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Life has settled into my new reality and I want to start making some headway on my goals. So it's time to get back to life, get back to reality. Life feels a lot like this video. A lot has changed and I do have quite a bit of excitement about setting up my new life the way that I want. Some of that excitement is tempered by the bits that are more complicated now and some sad bits. To keep my focus on some of the exciting bits, I found a Spotify play list from Fresh Prince and I'll post a song of the day from the playlist My Life - My Goals. It's been really tough to focus on my fitnessy goals, and even some of my fun goals so far this year. I'm not necessarily lamenting it as lost time but I'm ready to redirect my energies back to where I want. But life is different now; my reality has changed. My finances have changed; I no longer have access to fancy gym. And local gym does not allow barbell DLs My schedule is different; I only have my kids at my place every other week. I'll not want to spend as much time away from the house to be at the gym during the weeks the kids are at my place so my fitness schedule may rotate as well. So given all that has changed here is the new me: Shello eats sensibly, not restrictively I've really enjoyed not having to bother tracking food and someday I'd like to live here, but given the recent addictive behaviors, I think I need to get back on this train. However, my goal will not be as restrictive as before. I am simply aiming to have a deficit according to Fitbit. I can still eat whatever I want but I just need to be more aware of how much. Shello is active, not lazy I'm a little ambivalent on this goal. I do want to be active again but I'm not sure how much, when, or what. I don't really care either. A lot of this will be handled by the previous goal. The more active I am, the more calories I can have while maintaining a deficit. But I still wanted to make it a separate goal. I had planned to put more thought into this ahead of time but now I'll just figure it out as I go. I've got a lot of tools and collected underpants to help me out, not to mention I am virtually surrounded by other like minded individuals with their own underpants to share...I think this metaphor just took a turn I'm not so comfortable with... Shello puts herself first, then cares for others So I've got a bit more free time to myself. For this challenge, including week 0, the kids will be at LS's for 3 of the 5 weeks. I want to use this time to focus on my hobbies and not waste my free time doing absolutely nothing... unless what I really want to do is absolutely nothing. But I don't want to end up wallowing or escaping into empty hobbies. I've got my Goodreads book challenge, some projects around the house, some languages to learn, guitar to practice, and not to mention bath time and tea time. Taking care of myself will only make me better at taking care of others, and spending quality time with the kids when they are here. Shello is an introvert, not a recluse And because I tend to isolate myself, and I have been noticing myself doing this more and more recently, I want to make a point to reach out to the people who are important to me. This goes for my presence around the forums and irl too. I've also had a lot on my own plate so I haven't been doing a great job of being there for others so I want to get back to making an effort. I intended for this challenge to start today but it will have to wait until I am done dying from the plague.