It’s the last day, and the target is 150 push ups, for the recommended 150 minutes of physical activity per week.

Thanks so much to everyone who donated or encouraged me this year!

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/robinkay/the-push-up-challenge
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The penultimate day is also the biggest day of the challenge. I’ll be doing 230 push ups today, for the two out of three Australians who feel financially insecure. Wish me luck.

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170 push ups today, because almost 1 in 7 school age students experience mental illness.

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Big day today: 220 push ups, representing the 22% decrease in loneliness reported by people practising mindfulness.

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/robinkay/the-push-up-challenge
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160 push ups today because 16% of LGBTQIA+ young people have reported attempting suicide.

Tomorrow will be a great day to donate because NSR will match donations up to $100,000 after 10 am.

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/robinkay/the-push-up-challenge
#pushforbetter @pushforbetter

174 push ups today (for the 17.4% of Australian adults who saw a mental health professional).

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I’ll be doing 163 push ups today (that’s the number of headspace sites in Australia) plus a few more to catch up on last week when I had flu.

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#pushforbetter @pushforbetter

167 push ups today for the 16.7% of Australians who experience suicidal thoughts.

Today is a great day to donate as Northern Star are matching all donations up to 100K.

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/robinkay/the-push-up-challenge
#pushforbetter @pushforbetter

143 push ups today to draw attention to the benefits of a good night’s sleep. I think we can all vouch for that.

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A big day today, 140 push ups. So far I’ve done 40. Wish me luck.

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/robinkay/the-push-up-challenge
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Yesterday was day 1: 120 push ups. I did them in three sets, and I can feel them this morning.
Day 2: 75 push ups today.

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/robinkay/the-push-up-challenge

Tomorrow is the first day of this year’s Push Up Challenge, starting with 120 push ups for the day. Wish me luck!

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/robinkay/the-push-up-challenge

#pushforbetter

I’m in training now for this year’s push up challenge. If you’d like to help me raise funds for mental health services, you can donate here.

www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/...

In Escher’s woodcut “Circle Limit III” the infinite hyperbolic plane (drawn as a finite disk) is tiled with interlocking fish. The tractroid is a surface in Euclidean space with the same geometry as a portion of the hyperbolic plane, so I thought it would be fun to show the fish.

My new novel MORPHOTROPHIC is available now!
You can read the first two chapters here:
www.gregegan.net/MORPHOTROPHI...

Ripley was so beautiful that I would now watch anything directed by Steven Zaillian. And all future crime shows must include Lucio the judgmental cat.

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