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Holy crap, that is BADASS. And something I needed to see. Obviously my dad is not as bad as this guy was - thankfully he didn't start out as overweight when the accident happened, and he's already starting to work towards walking unassisted. But "walking unassisted" is different from "everyday work as an electrician", and he's getting restless and unhappy while working towards getting well - and well, sometimes it's hard and depressing, seeing him constantly unsure what to do with himself. It doesn't help that he's always been a handsy, outdoorsy guy to begin with - he's not like me, content with spending the day in front of a computer screen, not when there's kayaks to use and bikes to ride and fish to catch and jogs to be had (which he can't really do now, not for long periods of time). So besides the exercise he *can* tolerate - which is more and more every day, but still nowhere near where he was before - I think he's rather aimless right now, and I haven't been the best at helping him with that. But still, this gives me hope - not just that my dad will walk again, which I've always known, but my dad will be happy and outside and Being My Dad again instead of being the sad guy watching Netflix all day and feeling depressed. And that with the right push, I can help him get there. So, thanks. <3

Tried the harder pushups today with improved form...and found not-debilitating but definitely noteworthy (maybe a 2 or 3 on the 1-10 pain scale?) pain during the pushup on my right brachioradialis (and some delayed soreness on the left one after five minutes). Stopped as a precaution. Is this just me adjusting to actually doing pushups properly, or an indication that I shouldn't be trying at this level yet, or an issue of form, or...?

Thanks Kishi! It's tomorrow, and I'm super pumped. I'm equally pumped that despite the fact that I'm recording two episodes a day, I'm still mostly on target for my "real world" goals. Skincare/dental care: 18/42 Calories: 14/30 Contact point: 15/30 Pushups: 290/450 Studying: 27.5/60 Minichallenge: 3/7

Readjusted my levels. I think tomorrow for the next few days I'm just going to try the harder level for 20 minutes a day and see how much better I get over time. ...Is this too crazy?

Question: do we get multiple attempts and take best 20 minutes out of the week?

No news from them yet, but I'm assuming it'll go, in which case, have a spreadsheet.

Because the Assassins Guild leaders would, well, assassinate me in the middle of the night if I didn't, here's a spreadsheet. (We really like spreadsheets.)

Sorry, didn't see the year, thought you started this year! But yes, that's an awesome high score - a really awesome and admirable one - but I'd still like to see you beat it and I know you can do it.

For those of you with anti-procrastination goals, since I am a SMART goal addict, may I suggest something? Procrastination is a habit, an addictive one that's hard to break, and just like "losing weight" or "being healthier", "procrastinating less" can be difficult to measure. I'd probably do something like "force yourself to use 20 Second Berserker Mode once a day for the next seven days" or "spend a maximum of 5 hours this week watching stuff on Netflix" or "only check my RSS reader once a day for the next seven days" - something you can count, some small habit you can do, instead of just taking on all of "procrastination" all at once.

This was advice given to me for a different problem, but I think it's still valid in your case: do not consider yourself as "failed", just as having set a "high score". You went sober for almost five months and that's AWESOME. Now you've reset the game. Can you do it for a full five months? Six months? Seven? It's time for you to find out just how high your score can go.

"Inadequate respect for tomorrow" is a really great way to put it in perspective. I have a similar problem (it doesn't help that I got used to eighteen months of only evening classes in grad school) and I'm finally truly tackling it now as well as part of this week's Assassin Mini-challenge (all about getting over your bad habits).

Alright, so let's codify what we've come up with so far. Feel free to change the wording before we issue the challenge to Team Voltron. For twenty consecutive minutes sometime in the next seven days, do pushups of some kind - anything from pushups against a wall to doing them while in a handstand! If you're able to do 12-15 pushups of a type in a single set, count each pushup as 1 point. BUT: If you want a challenge, harder pushups - a type where you can't do 12-15 in a single set - count as two points each! OR: If you're new to this and feel intimdated - easier pushups for you count as half a point each. FOR EXAMPLE: Right now, I can do 12-15 low incline pushups in a single set, holding onto the edge of my bed. Let's say I do a set of 15 of those, a set of 30 higher incline pushups holding onto my dining room table, and a set of 5 standard on-the-ground pushups. I would get (15 * 1) + (30 * 0.5) + (5 * 2) = 15 + 15 + 10 = 40 points. The team with the highest amount of points after a week wins!

I think I'm going to attempt to go to sleep at closer-to-sane hours this week. (The big problem with being highly underemployed is that the temptation to go to bed at 2 AM or later is very, very high and the consequences are not obvious.) I will allow myself the +1 WIS if I go to bed at 1 AM or earlier every night for the next seven nights. ...I really like quantifiable goals even for "soft" challenges okay >.>

Skincare/dental care: 15.5/42 Calories: 12/30 Contact point: 14/30 Pushups: 255/450 Studying: 24/60 I'm making it slowly, making it surely. These numbers are rather lower than I want them to be (other than those pushups, where I'm actually ahead of schedule oh my goodness), but they're higher than 0 and that's a good thing. Plus, I've kept up with all the Assassin mini-challenges so far, which is a bit of a feat in itself. All this while dealing with a homebound dad, financial less-than-perfection, and all sorts of other ways life is Less Than Perfect - and while handling more than my share of nerdy distractions. Thank you all again for all your support. Speaking of the minichallenge, this week's is to go to bed at a somewhat decent hour every night. OH DEAR. But I like the streak I'm running as far as minichallenges go, so uh, time to cut down on the ludicrous late night Tumblr surfing! My Roguelike Radio recording is happening on Wednesday Thursday. I'm really super psyched and honored, considering how much I admire the other guests that are slated to show up. (Besides de facto showrunner and madcap roguelike developer Darren Grey, there's also Jeff Lait, who made POWDER and Vicious Orcs.) If you like roguelikes, maybe you'd like my Youtube series that I've been recording furiously over the last few days, about how different games represent the world in ASCII: . There's two episodes coming out tomorrow, too.

Never stop trying. Any progress is progress (it's become my mantra for the week).

Mobility work is great and so often underappreciated/underused. It will pay off, I'm sure of it! Keep at it, and hope you get better soon!

I like scoring based on difficulty, perhaps with a multiplier for the non-pushup-oriented classes?

I would love to learn how to actually tie my shoes.

As I posted on my thread, I need to remember that any progress is progress, that getting a B (or C!) on a goal is better than giving up and failing outright. Any progress is progress! Any progress is progress! Any progress is progress! Maybe if I say it enough times, I'll believe it?

Skincare/dental care: 12.5/42 Calories: 11/30 Contact point: 13/30 Pushups: 215/450 Studying: 20/60 Minichallenge: 200/200 (+1 STA woo!!!) Repeat after me: any progress is progress! any progress is progress! any progress is progress! For those of you interested in my geeky projects, it's looking like I will be appearing on Roguelike Radio in two weeks. \o/ I've been a huge fan of them for so long and it's an honor and a pleasure!

It's someone else's turn to use their 20 Second Berserker Mode and ask spezzy about the Fellowship minichallenges she had planned. Or maybe do something semi-competitive against the other full Fellowship team, Team Voltron?

thanks for stopping in, folks! Skincare/dental care: 9.5/42 Calories: 8/30 Contact point: 10/30 Pushups: 175/450 Studying: 17/60 Minichallenges: Got both the +1 DEX and the badge from last week. 40/200 frog squats so far this week. This challenge is not going perfectly, I admit. And I'm distracted by a lot of nerdy things (some of which are, yes, very exciting for me.) I roleplay on Twitter; I'm getting back into making video game videos (and got unofficially invited onto Roguelike Radio, OMG!); I run a fanfic/fanart challenge; etc etc. Balancing all of these awesome/fun things and the relative drudgery of pushups and job apps is hard. But I can't let my less than perfection or my distractions stop me from trying!!!! I need to remember that trying sometimes and getting a B this challenge is better than giving up partway through, and that sometimes (in fact, quite often) the Internet can wait.