It’s October 1, fall is in the air (though it was 86 degrees here in St. Louis today) and the September 30 x 30 challenge has ended. For those of you who participated, how did it go this time?

I had a busy month with other professional commitments and I did not meet my goal of interacting with my genealogy research every day, but I did do some! I hope it was a great month for you. Did you manage to do 30 minutes of genealogy rsearch each day? (Or achieve whatever goal you’d set for yourself?) Please let us know about your progress in the comments!

It’s already September 18, so we’re more than half-way through the September 30 x 30 challenge, in which folks committed to their version of doing 30 minutes of genealogy research every day for 30 days. How’s it going? Please let us know in the comments.

As I said in the post establishing this month’s challenge, I’m not focusing on genealogy research as much right now. So my goal for this challenge was simply to do something (anything) around genealogy research every day this month. I haven’t fully succeeded–some days went by where I did not touch my genealogy. But I can tell you this: So far this month I’ve done more genealogy work than I would have if this challenge weren’t going on. So I’m really grateful for that.

How about you? If you’re participating in the challenge, how’s it going?

If you’re not participating but you’re intrigued, feel free to jump in right now and have a 13 x 30 challenge. I’ll post again on the last day of the month so everyone can report on how they did.

As I’ve mentioned here, I’ve been easing up on my genealogy research, mostly to make time in my schedule for YNAB budget coaching practice. But reader Jerry Hereford asked this week if I was going to do another 30 x 30 challenge and I remembered that I hadn’t done one! Usually I do one when I personally need it. But this time, I’m doing it for you.

Please comment below if you’d like to commit to 30 minutes of genealogy research every day for 30 days. You can change that goal if you’d like. Since I’m doing less research in general, I’m going to change my goal to doing something (anything) in service to my genealogy research each day, now matter how much (or little) it takes. We’ll do mid-month and end-of-month check-ins. Daily research can be so beneficial and the accountability of a 30 x 30 challenge can keep it top of mind.

So please let everyone know in the comments if you’re in!

P.S. If you missed Wednesday’s post, I’m doing a giveaway of Drew Smith’s new book, Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy. It’s not too late to enter by commenting on that post!

It’s the last day of the month (and the quarter!) and this month’s 30 x 30 challenge ends today. Time to check in and let us know how it went.

For me, it wasn’t the greatest month for genealogy research. I did attend the Spring Seminar sponsored by the Midwest Genealogy Center. Gena Philibert-Ortega gave four terrific talks. So I got to log essentially seven hours of learning, which helped my average a lot. Otherwise, I researched a handful of days.

But I’m glad I did the challenge, because it meant that genealogy research didn’t fall off my radar. I’m working on a New Thing that isn’t genealogy related. But I promise to tell you about it soon, because it might interest you. I’ve been prioritizing that over genealogy research at the moment.

How about you? If you participated in the challenge, how did it go? Even if you didn’t meet the goal of 30 minutes of research for 30 days this month, was participating in the challenge helpful? Please let us know in the comments!