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Here we go, next challenge in the making! I'm picking up where I left off last week, working on some basic struggles that I faced in the last 4WC challenge: 1.) Tracking progess. I would forget to log my daily progress and within two or three days I would have no idea how I was doing anymore. 2.) Lack of structure and focus throughout my day. I'm stuck in a funky phase of transition, having just finished school and looking for a job. One of the challenges is staying focused and eliminating distractions (yes facebook, I'm talking about you). It doesn't help that I have the attention span of a goldfish combined with the operational speed of a slug... a lot days I feel (and act) like crossbreed between Dory and a sloth. Despite the fact that I currently have minimal obligations and ridiculous amounts of time, I end up going to bed most days thinking "What on earth did I do today? where did all those hours go?!" 3.) probably one of the most common struggles in the book: forming the habit of regular exercise. I enrolled in the NF Academy and am currently at level #3 of the bodyweight workout track. To complete one of the Bodyweight workout routines (including warmup, cool down and showering) takes me somewhere between 50 - 60 minutes. Meaning I have to figure out a routine where I can carve out an hour of excercise every other day. In the last challenge I found that when I schedule that hour of excercise later in the day, it tends to not happen. My overall goal this time around: Creating the framework (habits) for awesomeness, carving out regular times that are reserved for practice/excercise/me time. To me, this is an especially important step because I'm the kind of person that tends to work around everybody else's (be it family, boyfriend, roommate) preferences and habits, letting my own needs fall by the way side. This challenge is a step to counteract that tendency, creating my own routines and sticking to them. Here's what I have in mind: 1) HABITS get up and take a 5 minute walk around the block, first thing in the morning. after that walk, make a cup of coffee and take 10 minutes of reading time (a specific book or topic I'm interested in). then another 10 minutes for reading the days news. after dinner, take 10 minutes to log day's progress and check into NF. 2) DIET (last challenge's quest continued) no sugar. treats are limited to 1/2 a pint of Ben&Jerry's week and 2 beers per week. (last challenge's quest continued) cook one healthy meal each week. 3) EXCERCISE nothing specific other than the 5 min walk listed under 1). I'll return to excercise quests once I have some of the smaller habits in place. The goal is to focus on these little steps and do them daily.