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Survival of all or none My second challenge overall. I am not aiming to do any fancy leaps this 6WC - but still it seems I'm unable to slim down this huge list of mine. On top of that comes that I overdid things last challenge and had a painful experience with my shoulders, slowing me down on that end, which -in a way- is a blessing. QUEST#1 Do one thing at a time aka Hack down Ze List of Doom In August starts the new application phase for the 2016 apprenticeships. I have a heap of hurdles to clear until then so getting the list of doom under control is the major thing for this challenge, while actually applying for apprenticeship jobs will be the center piece of the next one. This is a big thing for me. When I graduated school I went straight into procreation, which is fine, it means I'm now 31 and expect to be done with diapers for the forseeable future. Yay. It also means I never learned a trade and although I did go to uni for a little while I never finished a degree. So starting out applying with ~12 years of homemakerdom, an 11yo, and a 4yo child, and a hubby who's working full time shift work, I realise I'm not the most attractive applicant for any potential employer. I have a list, it's a huge list - but it's possible to tackle it, if I DO ONE THING AT A TIME. In the July-August-challenge there will be a "however many applications per week" "Interviews per week" and a "Find a firm to train with" But this challenge is all about the necissary preparations: ☑ Daycare ☠strike and sick time daycare replacements, ☠brush up the resume ☠practice writing tailored-to-the-firm-I'm-applying-with-letter of applications ☠practice daily schedule -working on it was free at nine today ☠autodidact stenography if I can -- seems unlikely ☠have a counselling appointment at the family center about how to set up contingencies ☠where to apply for funding for said contingencies ☠figure out if I am going to aim for a parttime apprenticeship (fulltime=3 years 40/week including school) or a variation thereoff with less hours per week (but longer overall, obviously) ☠a councelling thing with whoever knows which lawfirms actually take on apprentices ☠set aside work outfits ☠interview outfit ☠application photographs ☠and, and, and... (everything added on later) ☑ Student Loan Paperwork - done Maintain Changes Quest #2 One raindrop raises the sea —> optimize and with that reduce necissary maintenance on the past gained changes —> monitor the consitency of the following habits: one personal habit - going strong5 minutes handstand challenge (reached 60cm distance need more endurance)Danish and Spanish each 10xp twice a day (Duolingo Link)walk every day (max 3x as little as 10 minutes) - failed 3 times how do I get back on it now?!workout every other day (incl. doc's exercises) - failed Fri (but yoga) AND Suneat Paleo 6 days a week (dairy and legumes allowed) - decent if not awesometrack weight and other measurements every Monday morning - gaining weight. Blegh!bed at 2200 - yeah, I wish! I'm cheering if I get to bed before midnight (and sleep before 1). No wonder I feel like crap all the time. level up the workout QUEST#3 Weapons are enemies even to their owners —> level up to Advanced Bodyweight Work Out - on hold until strong enough. I am hindered in my progress by my own impatience. I have now rested (no workouts) for nearly a full week. Finally painfree I started yesterday with working on the Beginner's Body Weight Workout (BBWW) substituting the b.o.rows and push ups with the five exercises my doc gave me. Since I am trying to gain momentum with my workouts and not ground myself again, the current Quest #3 is "train without pain". I am not pushing myself to get to the AdvancedBWW this challenge as originally planned, even though I want to —I so want to— but it's unrealistic. So this challenge is to workout every other day, consistently. Without my muscles doing the knotting and seizing up they did now. I'll be playing it by ear. Add one after the other, but slowly. I want to start practicing my wall planks and bend over rows and incline push ups again, and eventually inverted rows, but I don't want to fall on my face again, just because I'm impatient... So, consistent changes. Let's do it! WEEK I+II Quest #1 - Do one thing at a time list: ☑ Daycare ☑ Student Loan Paperwork Quest #2 - One raindrop raises the sea maintenance 9/14 Not good with bedtime, walking or working out - feel like crap because of it Quest #3 - Weapons are enemies even to their owners Workout 3.5/7 Ranger Mini: Week 1 Endurance Feat: Plank: 21/21*[30s] Wall Plank: 14/14*[20s] 1*[30s] Week 2 Combat Feat: Kill the workouts. Sleep on time. Essential tools for success: SplenDO to-do-list app Duolingo app ~0.5m free wall, and a small towel to dry off hands between sets Timely app stopwatch and timer functions Food&workout logging notepad/diary Netflix (temptation bundled to do chores like dishes, ironing or folding) Zombies , Run!³ - some entertainment for walking, running or cycling Week 1 Doing fine so far, since I have no real big challenges going on fitness wise, "only" maintenance I'm struggling a bit with finding my footing. Shower broken, threw a wench in my mood and days. There's to hoping that they fix it on monday. Half a point for workout today sunday week 1: I was not feeling up to doing a full workout, actually felt like curling up in a ball of sad-woman-in-pain, but I didn't I did my handstand practice YAY wall planks, even though 12 seconds was the most I could hold, then I went and did the remaining 15 times 30s horizontal planks. Spread out as 3 sets of five within 5 minutes each set. Ok, but I did them, then I did more chores, because that's what my life is all about atm. Tired. Too much on my plate. Forgot the walk. dang. tomorrow: Scale date + maybe a repaired shower. Week 2 Gained 100g in the last week. I feel like I fell of the waggon and am still clinging to the side, dragging myself through the dirt, for I'm neither letting go nor pulling myself up. I did some walking around today. I've not had a good start so far. The start itself was awesome, but since friday things have been falling apart at the seems. There is a pile of reasons. But I don't care to reutter all of them, I will do the following: make the small kid go to bed at 7, bigger one at 8.workout when the kids are in bed, a bit of sweat will make me find sleep easierdo bathroom routine myself at 9-9:30; bed at 10, until I caught up with my sleep deficiency.Put clothes out in the evening ⇨ alarm ⇨ hop into clothes ⇨ do my walk before small people or hubby or anyone wakes. Optional: do vocab practice outside while walking.NO FEELING BAD FOR RESTING - Tiredness is a signal, shouldering through is stupid.Combat Feat for mini quest: Sleep and Workout. No sense in adding things to my plate when already things are falling off it left and right. But focusing on one or two things: Tension & Relaxation, and keeping them ON the plate. That I'll do. WEEK III+IV Quest #1 - Do one thing at a time list: ☠Quest #2 - One raindrop raises the sea maintenance x/14 Quest #3 - Weapons are enemies even to their owners Workout x/7 Ranger Mini: Feats WEEK V+VI Quest #1 - Do one thing at a time list: ☠Quest #2 - One raindrop raises the sea maintenance x/14 Quest #3 - Weapons are enemies even to their owners Workout x/7 Ranger Mini: Feats Ranger Mini-Challenge: the first expedition Old: Scaled for health: