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Edit: for those after a narrative and Corto Maltese, the journey starts here: /Edit Hi y'all! Long time no see. I have the incredible luxury to have 2 months (now 1.5) free of any commitment. I want to use them to set myself up to be the best possible version of me. The two first weeks were filled with rest and recovery. No pressure whatsoever, just letting the previous stress go away. It seems to have beared results and we are now entering phase 2 of the plan. Phase 2 requires action. Targets: By the end of October, I want: to have decluttered my current home; to have done mandatory repairs in my current home; to have the building permit for my future home ready or in a good way to be; to have a budget for the renovation works required on my future home; to have finally filled my 2023 tax declaration (don't ask); to be exercising regularly, a.k.a. 3x/week, without cheating (no butchering of the exercises for the sake of wanting to be done with them quicker); to be going outside daily for a walk of 1h on rest days, at least 10min on workout days; to be cooking delicious meals with joy; to be eating enough and regularly; to have practiced my engineering skills in order to be up to date when my new job begins; to have met with the friends I enjoy and the professional contacts I want to keep in order to develop my support network and actual reach; to have explored whether I want to develop a professional activity as a mountain leader and to have set the steps to get there if so; to have my finances in order with expenses known and in check, investments planned for the future and tracking documents compact and ready. Actions General principles: whenever I do something, do it fully and affirmatively. The job is done when things are cleaned, stored and ready for their next use. This include myself: shower in the morning, brushing my teeth and flossing 1/day are mandatory. Home: declutter 1h/day until all is done. Each item gets classified between: Immediately needed -> find a specific place for it in my home; this is where it should always be put back directly after use; Needed on the longer term -> put in a box and stored at my parents' house in order to make room inside my home; Not needed at all -> given or thrown away, depending on its state. once that is done, tackle the repairs. contact on architect on Monday, September 16th, send them the documents for the new home, set the steps to get everything ready for the building permit. Finances: fill my taxes on Sunday September 15th; keep accounting of my finances every evening; spend time consolidating my financial spreadsheet 1/week. Exercise: go out for a walk early in the morning; perform a full body stats, progress photos and form check on Sunday, September 15th and send them to my coach; perform my planned workouts on the planned workout days fully and intentionally. Cooking/eating: don't put pressure on myself in regards to the time when I cook/eat; plan my meals by watching youtube videos and collecting tricks and cooking moves; practice the cooking moves I'm getting from the videos by giving myself leeway for freestyle when cooking; put the highest priority on cooking and eating breakfast every day; batch cook 5 meals every 5 days. Engineering: read and practice 1h/day; spend time smoothening my database and working documents 1/week. Socializing: spend time consolidating and completing my contacts database 1/week. get in touch with 1 friend/group of friends every two weeks until all have been recontacted; have a drink with 1 important professional contact per month; organize a get together for my friends for May 2025; organize a get together for my professional network for Septembre 2025. Mountain leader: go out on hikes 1/2weeks; dig out the requirements to get the diploma that allows professional practice; build a website for my practice; build a plan to meet the requirements leading to the diploma. Schedule Weeks Start on Sundays and end on Saturdays. Week 1: I am currently spending way too much time on good ole original Baldur's Gate 1 (in its original engine, none of those silly using the BG2 engine shenanigans). I don't intend to use energy to change that but rather to build a routine around it. Sunday, September 15th: go out for a 20 min walk; take body measurements; cook burger for breakfast; eat breakfast; shower, brush teeth, floss; go to my workout trail; record form checks; go to my future new home; take progress pictures; buy already prepped food (sandwiches or the like); eat it; fill my taxes; play Baldur's Gate while listening to 30' long videos. In between videos, declutter 1 bag worth of clutter; batch cook lemon chicken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZdaEdo73cs; eat. prepare architects phone numbers, a baseline of what I want to tell them and the draft of the follow up email with the documents I want to send them; practice engineering; fill my financial accounting spreadsheet; go to bed by 10 pm. Monday, September 16th: cook burger for breakfast; eat breakfast; shower, brush teeth, floss; go out for a 1h walk; call architects; send follow up emails; play Baldur's Gate while listening to 30' long videos. In between videos, declutter 1 bag worth of clutter; reheat lemon chicken; eat; practice engineering; fill my financial accounting spreadsheet; go to bed by 10 pm. Tuesday, September 17th: go out for a 20 min walk; cook burger for breakfast; eat breakfast; brush teeth, floss; go out and practice workout; shower; play Baldur's Gate while listening to 30' long videos. In between videos, declutter 1 bag worth of clutter; from 5 pm on: consolidate my contacts database; reheat lemon chicken; eat; practice engineering; fill my financial accounting spreadsheet; go to bed by 10 pm. Wednesday, September 18th: cook burger for breakfast; eat breakfast; shower, brush teeth, floss; go out for a 1h walk; play Baldur's Gate while listening to 30' long videos. In between videos, declutter 1 bag worth of clutter; reheat lemon chicken; eat; practice engineering; fill my financial accounting spreadsheet; go to bed by 10 pm. Thursday, September 19th: go out for a 20 min walk; cook burger for breakfast; eat breakfast; brush teeth, floss; go out and practice workout; shower; select my next meals recipe; go out and buy groceries; play Baldur's Gate while listening to 30' long videos. In between videos, declutter 1 bag worth of clutter; from 5 pm on: consolidate my financial spreadsheet; reheat lemon chicken; eat; practice engineering; fill my financial accounting spreadsheet; go to bed by 10 pm. Friday, September 20th: cook burger for breakfast; eat breakfast; shower, brush teeth, floss; go out for a 1h walk; play Baldur's Gate while listening to 30' long videos. In between videos, declutter 1 bag worth of clutter; batch cook new recipe; eat; practice engineering; fill my financial accounting spreadsheet; go to bed by 10 pm. Saturday, September 21st: cook burger for breakfast; eat breakfast; shower, brush teeth, floss; go out for a 1h walk; work on my professional files; contact a groupe of friends and propose a meetup; play Baldur's Gate while listening to 30' long videos. In between videos, declutter 1 bag worth of clutter; from 5 pm on: consolidate my financial spreadsheet; reheat lemon chicken; eat; practice engineering; fill my financial accounting spreadsheet; go to bed by 10 pm. Tracking sheet: Day 09/15 09/16 09/17 09/18 09/19 09/20 09/21 Walk Body measurements Breakfast Hygiene routine Form checks Workout Progress pictures Taxes Decluttering Batch cooking Architect contact Engineering practice Financial accounting Contacts database Financial spreadsheet consolidation Professional files consolidation To bed by 10 pm