Meshflip

Meshflip's Power Leveling Challenge #3 - Final Report Goals 1. Go to the gym 17 times out of 19 times from January 7th to February 18th. +2 STR, +1 CON, +1 CHA Grade: D. Partial Success! 14 Workouts Completed! +1 STR! 2. Run the half marathon on Jan 26th in Under 2hrs 30mins. +3 STA, +1 CON Grade: A+. Success! Half marathon completed in under 2hrs 30mins! +3 STA, +1CON! 3. Do 5 practice interviews. +3 CHA, +2 WIS Grade: A+. Success! 5 Practice interviews completed! +3 CHA, +2 WIS! 4. Read 3 articles in The Economist every week. +2 WIS Grade: A+. Success! Read 3 articles in The Economist every week! +2 WIS! Previous Stats: Lv.2 STR - 5 DEX - 2 STA - 6 CON - 3 WIS - 11 CHA - 4 14 Stat Points needed to reach Level 3. Stat Increases: STR - 5 (+1) DEX - 2 STA - 6 (+3) CON - 3 (+1) WIS - 11 (+4) CHA - 4 (+3) 14 Stat Points needed to reach Level 3. (+12 Stat Points) Current Stats: STR - 6 DEX - 2 STA - 9 CON - 4 WIS - 15 CHA - 7 2 Stat Points needed to reach Level 3. (13/15 exp) Summary It was a great challenge! I was delighted when I was able to beat my half marathon goal. Although I struggled with going to the gym at the beginning of the challenge, I'm enjoying the gym sessions now and I feel like I'm getting stronger. I'll most likely continue some sort of running and workout goal for my next challenge because that's a really fun way to get fit, but I'm not sure what my other goals will be.

I've have an unused subscription to The Economist for too long. Time to put it to use! My 4th goal will be to read 3 articles from The Economist every week. Edit: Just finished the first 3 articles! I feel better already.

Just finished my first run in 4 months today I felt so slow, but at the same time it felt awesome! After that, I went to the gym to workout. So far so good!

I just completed my first workout in 3 months and I feel great! Now I just need to decide on my fourth goal for this challenge.

Hello everyone! Now that it's 2013, it's time to kick off my third challenge! Current Stats Lv.2 STR - 5 DEX - 2 STA - 6 CON - 3 WIS - 11 CHA - 4 14 Stat Points needed to reach Level 3. Goals 1. Go to the gym 17 times out of 19 times from January 7th to February 18th. +2 STR, +1 CON, +1 CHA Partial Success! 14 Workouts Completed! +1 STR! Workouts Completed: 13 | Workouts Missed: 5 | Workouts Left: 1 Monday January 7th, Wednesday January 9th, Friday January 11th, Monday January 14th, Wednesday January 16th, Friday January 18th, Monday January 21st, Wednesday January 23rd, Friday January 25th, Monday January 28th, Wednesday January 30th, Friday February 1st, Monday February 4th, Wednesday February 6th, Friday February 8th, Monday February 11th, Wednesday February 13th, Friday February 15th, Monday February 18th. 2. Run the half marathon on Jan 26th in Under 2hrs 30mins. +3 STA, +1 CON Success! Half marathon completed in under 2hrs 30mins! +3 STA, +1CON! Longest Run So Far: 16km, Jan 18th | 1km, Jan 14th | 5 km, Jan 9th 3. Do 5 practice interviews. +3 CHA, +2 WIS Success! 5 Practice interviews completed! +3 CHA, +2 WIS! Practice Interviews so Far: 5 (January 16th, January 20th, January 23rd, January 25th, February 8th) 4. Read 3 articles in The Economist every week. +2 WIS Success! Read 3 articles in The Economist every week! +2 WIS! Week 1 (Monday, Jan 7th to Sunday, Jan 13th): Articles Read:3 Week 2 (Monday, Jan 14th to Sunday, Jan 20th): Articles Read:3 Week 3 (Monday, Jan 21th to Sunday, Jan 27th): Articles Read:3 Week 4 (Monday, Jan 28th to Sunday, Feb 3rd): Articles Read:3 Week 5 (Monday, Feb 4th to Sunday, Feb 10th): Articles Read:3 Week 6 (Monday, Feb 11th to Sunday, Feb 17th): Articles Read:3 Grading 1. Going to the Gym 17 Workouts = A+ = +2 STR, +1 CHA, +1 CON 16 Workouts = B = +2 STR, +1 CHA 15 Workouts = C = +1 STR, +1 CHA 13-14 Workouts = D = +1 STR 2. Half Marathon Under 2 hrs 30 mins = A+ = +3 STA, +1 CON Under 2 hrs 40 mins = B = +2 STA, +1 CON Under 2 hrs 50 mins = C = +1 STA, +1 CON Finishing the Race = D = +1 STA 3. Practice Interviews 5 Practice Interviews = A+ = +3 CHA, +2 WIS 4 Practice Interviews = B = +2 CHA, +2 WIS 3 Practice Interviews = C = +2 CHA, +1 WIS 2 Practice Interviews = D = +1 CHA, +1 WIS 4. Reading Articles 6 Successful Weeks = A+ = +2 WIS 4-5 Successful Weeks = C = +1 WIS Meshflip's Power Leveling Challenge #3 - Final Report Goals 1. Go to the gym 17 times out of 19 times from January 7th to February 18th. +2 STR, +1 CON, +1 CHA Grade: D. Partial Success! 14 Workouts Completed! +1 STR! 2. Run the half marathon on Jan 26th in Under 2hrs 30mins. +3 STA, +1 CON Grade: A+. Success! Half marathon completed in under 2hrs 30mins! +3 STA, +1CON! 3. Do 5 practice interviews. +3 CHA, +2 WIS Grade: A+. Success! 5 Practice interviews completed! +3 CHA, +2 WIS! 4. Read 3 articles in The Economist every week. +2 WIS Grade: A+. Success! Read 3 articles in The Economist every week! +2 WIS! Previous Stats: Lv.2 STR - 5 DEX - 2 STA - 6 CON - 3 WIS - 11 CHA - 4 14 Stat Points needed to reach Level 3. Stat Increases: STR - 5 (+1) DEX - 2 STA - 6 (+3) CON - 3 (+1) WIS - 11 (+4) CHA - 4 (+3) 14 Stat Points needed to reach Level 3. (+12 Stat Points) Current Stats: STR - 6 DEX - 2 STA - 9 CON - 4 WIS - 15 CHA - 7 2 Stat Points needed to reach Level 3. (13/15 exp) Summary It was a great challenge! I was delighted when I was able to beat my half marathon goal. Although I struggled with going to the gym at the beginning of the challenge, I'm enjoying the gym sessions now and I feel like I'm getting stronger. I'll most likely continue some sort of running and workout goal for my next challenge because that's a really fun way to get fit, but I'm not sure what my other goals will be. Edits Jan 4th. Created Post. Added Current Stats. Added Goals #1 & #2. Jan 6th. Added Goal #3. Jan 9th. Added Grading System. Jan 12th. Added Goal #4. Feb 15th, Added Final Summary of Challenge

Just a quick update to sum up my last challenge before I start my third. 1. Go to the gym 17 times out of 19 times from Aug 6th to Sep 17th. +3 STR (PARTIAL SUCCESS + 1 STR) I went to the gym 10 times. 2. Run 17.5 miles without stopping. +3 STA (FAILED). I stopped running. 3. Keep track of every dollar I spend for everything, from Aug 6th to September 17th. +5 WIS, +1 CON (SUCCESS +5 WIS +1 CON) I have all the receipts, now I just need to look over everything and I'll have the start of a budget. 4. Complete my graduate school applications! +3 WIS (PARTIAL SUCCESS + 2 WIS). I filled out most of my applications on time. STAT Changes +1 STR, +7 WIS, + 1 CON ___________________________ Stats After Second Challenge As of January 1st, 2013 STR - 5 DEX - 2 STA - 6 CON - 3 WIS - 11 CHA - 4 Gained 9 Stat Points. Level up to Lv.2! Need 14 More Stat Points to Level 3.

Just did a half marathon (13.1 miles) on Aug 2nd! It felt great! But at mile 10, my legs started to get the feeling that you get when you run further than you're used to. So it doesn't look like I'll be able to hit my 20 mile goal by Sept 17th, but we'll see. It won't be a huge loss for me if I don't make it because my main goal is to run a marathon in June so I still have a lot of time. Especially since school is starting again and it's getting super busy. I might change my running goal to running 15 miles by Sept 17th. I'll do this by repeating my 13.1 miles this Sunday, then going for the 15 miles the Sunday afterwards.

Awesome! Yeah, I use an android so I'll take a look at lemon too, thanks!

Thanks! I'll take a look at those apps, so far my current method of saving every receipt and recording it on excel is taking way too much time, so it would be awesome if those apps could help me with tracking all my transactions.

5 Dead-hang pull ups! Barely managed to squeeze out the last rep.

Let's Do This! I'm still trying to think of a 4th goal. I could do something with my graduate school applications but I'm not sure how to make it specific enough that I would know when I accomplished that goal. [thread=15819]My Challenge Thread[/thread]

Hello everyone! My last challenge was a great way to keep me motivated on my goals, so let's charge into another! I'll keep this first post up to date with the current status of my challenges as well as links to my running and workout logs. Current Stats STR - 4 DEX - 2 STA - 6 CON - 2 WIS - 4 CHA - 4 8 stat points needed to reach Level 2 Goals 1. Go to the gym 17 times out of 19 times from Aug 6th to Sep 17th. +3 STR Since my program is Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I'm only allowed to miss two days. I'm already planning to skip going to the gym on Aug 10th to taper for a 10 mile race that weekend, so this means that I'm only allowed to miss one other day during the entire six weeks! I'm still need to weightlifting, having only started in July, so I don't want to put lifting a certain weight as my goal. This goal is similar to one from my previous challenge. If I am successful in completing this one as well, then working out will become a habit of mine, a very healthy habit Workouts Completed: ? | Workouts Missed: 4 | Workouts Left: ? 2. Run 17.5 miles without stopping. +3 STA Let's add 4 miles to my longest run Ultimately I want to qualify for the Boston Marathon during the summer of 2014 (so I'd run the Boston in 2015). I ran my first marathon this summer and it went ... poorly. I was not prepared for it. My goal is to run the marathon comfortably and at a decent pace next year. Then qualify for Boston the year after. Being able to run 17.5 miles by September 17 would be a fantastic start to that goal! Longest distances so far: 13.1 miles! - Sept 2 | 10 miles - Aug 26th 3. Keep track of every dollar I spend for everything, from Aug 6th to September 17th. +5 WIS, +1 CON This will be a huge challenge! It will take a ton of time and discipline to record everything I buy during this challenge period and I'm sure I'll go through moments where I either will not want to record a purchase or forget to record the transaction. But I will succeed! I'm not very wealthy. Add onto that the cost of graduate school (hopefully I get in) and that's a recipe for a very broke vampiric ranger. One of the most important first steps to saving money and reducing costs is to figure out exactly where I'm spending my money. I'm certain that I have habits which cost way too much and that I would not mind stopping if I knew exactly how much it costed me. I'm still working on a plan to record all my purchases and I'm open to suggestions. Currently I'm thinking of not using any cash and using my credit card to buy everything during this challenge. Then I should be able to figure out how much money I'm spending in each category by looking at my credit statements. This challenge is worth twice the stat points as my other challenges because it will take twice the effort and be at least twice as useful to my long term goals Successful Days: 0 | Remaining Days: 43 4. Complete my graduate school applications! +3 WIS I've put this off way too long. In order to complete this goal, my application must be submitted and verified by September 17th and I must not miss any deadlines. The longer I wait, the less likely I'll get into graduate school. I'm already late enough, it's time to finish them! Workout Log *Currently Empty* Running Log *Currently Empty* Notes [thread=14391]My 1st Challenge Thread[/thread] I completed the Weekly Challenge #1! for +1 STR! (Not added to my stats yet) Skipped Workout on Aug 10th Missed Workout on Aug 29th, Aug 31st and Sept 3rd Edits Aug 4th, Created Post, Added Current Stats, Added Goals #1, #2, and #3. Linked 1st Challenge Thread Aug 5th, Added Goal #4

Wow, congrats on meeting all your challenges JediNickD! and here's my challenge report! Meshflip's Challenge #1 Report Goal 1. SUCCESS! + 3 STA! Run 10 miles without stopping Grade: A+ I barely missed any runs and by the end of the challenge I surpassed my goal by 3.5 miles to complete a half marathon! Goal 2. SUCCESS! + 3 STR! Go to the gym 10 times out of 12 in July Grade: A+ I went to the gym 11 times out of 12, surpassed my goal by 1. Goal 3. FAILED Complete and send the first part of my graduate school applications to ten different schools Grade: F I put this goal off for way too long and didn't even get started. It's very unfortunate because it decreases my chances of getting into graduate this year by a decent amount and I can only blame my procrastination for the failure of this goal. Overall Grade: B Knocked two goals out of the park but completely missed on goal. Overall, I'm very happy that I accomplished those two goals and I'm going to focus on completing every goal for my next challenge. Change in Stats +3 STR, +3 STA, +1 DEX(Mini Challenge #4) Stats as of July 30th, 2012 STR- 4 DEX - 2 STA - 6 CON - 2 WIS - 4 CHA - 4 8 more Stat points needed for Level 2

Goal 1. SUCCESS! + 3 STA! Run 10 miles without stopping Grade: A+ I barely missed any runs and by the end of the challenge I surpassed my goal by 3.5 miles to complete a half marathon! Goal 2. SUCCESS! + 3 STR! Go to the gym 10 times out of 12 in July Grade: A+ I went to the gym 11 times out of 12, surpassed my goal by 1. Goal 3. FAILED Complete and send the first part of my graduate school applications to ten different schools Grade: F I put this goal off for way too long and didn't even get started. It's very unfortunate because it decreases my chances of getting into graduate this year by a decent amount and I can only blame my procrastination for the failure of this goal. Overall Grade: B Knocked two goals out of the park but completely missed on goal. Overall, I'm very happy that I accomplished those two goals and I'm going to focus on completing every goal for my next challenge. Change in Stats +3 STR, +3 STA, +1 DEX(Mini Challenge #4) Stats as of July 30th, 2012 STR- 4 DEX - 2 STA - 6 CON - 2 WIS - 4 CHA - 4 8 Stat points needed for Level 2

Awesome stuff!