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(I was about to start this post with a lot of screaming. I don't need to do that.) TO DO (because i have no time but that's no excuse because you can't procrastinate your future away) .... (*looks sternly at self) Survive Pick up Korean ID (10th) Register with WWOOF and get a place Book New Zealand plane tickets Get Hep A vacc Organise where in New Zealand I want to go for 10 days Buy a t-shirt Return a pair of shorts to UK (via parents) Deal with mosquito bites Go to Jejudo (14-17) Do other things in Korea my mother has planned (I didn't ...... realise how long that list actually was. Oops?) CHALLENGES (other than myself and my life) #1 food I don't know how to deal with this one because I never know what kind of food I will be presented with on any given day. It may be a day sustained only on snacks, or it may be a meal every two hours, and if I'm going to work on a farm for a couple of weeks, that will do something different. Monitoring my intake won't do much, restricting my intake won't do much. Instead, my goal will be to make any meal at least 1/3 fresh veggies when possible. Or at least five pieces of fruit/veg a day. And only drink one Sprite a day (they're so addictive in the muggy heat and exercise of Korea pls someone help me) #2 movement I'm doing 10 pushups before every shower. I'm hiking every off week because that's on the itinerary. I need something solid and sustainable. Before a shower I'm going to up it to 10 reps of squats, sit-ups, planks (10 sec), and pushups. I will try three sets if possible, but one set every other day is the minimum. Once I am settle somewhere for 2+ weeks, I will go running (not at midday - I don't want to die from heat exhaustion) with the Zombies Run 5k app (they've updated it and I'm rather excited) #3 things Everyday, cross off at least one item for every 2 hours of free time I have on that day. Today I have lots, two days ago I got home at 11 and woke up at 7. Deal with each day accordingly and get things done. #4 words I'm challenged by my friend to write 500 words a day. That's all I need. I need to do it if I want to finish this book. I want to at some point build a workshop and actually critique each other's work with some others, but that will take a short while, and I need a close group that I'm happy to talk with about that.

And the sun is turning this challenge. I don't like winter. So last challenge I did nothing (on purpose) And this challenge I will try to do something. I am in the middle of a major depression. This time around it isn't as bad as it used to be, but I need to be careful. Stuff at home are marginal, the family is stressed out and I will have to take my cat to the vet to be euthanized soon, at work we are down to 3 days a week. Money is very tight, but I am fine until the end of this month. I owe a little money on my credit card but it is within control. For this challenge: 1. Keep on ticking the boxes. I have a list of ten items on my battle log. I've been slipping a bit the past few weeks, so I have to concentrate on ticking more boxes every day. There are no lower limits, just something is good enough. Rise and shine - up every morning early and do something useful 750 words - either write 750 words every day or practice my touch typing Cleaning - do some cleaning Bed - make my bed as early as possible. That depends on the dogs not having their morning wrestle on the bed. Garden - do something in the garden Meditation - a little bit at least Movement - move around a little bit while walking the dogs late are night. Shower - One of the things that get neglected during depression times. German - I am learning German on Duolingo Reading - read 15 minutes a day.I am busy with the Foundryman's Handbook I am debating on putting my Project 365 on here as well. I am taking a picture every day, and have been busy with that for a month now. I just have to download and organize them. 2. Stand up I have insomnia, I woke up every morning very early (it is now 5:30 and my breakfast is done.) It is a problem I've never had before in my life, and started 8 months ago. The goal is to get up when I wake up, rather than just lying in bed cuddling with the dogs. This means I will be up before the sun every day. 3. Get sharp The knife thing again. I've been severely neglecting it. In defence a lot of time has gone into the belt grinder I am busy building, but I must make knives. The rest is detail. The short workweek will help a lot in getting that done, but I have to do something every day.

Doing my best. I know what to do, I know how to do it, I just have to do it. Every day I want to look back on the day and know that I've done well. 1. I am going to be a better human. 2. I am going to be a more productive person. 3. I am going to be a stronger person. 4. I am going to be a better knifemaker. Carry on.

Introduction: Hi I am Trizza and this is my first challenge. I am a big running Nerd and I train mainly from thaw to freeze in the New England region. I have four kids who keep me busy and tired and work a standard 8-4 work day. I would like to improve my running as well as gain some strength (I'm not good at sticking with this) and improve my endurance. Main Quest: Run a 1 hour 50 minute half marathon this year, my first chance is May 24 at the Boston Run To Remember Half. Quest 1: Stop running until my calf heals. I have overtrained and pulled/strained my calf. It's REALLY hard for me not to run right now, but if I don't it will get worse. My first Half is in 6 weeks so this is tough to do, but I must let it heal. Measurement: A = Skip one week training, B = skip 4 days running, C = run on Friday (3 days skipping normal Wed run) Quest 2: Less Snacking. I eat fairly well and I track my eating, but I have been slow to lose the last few pounds to get to my running weight (170, currently 177). I would like to cut out the snacks or at least resort to healthier fruit/veggie options. Measurement: A = Eliminate Junk Snacks, B = average 1 junks snack a day, C = more than 1 junk snack a day Quest 3: 20 pushups /day before watching any TV at night. I've been doing Insanity before I returned to running, but that is to cardio intense for my rest days from running. I really was gaining good strength though and would like to keep that. Measurement: A = 20 pushups/day; B = 15 pushups/day, C = 10 pushups/day Life Quest: Pay off $2,000 of CC debt and start learning to live without them. I currently have more than $14,000 in CC debt and would like to eliminate it and use cash from now on or payoff rewards card monthly. Measurement: A = Less than $12,000 left and no bills paid with cards, B = more than $12,000 left , but all bills paid in cash, C = all bills paid with cash Motivation: I want to be a healthy and financially stable father for my family. I'd also like to eventually enter some skills of Monks and Assassins into my challenges, but for now want to establish myself as the best scout I can be.

I inadvertently created a challenge in another thread, so I might as well note it here. This time around my goal is to become a perfect human animal. It's an old goal, but I'm back at it. Push ups: I have never been good at these, but they're great all around exercises for upper body stability, strength, mobility, and for core stability. I need all those things, so I'm doing the 100 Push Up Challenge. My goal by the end of the challenge is to have 3 sets of 20 push ups with good form. We'll see. Right now I have 3, so wish me luck! Mobility: I'm not sure what to do with an end goal for this, but I'm going to be supplementing workouts with mobility: crawling, moving, and experimental mobility work. My plan is to do some mobility work every day. Diet: Clearly it's pretty clean lately, so my goal is to make it more sane. I think i want to focus on eating out as little as I can and making my own food, but I'll start with lunch. Lunch at work lately has been premade in bulk and I'm going to keep that up. meat and veg and kerrygold or olive oil and that's it. Focus on really solid training principles with clients. I'm reading through Supple Leopard and I'm going to be applying it to my practice asap. End goal: use it to create a movement template to help clients with mobility (this one is great, IMO, because it relies on my ability to train and motivate others, not just on what I can do). So I want to have my new client doing a proper back squat by the end of this.