NamelessTraveler

Update For 12/13/14 Well... I'm sitting here at work dreading having to trudge through information about all of the topics I need to. I'm dreading having my sister move back into my room for the holidays. I'm dreading having to do anything. I'm feeling a little better today as far as health goes, but today sucked as far as staying on diet. I was running late for work, so I had five pieces of undercooked bacon, four carrots, and a handful or two of cherries. Luckily, I made roast vegetables and chicken the night before so I had that, but then I drank a bottle of that Neuro Water, and later on, I had a cup of hot chocolate. But I feel awesome for refusing the donuts they were serving with the cocoa. :3 I don't know what I'll be having for dinner either... If I'm lucky, I'll be able to stop at the store before I go home and pick up some stuff to make something. But I have so much stuff already at home it would be a shame... But its all frozen! Ugh... WELL I may be able to do some stir fry, we'll see how that goes. :3 Well, at least I have my vacation starting tomorrow! I'll really be able to focus on research and setting myself up for success down the road.

Thanks a ton! You can bet that I'll be reporting in on my log too, if I get into the habit of doing something, I'll keep it up. ^^ Yeah, I really have to get checked out but I... Kinda don't want to have to tell my parents because they're going to have me medicated if in fact there is something going on because the same thing happened to my sister, and... Well, I'm worried that they won't even believe me anyway, they think I'm a hyperchondriac to begin with. Once I get my driving license I'll be able to take myself though. X)

Update for December 12, 2014 Hello everyone, I've just made it back from the respawn point, and I'm ready to give all of this another shot. X) This time, Im going to try and analyze each goal and break it down so that Im not overwhelmed, and I can pat myself on the back more for each task rather than feeling unacomplished when I dont reach the whole goal. Staying Healthy Well... I'm thinking that health has three aspects to it, your physical, mental, and spiritual health, so I guess Ill have to assess myself with each one... Spiritual Health Well, I think I'm doing pretty well in this aspect. I've found myself to be a pragmatic agnostic (Meaning that its impossible to know whether there is a god or not, and even if there was, it is an impartial god, so it wouldn't change the way I conduct myself. The only thing I'm having a bit of trouble taking is the afterlife. I believe in reincarnation, and I'm not sure whether I believe in some sort of "heaven" if you are a virtuous person, or if you just keep cycling through. And if its the former, what is the criteria? How good is good enough? Who keeps tabs on all of it? Or maybe its not a person or rules, but your soul has to be a certain way to be physically able to enter that "heaven" Eh. •Speak to people about different religious beliefs • Read religious texts Mental Health This is probably the most difficult to gauge and change. I have a phobia of pregnancy and childbirth to the point where I can't finish series if someone falls pregnant. I also have self esteem issues, but I'm working through those. I also suspect I may have some other issues that I need checked out. But for the most part, all I can do right now is to continue with improving self esteem and avoiding/dealing with stress productively until I can go to a therapist to see if they can help with the other stuff. • Find ways of reducing stress •Go to a therapist •Find ways of improving self esteem Physical Health Well, this one is all about eating, sleeping for long enough, hygiene, and exercise. Sleep I know that I do best with 9hrs of sleep. No two ways about it, that's when I'm at my peak of restfulness. •Get 9hrs of sleep Hygiene Embarrassing as it is, I can't convince myself to take a shower every day. I guess that's how much I need to shower..? I need a low maintenance hair style as well, because I can't be standing there burning myself with a flat iron and just the way it is now is pretty hard to do anything with since its half natural, half chemically altered. I could do with a teeth whitening too. My nose gets really backed up, even with blowing it, I was thinking a netti pot could help? My ears always feel stuffed to, so maybe they need to be cleaned as well? • Get ears checked • Research nasal blockages • Make appointment with salon Eating Yeah, I'm super confused on this one... So I'm currently doing something akin to the Paleo diet, meaning no additional sugars/processed stuff, no dairy, and no grains, though I'm fudging on the starches part, I've been eating potatoes. Last time I was eating like this, I felt lighter, but I was always feeling hungry. Same deal with this time too... What's up with that? I don't want to consume any dairy, and I know that excess sugars and processed stuff is off the menu, so I'm wondering if its just the stuff I'm eating, or if I need grains. Someone please weigh in on this? • ??? I guess troll around the boards? Exercise I'm kinda confused with this one too... People say not to go over 30min of exercise if you're a beginner, but I went to a personal trainer and he said that I should be doing hour sessions at a time and strength training because muscle burns more fat quicker • Find strength training dvds • Find out how long to exercise for I also want to have LASIK as well as a hysterectomy, so that's something to work towards as well. :3 I didn't get anything done at all today because I feel I like I'm coming down with something. Which pisses me off. Because it happens every time I try to make a change, I get sick. My body is dragging its feet, but today I'll just have to pick it up and carry it. XD

Hey you guys, back again, and ready to kick butt and take names! There were a couple goals that I want to reach, and I was doing ok at first, but then I fell off the wagon big time. xo (I hadn't come to NF since July 2013...) Last time, I outlined a couple goals out of a whole list that I wanted to reach (Which was a good thing, any more than those and I would have been overwhelmed even more) Here's the list of the goals that I was working towards: Be healthierLearn to draw againBe more sociable, Get rid of clutter in my life Improve my self-discipline However, it didn't go as planned because of a couple reasons... For my health goal, I had a couple strikes against me anyway because I still live at home, and my family's eating habits aren't all that great so its all too easy to slip into eating what everyone else is eating, or being tempted by that fresh baked coffee cake that comes out the oven. Also, even though I planned my meals, I planned poorly. I didn't think about the time it would to take to cook these meals, take into account if I felt like eating something else, my cooking skills, or the price of everything. Which is another thing that really derailed my attempts, I can't cook very well, and eating healthy is EXPENSIVE ;____; I work retail, so its a real blow to my paycheck to buy all that stuff, especially with me saving for college. x) As for the other four, I don't want to draw anymore, discipline I'll be passively working on by getting things done on this new list as well as figuring out what works, and what my stumbling blocks are. Being more sociable is tough for me because of the way I look at the world, as well as my introverted nature (I'm not saying that I want to be an extrovert, its just that I love having time to myself, but when I'm ready to interact with someone and I don't have but one close friend to talk to (On the other side of the world...) its tough...) But the clutter part is tough just because of time and space constraints (I share a room with my sister, so there's a lot of stuff that I can't really move around, and once again retail has me working full time hours for part time benefits, lol. xP) Coupled with depression* and my tendency to either forget things too easily or get distracted by little things, it makes it kind of hard to get things done overall BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THE NOW! As for this time, I have some new goals, a whole live goal list actually ^^: Being HealthyFinancial freedom & securityMaking money in lots of different waysBuy a HouseWrite a bookSupport various causesLearn a lotLearn about religion & philosophyMake friendsHave new experiencesBe self-sufficientBe beautifulLearn martial artsLearn feng shui/become a certified consultantCreate an animationCreate an appLearn to huntLearn Taxidermy This time, like last time I'll be taking it a little at a time, and pick the first 5 things off my list to do. That would mean that I'm focusing on being healthy, finding financial security, getting my own place, writing a book, and supporting worthy causes. For getting distracted, I've downloaded a site blocker that will block my vice sites (Tumblr, Flight Rising, etc) and I need to make a playlist for chores that I do, because what I've been doing was going to Youtube and when I go to change the song, I end up either looking at the video that goes with the song, looking at related videos or both. ^^; I should outline what steps are to reaching my goals ASAP, but its getting late so I'll do it tomorrow at lunch. :3 *Although not diagnosed, I'm quite sure I have it because not only does depression and social anxiety run in my family, but I also show a lot of the signs of having it, so I should also really go to a therapist to get it checked out, and see if there's something that I need to work on.

YES! I love me some FMA too! I've been watching since middle school, and I was just blown away by the Brotherhood series, it ran circles around the original in my opinion; I liked how quicklly things progressed, as well as how they kept the comedy to a minimum and wrapped things up much cleaner. :3 Update for July 5th, 2013 Eh, nothing too intresting to report here; I actually got a good amount onto my selling website today, and I slept LOTS. Chat was kind of quiet, and when it did pick up, I knew nothing about the topic, so I kind of stayed out of it... Did I do the right thing, or should have looked for a way to join the conversation? I don't know how I would have done the latter... :w Get to sleep on time (8.5 hours at least every night)Practice drawing 1hr each daySocilize for 30min.Clear junk out of one room and sell what I canFinish 3/4 other tasks

Thanks WideEyed! I've already decided what stays and what goes, the part I'm having so much trouble with is with posting them for sale online. I'm using both my Ebay and personal website, and whatever dosen't sell, I'll let my friends take and then donate the rest. I really REALLY need the space considering that I have to share a room with my little sister (We get along great, its just that its a pretty small room to begin with! xD) I'll take pictures of the things I drew and post them on their respective dates today. Update for July 4th, 2013 I sort of fell off the horse today, and it wasn't for any particular reason other than that I was unhappy and mopey. About what, I don't know, other than me not being able to express myself in the way that I want to. I think I'm making progress in drawing, but another one of my goals is to write a fantasy novel. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew at this point, so I'll just stick with what I have now, but once I get these things down pat, that's another thing that I'll add to my "homework". I had fun talking to the people in chat yesterday too, learned that Hulu has Fullmetal Alchemist, and that's a plus. :3 You learn lots when you talk to people who do different stuff. Get to sleep on time (8.5 hours at least every night)Practice drawing 1hr each daySocilize for 30min.Clear junk out of one room and sell what I canFinish 3/4 other tasks

Update for July 3rd, 2013 I did an awesome job, haha! I did all of the things I set out to do today, even going to bed on time (Maybe the hardest thing on this list for me! xD) I seriously drew for the first time in like... A year or two, and I followed a tutorial and drew a pretty decent looking face by my standards anyway (I need to take a picture of it and upload it soon) I don't know if I'll stick with conceptart.com, looks like they're WAY too serious, and I just don't know how to break the ice... I dunno, I guess one of the things I'm working on is being more sociable, but... Eh. I was messing around on the FR chat, and it was really nice to talk to people just for the sake of talking to them, without any in-game goal in mind. They were really nice people. I also talked on our chat here, and it was cool too. :3 My least favorite thing on this list to do is to clean out clutter... I don't know if anyone else feels this, but the second you try to go clean out old things (Not just misplaced like in a dirty room) it feels like your willpower for it gets stuck in quicksand... xD But I'll keep at it! :3 Get to sleep on time (8.5 hours at least every night)Practice drawing 1hr each daySocilize for 30min.Clear junk out of one room and sell what I canFinish 3/4 other tasks

Haha, I know, right? xD I figure you can't make friends via telepathy, so you gotta talk to em, eh? It was fun actually talking to the people on FR without having an in game goal in mind, and I'm going to head over to our chatroom and see what's going on there too.

Update for July 2nd, 2013 I didn't do a very good job on my tasks yesterday; I didn't do a single one (Except that I tried to go to bed, but I couldn't stay asleep!) The reason for all of that is simple; I was playing Flight Rising all day! xD I just couldn't get myself to stop playing that gosh darn game, but I'm already doing better today than yesterday; I've only played FR for the 30 minutes I allowed for myself before my "homework" is done, and I regestered for conceptart.com. I'm going to look at the art tutorials on there, and post some of the stuff I do in the hour I'll be drawing (I'm scared to death, those guys are dead serious about their art! xD) I have all the stuff Get to sleep on time (8.5 hours at least every night)Practice drawing 1hr each day(Not sure how to make friends. xD) changed to Socilize for 30min.Clear junk out of one room and sell what I can(I don't know how to improve self discipline either... xD) changed to finish 3/4 other tasks

Haha, thanks Joe! Yeah, I'm glad that this place is friendly; I once went to a judo forum, and when I asked a simple question, I could feel all of the "regulars" giving me the virtual eye. xD

Hey everyone, let's get this party started! ^^ Current Class - Druid Desired Class - Monk/Assassin About My Weight A little history about myself; Pretty much all my life, I've been living a sedentary lifestyle, but I wouldn't gain weight for whatever reason, whether it be metabolism, me not eating much, or just dumb luck. Nowadays I can't eat like that anymore, and I've gained about 20lbs since I started working at my current job. My end goal is to be 120lbs, and to learn parkour and Capoeira. About My Social I was a nerd all my life l, so needless to say that I was mostly shunned or picked on. Even when I did have friends during high school, they weren't the best of people to be hanging out with (Not that they were terrible, just really closed-minded bunch of folks) I'd like to have some friends, like learn how to keep good company. :3 My five goals right now are to be healther, to learn to draw again, to be more sociable, to get rid of clutter in my life and to improve my self-discipline. Those are pretty big goals, so I'll break em down and try to get them done in a sensible time frame. xD Level 1 - I Choose You! (Week 1; 7/2 - 7/9)Get to sleep on time (8.5 hours at least every night) [score: 2.5/7]Practice drawing 1hr each day [score: 2/7]Socialize for 30 minutes [score: 3/7]Clear junk out of one room and sell what I can [score: 2.5/7]Finish 3/4 other goals [score: 2.5/7] Hey guys, guess who's back? Its about time too, been away for a year and some change, but I'm ready to give this another shot. I have a whole list of life goals that I want to accomplish, and like last time, I'm going to take a few at a time. The thing that I need to do differently is plan better, and have a set schedule. My goals that I'll be working on this time around are: Being Healthy Financial freedom & security Buy a House Write a book Support worthy causes And this time around, I'll be breaking these tasks down into simpler tasks, and analyze them.

Hiya WideEyed! Haha, that's how my sister is, she watches anime and dosen't say no to a good Dance Dance Revolution match, but then she's into kind of girly stuff, and likes to hang out at the mall too. She just dosent' have a category, follows the beat of her own drum. (Goes back to lurking)

Dear Me, PLEASE don't get in over your head, because yes, too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Don't burn yourself out doing free art, because it will kill your motivation and you won't feel like doing art EVER again. That's a waste of your gift, and please take Spanish. It will open up a completly different world for you, and make your job easier in the future. AND DO NOT TAKE AP ENGLISH. Its a death wish. With Love - Older Me

Hi everyone, how are you doing? I'm new to this whole thing, and I don't even know where to start... I guess an introduction would be a good place! I'm a 20 year old girl, and I want to lose weight and I want to improve my life overall, I want to become more sociable because as it stands now, I'm so shy that I don't have any friends or hobbies other than my two main obsessions; Pokemon and Flight Rising, (I've been lurking here for the longest and just now got up the courage to start a thread. xD) and that's no way for an anyone, especially not an Aquarius to live. Aquari are always looking for new experiences, and for new people to share em with, so here I am! ;D As for my weight goal I used to be 125 in high school, but ever since getting a job too close to the Dutch Market (I go there as often as I can, I LOVE their cookies and pretzels) I'm up to 145lbs. Its just not the right size for me, I miss being smaller, and I want to be able to fit into my old kimino again. My five goals right now are to be healther, to learn to draw again, to be more sociable, to get rid of clutter in my life and to improve my self-discipline. Those are pretty big goals, so I'll break em down and try to get them done in a sensable time frame. xD Level 1 - I Choose You! (Week 1) Get to sleep on time (8.5 hours at least every night)Practice drawing 1hr each day(Not sure how to make friends. xD)Clear junk out of one room and sell what I can(I don't know how to improve self discipline either... xD) For the stuff I don't know how to do, I guess I'll read a book on it or something... If you guys have any suggestions, or tips, they'd be very appreciated! Nice to meet you all and see you around!