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Haha yeah, going to try and get some structure down this week though now I'm back at home!

Aaah sorry guys, I went to Paris for a week and thought (for some reason) that I'd have more internet time. It's all been good. Didn't take the guitar on holiday with me so I'll work super hard on that one this week. Fitness is looking up though, I walked up the Eiffel Tower and apparently they don't have lifts in France, so no lazy shortcuts for me. I hardly snacked at all last week, awesome considering I had the 'I'm on holiday' excuse. Can't say I've been to a lot of karate though. Class before I went away got cancelled and then I was ... away. Back on it this week though, overall I think I did kind of ok last week.

No I think this is where I keep going wrong. I just think oh I'll do them whenever I'm free, then I get home from work and 'don't feel like it' with the attitude that it can wait till tomorrow. The thing with other stuff is, I'll be letting people down if I don't do it. With this I'm only letting myself down and I don't matter as much as other people. Maybe it'd help to work out with other people? I'm going away for the week tomorrow next week too, so my excuse then will be 'oh I'm on holiday so it's fine'. I know this in advance so I'm going to try and avoid this by taking workout clothes with me.

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Yeah I know, whatever you do it's not exactly going to be a useless skill. I think most people learn more than one language anyway in the end so it's probably a good idea to play around with them all from the start

Kyoshi Warriors Hopefully I'll eventually learn to use fans in martial arts like they do too

Kinda jumping on the back of what other people have said here really, but I had a go at learning Ruby a while back and the main thing people were saying online and stuff was that it really depends on what you want to do with the code at the end as to what you ought to learn.

I've been trying to some of the beginner bodyweight stuff that's on here. I always feel better for having done it so it's just pushing myself to get started in the first place.

I've done a few challenges on here now and I mostly end up failing due to the simple fact that I'm really, really lazy. I just can't help it, it's so easy to sit down and never get up again. But it stops here. So the goals will probably stay mostly the same but this time I'll actually find the time to complete them rather than putting stuff off then suddenly realising the challenge is over already and I've done nothing! 1) Exercise At least once a week outside of karate. To account for my unbelievable laziness, karate counts as a workout for me but I need to workout outside of this too. 2) Karate Just keep making general improvements. I'm worst at self defence and sparring so maybe focus in on this. 3) Sugar Keep up the no sugar, and work harder at not snacking in the evening. I may have dropped it a couple of times last challenge, evenings are so loooong without sugar :'( 4) Music I'm going to try for 10 minutes each evening as recommended by Thrillho last time round. I totally failed at this last time and the guitar is still gathering dust but I'm confident I'll make time for it this time round. I'm ready this time and will absolutely remember that these goals come before video games.

Aww crap is that over already!? Ok 4 weeks went waaay faster than I realised So I've pretty much learnt my kata, that went well. Haven't touched the guitar, totally sucked at that goal! Been pretty good on the sugar, I'm not 100% there yet but there's definitely an improvement. Exercise has been on and off, mostly off but I'm working on it. Overall I did ok, given the shorter time frame but not great.

Yeah in a way I'm grateful it's only a 4 week challenge, but then I don't want to feel like I can get to the end and just give up. If someone's bought it I'm like 'well you've bought it now so I have to!' I find it's worse in the evenings because I'm at work in the day so I'm all focused but it disappears when I get home. This'll be an ongoing goal I think!

Yeah I'm not exactly walking up hills or anything either, Manchester's really flat! Need to get back on track with the workouts this week because I did alright in week 1. Not buying chocolate is a killer, I'm so used to snacking all the time Thanks for the support!

Sorry, I'm still here ... honest! I'm not very good at this regular update thing So we've been focusing a lot on kata in karate since the new year, handy since it means I don't have to put in too much home practise to meet that goal. I've been walking a lot at the weekends, does that count as exercise? I did one actual work out in week one but I didn't this week. I guess I still have tomorrow. I've been doing really well with the sugar. No chocolates or fizzy drinks unless someone's already bought them for me (turning it away is the next step, I'm just too weak). Guitar is the worst one. Honestly, I've not even touched it and writing it out like this I'm really disappointed with myself. It can still happen though, I can still turn this around.

Haha yeah there's not much over here in the UK even if I travel, I checked the whole country! Appreciate the thought though, maybe if I'm on holiday one time I can drop by Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aww that sounds so cool! I had a look a while back and couldn't find anywhere near me that teaches Tessen :'( I wanna be Kyoshi Warrior too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey I'm the only woman in my dojo (karate and jujitsu) too, pretty small class though and I'm still many years away from black belt so not as much pressure there I guess! Massively jealous of the Tessen, we cover quite a few weapons but that's not one of them and I'd so love to learn it.

Yeah that's a really good point. I have some of this kind of thing bookmarked, it's just getting started that's always the issue. It's been a slow start but it needs to just be something that I make time for before I start doing stupid other things. Incentives are a good idea, will probably have to be books or jewellery when I hit goals to help steer me away from sugar though! Or maybe guitar accessories if I stick to learning it

Damn British time zones. I'm going to have to wait till I get home from work to look at this character creation stuff now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So ... uh ... I flaked out last year and I've not been on here in a while, nor have I exercised for some time. Time to get back to the start in order to make some kind of progress. First things first, I need to actually work out this time round I always say I'm going to do some kind of basic workout and start out with energy and good intentions but by a few weeks in I'm finding terrible excuses for better things to do. The goal this time is to ... well... do it. Even once a week for the full four weeks will be an improvement on my current standings but I'll aim for at least twice. Secondly, weaning myself off sugar It's just so damn tasty and savoury food isn't all that great. I tried this on a previous challenge and people suggested eating fruit rather than chocolate but I'm still coming round to fruit (yes, really) and I'm surrounded by Xmas chocolates so this'll be a slow process. The main goal is to just stop buying more chocolates. I normally buy a chocolate bar at lunchtimes at work every single day, this has to stop and it'll save money too. No fizzy drinks either because I was doing so well with that before Christmas. Thirdly, something karate based (yeah ... I don't have a picture for this one) I need to learn my new kata, Pinan Sandan. I like kata so this is a relatively easy goal compared to the others. Finally, pick up my guitar and stick with it I've been playing the damn thing on/off for years. I know a handful of chords but never got as far as learning a whole song. I'm not going to try and get down a song in a month or anything as it's been a while since I last attempted to play, but just being consistent at learning would be a start. I reckon a starting point would be putting aside some time at least once a week.

Aww yeah, this is exciting! I haven't done a challenge in too long and I've slipped into bad habits, time to respawn. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aww yeah, this is exciting! I haven't done a challenge in too long and I've slipped into bad habits, time to respawn. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aww man nice tattoo! I've been dying to get a one just like this but probably on my arm and maybe a bit more watercolour-y. I'm still too much of a coward to face tattoos though Tell me honestly, how much did it hurt?

Can't believe this challenge is over already! Didn't do as bad as I thought though, looking back.

Gosh that challenge flew by. Time to look at how I did... So number 1 was meditation. I'd give myself a B for this, Managed it for a couple of minutes most days, but not every single day. Mostly found time first thing in the morning, which surprised me as I figured I'd have more time for it at the end of the day. Number 2 was about working out. Let myself down a bit with this one and I'd give myself a C. Had a really good start and then by the end was barely doing one workout a week. Number 3 was no snacking. Not 100% with this one, but I made a good start considering how much I used to snack! I'll go for a B on this one as there were a few days when snacks were just too tempting. Finally, number 4 was unpacking. Again, I got a bit lazy with this one. Started with the best of intentions, but by week 3 it all but ground to a halt. As a result of this, I have to unpack everything I didn't bother doing during the challenge this weekend before my boyfriend's family visits! I'll give myself a C for this one. Laziness won over in this challenge and I'm not proud. I won't be doing the next one as I've conveniently booked all of my annual holidays during that 6 week period (except for Xmas, obvs). So uh... until next time ...

Lost some good people in the world this week. First the news of Saturo Iwata and now Nick Cave's son.