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September 30/30 Challenge

30 minutes a day for 30 days. Daily deliberate practice for simultaneous interpreters.

Welcome to the September 30-Day Practice Challenge. We practice 30 minutes a day across 30 days — building deliberate practice into a resilient daily habit.

Community Chat
Join the September 30/30 WhatsApp Group
Daily accountability, check-ins, and peer discussion with fellow interpreters.
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A quick note on WhatsApp: WhatsApp does not preserve past message history for new joiners. If the chat looks quiet when you first arrive, don't worry — our daily practice prompts, reminders, and updates drop into the group every morning.
Step 1

Setup & Weekly Prep (Do this first)

1

Set your habit anchor

Connect your practice to an existing daily routine so you never have to rely on raw willpower alone. For example: after morning coffee, before checking LinkedIn, or after dinner.

2

Claim your spot in Notion

Add your Name, Daily habit anchor, and Week 1 Focus (Pair + Topic) on the tracking board.

Open Notion Tracker → The table is editable by all — send Meesh a message if you run into any access issues.
3

Queue materials for the entire week

Find and bookmark 1–3 speeches or videos for your chosen topic today. Pre-selecting your week's material now means you won't waste practice time browsing every day.

We recommend the EU Speech Repository → for authentic, pedagogical speeches across EU languages and topics.

Step 2

Daily Practice Workflow

1

Start with the 2-minute rule

Begin with 2 minutes of shadowing from your queued speech. This is your low-friction gateway habit to warm up your brain without cognitive overload (2 minutes is the minimum; expand once momentum kicks in).

2

Interpret & record

Do your run (simultaneous or consecutive). Record your audio output.

3

Analyze

Review your recording or transcript, log new terminology, or polish delivery points.

4

Check in & log

React or reply to the daily WhatsApp message, and tick off your completed session on the Notion tracker.

The Golden Rule

Consistency beats intensity

If you have an exhausting day and don't have 30 minutes, do just 2 minutes of shadowing. That still counts as a completed session and keeps the streak alive!

Meet your facilitator

Mykhailo 'Meesh' Khokhlovych
Facilitator

Mykhailo 'Meesh' Khokhlovych

Native English-speaking Ukrainian interpreter with 10+ years of experience in interpretation across a wide variety of topics. Designing deliberate practice systems that help working interpreters sharpen delivery, master lag, and build composure under booth pressure.

About me → LinkedIn → Courses & workshops → Get in touch →

Featured Course

A Course for Interpreters · Hybrid · 8 Weeks
Interpreting into English
Master English delivery, syntax, and vocabulary. Hybrid format combining recorded lectures, deliberate practice drills, and rigorous feedback on your recordings.
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Previous Challenge Archives

August 2026 Archive
August Shape-Up Challenge
4 weeks of deliberate practice: fast speakers, slow speakers, confident delivery, and composure under pressure.
Browse August challenge →
January 2026 Archive
January 30/30 Deliberate Practice Archive
The original 30-day program: attention split, décalage & lag control, delivery precision, and regional accent comprehension.
Browse January archive →

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