The middle of the month has passed. How is your 30 x 30 challenge going? If you’re participating, please drop a comment and let us know how it’s going! Have you been able to put in 30 minutes a day on your project? If not, that’s okay. I’m curious, though: did you put in more work than you might otherwise have put in if you hadn’t signed on for the challenge?

We still have half a month to go. Even if you’re not in the swing of it yet, it’s not too late to get going. Any effort is better than no effort!

I’m looking forward to reading your updates!

Who’s up for a July 2025 30 x 30 challenge? I haven’t done one since January so it feels overdue. If you’re interested in committing to doing 30 minutes of genealogy research or genealogy organizing (or anything else, really) every day for 30 days, let everyone know in the comments. Sometimes the accountability of the commitment can jump start your research. I’ll have a check in post mid-month and a wrap-up post at the end of July.

As I’ve blogged about before, daily research is a great way to stay in touch with your research, keep your momentum going, and eliminate the “what should I work on today” paralysis that sometimes happens when we have large gaps between our research sessions.

I just looked back on the blog and saw that my first 30 x 30 challenge was in August 2015. That one I did alone and just blogged about the experience. After that, I opened it up to everyone. So we’re looking at ten years of these challenges! In that time, we’ve averaged three or four a year. I’ve always been gratified by the participation and the fact that it’s been so helpful for people.

If you’re up for the challenge, just comment here and, if you feel like it, let us know what you’re going to be working on.

We had a nice turnout for this month’s 30 x 30 challenge, based on the number people who commented that they were interested in joining. Now’s the time to report in: How did it go? Were you able to spend 30 minutes a day for 30 days on your genealogy? (Or did you meet a different goal that you set?)

I have to admit I didn’t make progress in digitizing my paper genealogy files. My extra time this month was focused on managing my iPhone’s photos, which is no small project. But my box of genealogy papers is really getting on my nerves and I hope to get to it soon.

Please let us know in the comments how your month was. I’d love to hear whether the challenge was helpful, even if you didn’t manage to get in 15 hours!

It’s the 15th of the month! How’s your 30 x 30 challenge going? I was so pleased with the challenge’s participation this month and hope that it’s going well for you. Please let us know in the comments whether you’ve been able to get some time in and whether the challenge has been beneficial.

I haven’t actually been putting much time in on my genealogy organizing but I have been getting some small organizing tasks done around my apartment, which feels very good. (I blogged about them on my organizing blog…you can check those posts out here, if you’d like.)

I look forward to reading about your progress!