The Shogun

You're more than capable to beat him with technical skillz like a nerd! go you!

Invisible ninjas started chopping onions in my apartment when I read this. I'm so sorry for your loss. We're here for you!

Hey! I don't know you (yet) but I'm so glad to see you're here! Good luck on that interview and let us know how it goes!

Marry me

WHERES THE WRITING!? SHOW ME THE WRITING!

I think I found you on FB!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS, PINK LODGE MANAGER!

I demand a picture of you at Pride, vanilla bear. #guylove

Oh! I hope you feel better soon? Hang in there!

Would you work out if you know you can't shower after?? Yup. Dealing with a water shortage here. So I'm okay I didn't workout today, it's out of my hands. Good thing? I'm finally eating well. It's not 100% paleo but well... Mornings: scrambled eggs (2) with tomato and onions, avocado and half a boiled plantain (good carbs). Lunch: chicken breast or beef patty with spinach and onions with broccoli and carrots and boiled yuca (also good carbs). Snacks: if I get anxious, I bought some oranges and bananas because they're easy to reach/grab, don't require much work and snacking on fruit is better than eating a bunch of crap food. Dinner: a bowl of oatmeal (sugar free). And I've been eating the same since last week. Luckily, I have no trouble eating the same every day. =D Find Balance Journaling, blog articles, and even posts on social media. I've been writing a lot! I'm actually working on a new article now. But, still gotta get out of this out before I go mad. (I haven't since last Friday).

Yeah! I'd like to see what you all write, too! Also, Nick Miller is my favorite real writer.

Okay. So, I'm not updating as often as I'd like, but anxiety and depression make quite difficult to put myself out there. Especially when I fail on a goal for a day and then I feel bad, guilty and anxious and want to hide and well... I end up in a loop. I haven't progressed much this week, I need something to spark me up in the mornings and I have periods when I feel like doing nothing at all. At night, I'm more active and I feel like doing more stuff maybe I'll try exercising then. I've been writing and journaling a lot, and that has let me take a look at my thoughts and feelings with more clarity. I started this week spending money on food that I didn't really need and I end up feeling bad about it, but today I woke up really early and went to the farmer market and filled my fridge with vegetables and fruit and protein (not enough protein, really, it's expensive AF) but I felt really good about myself. It's funny how a different choice can make such an impact on how you feel. Now, I just gotta practice self-control and not eat it all at once! It's got to last me to the end of the month!

Hey. I've been quite active this week. I just finished a 1400-words new blog article but other than that, it's mostly a couple of journaling every night before bed. What about you??? Also, have you read the website Now Novel?? I think it has plenty of resources we can use.

No problem! You *are* insane, but for entirely totally different reasons. You gotta be to here. How's everything???

Week 1 Ok, so week 1 had its ups and down, but I'm getting there. Strike First I only worked out half of the week. I managed to find excuses for the rest of the days. It doesn't work that I'm not sleeping very well, so I wake up and spend all day groggy and sleepy but I'm really active in the evening until 2 in the morning. I'm trying to readjust my sleep pattern, cutting caffeine and vanishing devices from my bed but the heat and the noises of a new place I haven't gotten used to are killing me. Strike Hard Okay, so my new workout partner is training really early in the mornings, so she doesn't have the time to workout with me. If I'm doing this, gotta do it on my own. Tomorrow I'm switching heavy bag work for a looong walk along the city. No Mercy I ahem totally legally acquired ahem good and cheap by Leanne Brown which gave me a few ideas on how to eat in a simple, healthy and cheap way. There are some things that still are a luxury to me at the moment, but there are others I can manage. It's not paleo, but hey, I'm working with what I have. Right know I'm working with oats for dinner instead of fried-carby latino things. Find Balance I've managed to write often during this week and got back on BuJoing which sets an organized tone to my everyday life. But I can do better. I can start meditating again and journaling. That'll be my focus for week 2.

It's good that she's not hiding away, yes! I really hope she gets better soon!

Did you finally got that 30 mins of writing done?

You know what works for me??? Correspondence. I don't picture myself writing at first but telling a friend something, like a e-mail... but longer. It helps me get started.

I'm not an expert... I just bought the one. What I can advice you is to be mindful of what you put in it. I had a friend who put sand and rocks in it and it didn't go well for either the bag or his hands. I need to spend some time on Youtube looking for things like these.

I was going for a NF Unofficial FB group like the one for Bullet Journalists but why keep you away from the monastery? Here you go

The place to shamelessly promote your writing, hide from writer's block and keep yourself accountable as a monk writer.

I am. I particularly like Last Jedi, precisely because it isn't like the others. I enjoyed it with The Force Awakens for the sake of the nostalgia but I wasn't interested in a empire strikes back remake, hard to beat the classic. Also, yeah, Solo is the weakest so far, it doesn't have the impact Rogue One has on the whole saga... but I enjoyed it.

Strike First Day 1 and Day 2. Managed to successfully workout following the TRX training program. I got to rest a lot because since I'm not familiar with the program I rested while watching videos how to do every workout with the suspension trainer. I'm a mess, but I'll eventually get better and be able to train anywhere but I do miss lifting. Strike Hard Okay, so I haven't used the heavy bag yet, I'm afraid that it'll make a lot of noise and since I'm a bit rusty still, the TRX workouts are killing me but I can't wait to start hitting it. No Mercy Visiting the farmers market tomorrow to see some vegetables prices and options but I'm not making any promises because I have a business meeting lunch I can't skip soon and that implies spending some of the little money I have. Find Balance I've managed to sit down and write yesterday and today after a shower post-workout. I wrote something for me on Monday and today I wrote an update post for my Patreon page. Tomorrow I'll try to write something for my blog and then on a story I'm working on... hey! I could do that, like set a writing theme for each day!

Thank you! Make sure to watch it! It's a must for every Monk. Thank you! I'm sure glad to be back. That heavy back was one of the best investments I've done in my life. It goes with me everywhere, even if I don't usually have where to hang it. A lot of things in the air. I'm focusing on doing the best that I can on a daily basis but man, it's hard. I try to look at it as a rite of passage, as a hardcore tutorial for life. If I ever get out of this I'll be prepared for everything life throws at me and yeah, it'd be hard to accept shit from anyone after this. Again, you, @Shotokan and I: writing accountability group, soon.

Hey! good to hear you're feeling better! A long time ago, a Monk told me honey with vodka was great for sore throats! I swear by it now.