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Hello, Assassins! It's me, Batwoman Jenn. This is my first assassin challenge, and I'm excited. I was massively inspired by Noor's last challenge to do a cool storytelling thing, based on The Hero's Journey workout plan by Darbee (formerly Neila Rey). I'll be reporting the daily adventures of a little drow princess named Jym, and the story results are based on how I actually do. In that way, it's a lot like playing a video game... with my body. I'm also doing something a little different from last time, and prioritizing my goals. That way, if I feel that I can't do all the things for some reason, I know which of the things to really focus on doing, no matter what. I've even broken down the specific actions under each umbrella goal in order of priority, and weighted them, point-wise, to reflect their importance. I'm giving myself a little more leniency this time, too, in what constitutes a "success", because I know that setting new habits will take a while, and there's no way I'll actually accheive perfection from the get-go. This will be my grading scale: A: 90+% B: 70-89% C: 50-69% D: 30-49% F: <30% Priority #1: Create a sleep/wake schedule and stick to it. (65 total points/week) [+2 CON, +2 WIS] -Be trying to fall asleep by 11pm (preferably in bed by 10:45) (3 points: 3 for in bed at or before 10:45; 2 for in bed by 11:15; 1 for in bed before midnight) -Wake up at 8am (3 points: 3 for up at or before 8:00; 2 for up by 8:30; 1 for up before 9:00) -Get up the first time the alarm goes off (2 points: pass/fail) -Get ready for bed at 10pm. Take melatonin supplement at this time (2 points: 2 for getting ready at 10pm; 1 for getting ready before 11pm) -Drink Sleepy Time tea in dim light at 10:30pm (1 point: 1 point for tea on time; 0.5 point for tea, but late) -No bright screens (computer, phone) after 9:30pm (1 point: pass/fail) -Prepare my clothes for the day and set up my breakfast in the fridge the night before (1 point: pass/fail) Sitting in the dark doing nothing for half an hour is boring, so I've found that listening to the Welcome to Nightvale podcast is pretty good at helping me become sleepy. As for waking up, I need to get up when my alarm goes off. No snoozing. I've been putting my alarm clock next to the microwave so that I'm in the kitchen immediately after waking, and can start making breakfast. Likelihood of going back to bed after bacon has started crackling is pretty low. I'm only going to track points for the weekdays... BUT... it is harder to recover my schedule on Monday if I don't keep some semblence of the same schedule during the weekend. If I need to, I'll make goals for the weekends, too. Priority #2: Maintain the good habits established last challenge. (48 total points/week) [+2 CHA, +1 CON, +1 DEX, +1 WIS] -Eat 1500 cal/day (+ exercise amount) (3 points: 3 for eating at/under 1550; 2 for eating under 1650; 1 for eating under 1750) -1-2 cheat meals per week (max 1900 calories per cheat meal day) (Subtract 3 points for extra cheat meals; subtract 1 for excessive cheat meal) -Maintain equal intake of protein, fat, and carbs (~33% each) (2 points: 2 for within 5% deviation; 1 for within 10% deviation) -Drink at least 130 oz water per day (1 point: pass/fail) -Do some form of exercise every day after work (Preferably priority #3, but it could be something as simple as 50 jumping jacks, if I'm really pressed for time.) (1 point: pass/fail) -Walk to work at least 3x per week (3 points for the week: 1 point per day walked uphill; 0.5 points per day only walked downhill) Again, I'm only tracking on the weekdays... except for calorie/macro tracking. Priority #3: Do The Hero's Journey. (26 total points/week) [+2 STR, +2 DEX, +1 STA] -Do the day's prescribed workout to the best of my ability (3 points: pass/fail) -Keep working on bridges, hadnstands, and QM even if the workout doesn't call for it, 5x/week (5 points/week: 1 point per practice) -Write some prose to go with each day's workout on my thread (not scored) Bonus life goals (points tracked seperately): Keep the kitchen clean (15 total points per week) [+1 CHA] -Run dishwasher 2x/week (4 points/week: 1 per dishwashing; 1 per unloading) -Add dirtied dishes to the dishwasher or wash them by hand daily (7 points: 1 point per day) -Take out garbage and recycling as necessary (2 points: +2 for taking it out; -1 for each day I leave it overflowing) -Wipe down counters and floor at least once a week (2 points/week: pass/fail) The Walk to Mordor challenge: I will not be prioritizing or assigning point values to this. It's just a nice way to keep track of how much walking I've done this year. As I did last time, I'm going to create a spreadsheet/checklist to help me keep track of everything. Will post a screen shot of that when I finish. I'm really looking forward to writing the story of Jym. I think it will be a strong motivator for me to keep up with the workouts.