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Hello fellow members of the Rebellion... So I'm back at it again. Cycle 1 was a pretty good challenge (and many members of the Rebellion helped that happen), and now I'm aiming to dig deeper. The theme for this challenge is "BURN ". Why "Burn"? Well I consider myself a phoenix - a mythical creature who burns itself up and rises re-born from the ashes while flying into the sun...; yada yada yada.. No really. In more ways than one in my lifetime I've been re-born and have come to see/experience life in a new way. So I've come to see myself as a phoenix. In spite of things that I experienced that could have burned me out completely, I still rose and am flying higher than ever before. God is great! So... Like a farmer uses hot iron to burn his mark on his cattle (branding), I'm also working to use this challenge to brand myself with these new habits of leveling up in life - eating paleo, working out regularly; and burning off residual fat in areas where I've procrastinated for far too long. So here are the goals. 1. Work out at the gym 3x a week. +2 STR +1 DEX - No big deal here. Last challenge I had what now seems like 2 goals in one with both a body weight workout and, so I'm splitting it to be more effective. 2. Eat paleo +4 CON +1WIS - Continuing from the previous challenge with weekly cook-ups and visits to the farmer's market. 3. Modified Angry Birds workout 2x a week +2 STR - Also continuing from the previous challenge. (I want to get to level 2 in all the movements. Right now I'm at Level 5 for squats, Level 2 for incline push ups, Level 4 for arm rows, Level 1 for planks, and Level 5 for lunges.) 4. Study for and take the LEED AP exam +4 WIS +1 CHA - I've put off this test for about 3 years.Now it's time to do it. End of story. The plan for accomplishment is sleep really early (8:30pm), and wake up really early (4:00am) to study until it's time to get ready for work. I've done this before for a previous test I took in October - which I took one month to study for. This exam is longer, so I think the time period is all right. So there it is. I'm building up from the previous challenge. I hope to someday look back and really marvel at all I've accomplished. Here's to another great challenge!