.
  • 64 Dharma Sprints logged, ~94% of days.
  • Total words: 83,703. Average per day: 1,231. Range: 385 to 3,461 words.
• Keystone Habits Completion
  • Meditate/Pray: 61 of 68 days, ~89.7%.
  • Qigong: 64 of 68 days, ~94.1%.
  • Workout: 33 of 68 days, ~48.5%.
• Streaks (longest within the first 68 days)
  • Daily Pages: 54 straight days.
  • Meditate/Pray: 42 days.
  • Qigong: 57 days.
  • Workout: 7 days.
  • Dharma Sprint: 32 days.

The AI added:

You’ve built a durable foundation around reflection and publishing behaviors. Daily Pages and Dharma Sprints are remarkably steady, and Qigong is nearly as consistent.

Writing volume is substantial and consistent enough to sustain the project’s aims, with a strong average and occasional high-output spikes. This likely reflects effective sprint structure and a reliable warm‑up via morning practices.

Workout is the outlier. At ~48.5% completion and a 7‑day longest streak, it’s the habit most vulnerable to disruption. If fitness matters for energy and mood regulation, this is the best lever for a systems tweak.

One of the benefits of doing this daily project has been that it gives me a sense of purpose each day –something specific to focus my time and energy around. But this is meant to be deliberate practice, not just something I repeat daily. Deliberate practice is practice with the intent to improve with each iteration, not simply repeat and check a box.

The Third Act of 100 Liminal Days

Here I am in the last 30-ish days of the project, and as if it was written for a stage, I feel like the story is naturally moving into a third and final act. With that goal resurfaced and some data to see what areas need the most improvement, it’s clear that in this final stretch of 100 Liminal Days, I ought to focus more on the physical fitness piece of my goal.

Workouts matter to me, not because I want to lose weight. Although, I would like to tone up as I’ve seen changes in my body since exiting the business – I’ve put on some pounds due to lack of exercise and an increase in ice cream! Workouts are important because I care about longevity and maintaining my health without any dependence on Western medicine.

But the most crucial benefit of maintaining my workouts is about training my body to know that I care about it, I am listening to it, and I view my wellbeing holistically – not only focusing on soul work, but also nurturing my body’s innate wisdom. This is why the third act of 100 Liminal Days is calling me into a new season and a recommitment to my physical wellness. In the same ways I have dedicated my best energy toward soul work in the first act and creative work in the second act, I will give a concerted effort toward my body in the third act.

In practical terms, this means reordering my daily schedule. I have adjusted my calendar to start each day with at least 45 minutes of exercise – before Daily Pages and other practices. Qigong is also a physical habit, so I am bumping that up earlier in the day as well. Prior to starting 100 Liminal Days, I did qigong right after journaling each morning. That worked really well for me, so I’m going to revive that routine, too.

I will continue to maintain my writing cadence as well as meditation and prayer, but act three is all about giving my body’s needs extra attention and intention. Clarity around my next line of work is present – enough for me to take action – and I know that my body plays a key role in how I work moving forward. I ignored my body when my “work” only took place online. But the next chapter for me includes work that requires me to move my body and to spend far less time at a desk.

Even with a few questions still lingering, I can see how it makes sense for me to shift my focus to my body as I complete the experiment. Let’s see what new lessons lie here!

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