#66DaysOfData ? Here is why you should also accept the challenge.
By Jerin Lalichan
"A 2009 study, published in the European Journal of Social Psychology found that it takes anywhere between 18 to 254 days for someone to develop a new habit. Additionally, the study found that, on average, it takes about 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic"
What is 66 Days of Data challenge?
Learning is all about consistency. The quality and effectiveness of your learning process greatly depend on how consistent you are with the process. Without consistency, you won't be able to finish up what you have started off. We all must have gone through this problem - inconsistency.
The main reason why this happens is because of the absence of accountability. If we are accountable to someone for what we are doing or accountable to ourselves, then the problem is solved. So once we set the goal, and find what habit I exactly need to add to my current lifestyle, it's all about being accountable and developing consistency in learning.
This #66DaysOfData is a challenge initiated by Ken Jee on his youtube channel. In this, a consecutive 66 days are selected and a minimum of 5 minutes of your daily time is dedicated to studying something new in Data science. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an experienced person in this field, Data science is enormously vast, so there will be always something new for you to learn, a machine learning algorithm, a new statistics concept, new libraries, practical problems, a new book to read and so on.
Along with studying the concept, you can also share it on your favorite social media platform too, like Linkedin, or Twitter, or you can have discussions on discord, and you can add these to your GitHub repository too. Through this, the problem of accountability will be solved.
How to do this exactly?
We can divide the process into 3 steps:
1. Plan :
This shouldn't take more than an hour. Because you know, most of us are good at planning forever and never really starting it. So plan less, execute more.
Come up with a rough plan of the topics and sources that you are gonna use.
2. Start :
For most of us, this is the real challenge. Don't think too much, just start it off!
Even if it's a small theorem, or an algorithm, or whatever it may be, spend at least 15 mins of your day for this purpose.
3. Track :
This is crucial. The progress must be well observed. Share the knowledge you gained daily on your social media platform, this will not only help others grow too but this helps to keep you accountable and allows you to socialize your work.
So what are you waiting for, grab books or a laptop and start off today itself. Let's learn and grow together, and be accountable to each other.
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