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September’s the real New Year, if you ask me. Probably I feel this way because I’ve been in schools or universities pretty much my whole life. I’ll miss the long unstructured sunshiney days of summer, but I always dig getting into some sort of fall routine. Plus, fall foods! Blazers! Kilts and boots! Where do I want to be at the end of this challenge? Well, in terms of outcomes, a little leaner (losing 3-5 pounds would rock), a little more grounded, a little happier. Mens sana in corpore sano, as they say. In terms of actionable things I can do something about, Sound mind: 1. Delete twitter from phone and tablet. Restrict checking in to an hour over lunch. 2. Max of one alcoholic drink per week. Zero is better! 3. Start in on a morning and evening routine: workout, shower and leave the house by 9 am on weekdays. Screens off by 10 pm on weeknights. Sound body: 1. Track food (this is the bare minimum). Even better, stay within ‘good’ zone in the app. 2. 700 active calorie daily goal 3. Strength workouts 3 days/week. Fall treats: Do nice things for myself each day. This could be as simple as coffee outside on the patio on sunny days, walk around the block after dinner, Jackbox gaming with the fam, stop by the departmental cafe (still virtual right now, sadly), bubble bath, new piano music, lunchtime walk with work friend, new jammies.