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I'm back for another challenge with the druids! This challenge is going to be a bit different because I'm not going to be setting exactly hard and fast goals for the entire challenge before it starts because I'm going to be moving from Tokyo to Edinburgh (or getting very close to moving) during the challenge so I'm not really sure what's going to be reasonable to achieve each week at this point since life is just going to be its own challenge, so I'll also have an overarching to do list to tackle. For now, here's sort of a rough draft of the quests. Main Quest: Develop reasonable and healthy habits to help me avoid injury, feel awesome and have fun! Quest 1: Yoga I'm going to aim for some yoga most days I think I can (e.g. probably not on travel days, likely not on moving days). I won't be timing my sessions because I really didn't like doing that last time, but count complete sessions (e.g. when I've done at least 10 stretches). Measurement: TBD Stats: +3 CON, +2 STR Quest 2: Moving myself I'd like to get a walk or run each day, basically. And make sure that I move around enough on the airplane. Measurement: TBD Stats: +2 STA, +2 DEX Quest 3: Journaling Since things in my life will be changing a lot, I figure keeping a journal of this time is a good plan. I hope this will help me sort things out in my life a bit more than I have been. So my general plan is to journal for at least ten minutes every day. Measurement: A = 34+ journal entries, B = 25 - 33 journal entries, C = 17 - 24 journal entries Stats: +1 CON, +1 WIS Life Quest 1: Learning I plan on registering for two more Coursera courses in November. I'm not sure I'll be able to reasonably tackle both, but I'll give them a shot and drop one if necessary. I won't sign up for any in December because that's probably just not going to work. Measurement: Pass = complete all quizzes and assignments. Complete the Ruby and SQL courses on Codecademy Measurement: A = 80+% complete, B = 60-79% complete, C = 40-59% complete Stats: +2 WIS Life Quest 2: Moving house There are a lot of things I have to do before moving. Not only to prepare for moving, but also some last minute tourism things. I've been in Japan for two years and there's a lot I would like to see before I go. My budget won't allow me to see everything, but I'll be making a list of placed I need to go or things to do and I'll work on getting these done during the challenge. That will be the first list. The second list is just all the things I need to do for moving. Measurement: A = 80+% of items done, B = 60 - 79% of items done, C = 40 - 59% of items done. Stats: +1 STA, +1 WIS To do: Last minute tourism Visit the Fuji five lakesVisit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government buildingVisit Shinjuku parkGo to the owl cafeGet tea in a teahouseSee kabuki performanceGo to Ueno parkGo to an aquariumEat okonomiyakiTo do: Actual moving Apply for visaHarass my Canadian bank until they give me the letter I need for my visa applicationStart packing.Sayonara sale prep:Determine everything we're selling and pricesClean itemsTake pictures of itemsCreate website for itemsPost-challenge moving list Because everything got super delayed by my bank letter problems so we won't even know if we have the visas by the end of the challenge, let alone when we're going, I can't do everything I initially hoped to do by the end of the six week challenge. This is all going to have to be done eventually though. Book shipping containerSayonara sale:AdvertiseMeet with buyersPlan going away partyBuy plane ticketsFind a temporary apartment in Edinburgh for when we arriveNow with statistics assignments. I figure that the second life challenge gets stamina because a lot of the tourist things involve a lot of hiking and wisdom because it'll be a good idea to get everything done. Weekly summaries digest Week 1 Quest 1: 5/6 (A) Quest 2: 7/7 (A+) Quest 3: 6/7 (A) Life Quest 1: Videos watched, no quiz done Life Quest 2: Three tourist locations visited, one moving item done. Week 2 Quest 1: 3/6 (C ) Quest 2: 7/7 (A+) Quest 3: 6/7 (A) Life Quest 1: Quest reset! Life Quest 2: One moving item possibly unnecessary. Week 3 Quest 1: 4/6 (B ) Quest 2: 7/7 (A+) Quest 3: 6/7 (A) Life Quest 1: 20% of Ruby course (D ) Life Quest 2: Progress on a few moving items. Week 4 Quest 1: 3/4 (B ) Quest 2: 7/7 (A+) Quest 3: 5/7 (B ) Life Quest 1: Life Quest 2: One moving item done, three tourism items done. Running totals Quest 1: 16/22 (B ) Quest 2: 28/28 (A+) Quest 3: 23/28 (A) Life Quest 1: 20% Ruby course, 0% MySQL Life Quest 2: 6/9 tourism items done; 3/4 moving items done