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Summer of Change - Back to the Academy Backstory: I've had a calling all my life, and at last with the help of Kyle Katarn I figured out what it was. The Force is strong (enough) in me, so I shall attend the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IV. This isn't my first academy experience, I've been trained as a New Republic spy at the Dantoine Academy. While the content will be pretty different now, at least I how know the wind blows in those kind of institutions. But others bring even better advantages with them (already having their own lightsabers, for example), which means I need to prepare my arrival, to be the best possible Jedi student I can be. GOAL: Be ready for the start of the semester! In exactly 8 weeks my first semester as a undergrad student in Physical Activity & Health is going to start. It is my second time as a university student, but in a completely different field this time. I am 29 years old, while most of my co-students will certainly be under 20. And since this is a sports/exercise science programm (albeit one with a heavy focus on science and medicine and little on performing sports ourselves) it probably attracts a lot of really fit people. Therefore my goal for this and the following challenge is to be ready in body and mind to have a great start. Quest 1: Bodyweight workouts every second day I'm using the 7 weeks to getting ripped template for this quest, because it has a good mixture of different bodyweight stuff. I started the 3 week prep part two weeks ago, which means I'll finish in 8 weeks. BONUS QUEST: Get some kettlebell work done in between If I have the time and energy, I'll do some kettlebell work, but it is not the main focus right now. Quest 2: Endurance workouts (almost) every day Not important what I do, just keep moving for 20 minutes or so. I've biked mostly the last two weeks, but hiking, skating, running or anything else is fine, too. Quest 3: Eat consciously That mostly means discerning real hunger and lust and then eat accordingly: not in between meals and not too much during meals. Also, I've started the habbit to eat at least one protein-rich meal (usually breakfast), which I want to keep up. Quest 4: Hunt down an appartment and a job If I don't get those two, I'm gonna live under a bridge come october. This should be motivation enough... Quest 5: Prestudy I've got two online precourses to work through, math and chemistry. The latter is very unorganised, so I got a textbook in the public library for that and while I was there I picked up som others, too: -Precourse Chemistry for Dummies -Mathematics for Science for Dummies -Physics for Dummies -Anatomy & Physiology for Dummies The goal here is to study something each day (textbook or online course), so I have at least in these core subjects a comparable amount of knowledge as the other students, who just finished school.