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1. Stop Hiding, Be Noticed. CHA +3 Now in a safe-haven, not out in the wilderness hiding from assassins and other hostile passers-by, it's time to stop hiding and become accepted by the crowd. Make friendly & confident eye contact with EVERYONE!Stand up straight (posture check at least 10 times a day, until I have 5 consecutive days of success at each check)Develop and use helpful mantras to build confidence (e.g. 'I know more than I think')Identify & make use of opportunities to build relationships with new peopleGive myself permission & feedback, rather than trying to seek it from other people (which may not be appropriate) 2. Become Fighting Fit. STA +2 After weeks of muscles atrophying, it's time to start over again. I'm larping (as my evil alter ego) 3 weeks into the challenge, and I want to be on top form! Go to gym at least twice a week. 3. Stop The Poison. CON +2 Addiction to underdark goodies is no use here, wean myself off sugar & aspartame! Potential exception is sugar during my birthday & larping weekend (fortunately, 3 consecutive days). By week 3, get aspartame consumption down to 0 per week.Immediately stop all sugary snacks at work. 4. Quieten The Troubled Mind. WIS +2 Too many worries about the future, regrets about the past, and noise from the present... the mind needs to be set free to find enlightenment and true joy! Do daily 2 minute breathing exercisesDo nightly back stretches for 5 minutesNo more using mobile phone in the bathroomLess forum & facebook checking 5. Live Happily With The High Elf. WIS +3 A Drow female brought up in a strongly matriarchal society and a male High Elf (say no more) is an interesting cultural mix. These two need to learn to get along without killing each other. Praise & recognise the elf when he is helpfulWin the elf's trust by letting him know what I'm upto & what I've doneHear the elf outWrite down requests from the elf so that these are not forgotten nor discardedUse outcome-oriented assertiveness techniques to communicate with the elf 6. Speak To Be Heard. CHA +3 Strangely enough, it seems that people are interested in my opinion. Now I just need to deliver it in a calm and confident way, not in the manner of someone being chased or afraid. Practice voice techniques 4 times a week:speaking slowerspeaking louderputting in frequent pausesclosing my mouth when not speaking I appreciate that these are a lot of things, but hey! they're all important, and there's no time like the present! I'll update some of these goals with metrics for SMARTifying later. On top of these goals, there's the following nice-to-haves... 7. Watch Yourself (no points) Start tracking how long it takes to do routine chores, tasks (e.g. putting away washing, cleaning the kitchen) and other things such as using the bathroom, internet usage, as I feel I waste a lot of precious time on all these. I imagine that, by tracking, I'll start trying to bring down these times in response but we'll see. 8. Always Improve, Always Better (no points) Do a weekly retrospective at the weekend on my new job: what went rightany obstacles I need to deal withanything I could have done better & howwhat I could do next to wow people

First of all, I don't speak Spanish, yet, that'll be a goal eventually. This is my first time participating in the 6 week challenge, and it couldn't have come at a better time. I'm currently applying for a position at my college that will challenge me both physically and mentally. It's like frosh week, except it's 5 weeks, and there's no partying, it's simply beasting the freshman (it's a military academy). For this position, I need to write the most exceptional brag sheet. Currently, I need to work on my fitness in order to get in, so here we go. Goal 1: Do 60 consecutive push-ups (+3 Str, +1 STA) My current push-up count is around 30-35 push-ups. The minimum standard to pass the college fitness test is 28, while the "maximum" is about 80. Therefore, there's definitely some room for improvement if I want to achieve a higher score. I've been looking into push up workouts such as the 100 push-up challenge, but I haven't had much success with that system. I was thinking about merely doing my max reps each morning before doing anything else, but I'm unsure as to whether that would be overtraining or not. Goal 2: Cut out high-sugar deserts (+3 CON) For Lent, I've already stopped eating wheat products, and I've been maintaining that for the past 2 weeks, even when I went home for a week off (they love wheat products). I've already begun slowly cutting down on high-sugar products, with the occasional slip with a desert or a chocolate bar here and there. I think it's time to cut it out entirely. Once I adapt to this after 6 weeks, I won't mind the occasional "treat-yo'self" desert, but for now the focus will be living without it long enough to make it a habit. I'd say that compared to about 2 years ago, my desert consumption has dropped to about 10-15% what I used to eat. My goal is to reduce that percentage to 0%, thus cutting all deserts from my diet. Goal 3: Do full back squats without heel support (+2 STR, +2 DEX, +1 STA) To be honest, I have pretty terrible mobility. The shoulders, thoracic spine, and the hips are by far the worst of the bunch. Mobility is one of those things I ignored for the longest time, especially during my teen years; now I regret not improving it. When I do back squats, I need a board or some weights in order to raise my heels so that I can lower myself as much as possible. I read that it's not bad, but that I need to increase my mobility. At the moment, I use a 1.5 inch board to support my heels. I plan on decreasing the height by one quarter inch a week, which coincidentally means I should not need any supports by the sixth week. I'm following a modified Stronglifts 5x5 workout, so I do squats 3 times a week. Goal 4: Pay off my credit card (+1 CON, +1 WIS, +1 CHA) One of my biggest problems for the past few months was paying off my credit card that I abused during my freshman year (not on alcohol of course...). Since about October, I've already payed off about $700. I now have $300 left to pay off and enough income to pay it off in 6 weeks provided I cut my expenses, which I have been doing pretty well. This overbearing debt has been a burden for too long, dragging me down and robbing me of doing what I want to do with my life, such as starting to do some rock-climbing, and flying. The closer I get to zero, the more excited I get to finally get this out of the way. Not only that, but I'm getting used to living with little spending money, so it'll make it much easier to save up for trips in the future. If you have any suggestions, especially regarding the push-ups, squats, or attribute points distribution, I am all ears. Merci beaucoup! (As opposed to Spanish, I can speak French) - Plantem, TDV EDIT: Thanks to Laureleye, I updated my Goal #2 in order to follow the SMART system. EDIT2: Accidentally called Laureleye Renegade... Now it's fixed and I hopefully won't make that mistake again.