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When I was younger, there was a phrase I heard once. I don't remember where I heard it or why and for most of my life I ignored it. The phrase was in the form of the acronym "K.I.S.S." and stood for "Keep It Simple Stupid". Indeed for most of my life I tried to make things more complex than they should be and so I've seen failure because of it. Indeed, I feel that this complexity is the reason for my failure in the past challenges that I started but didn't really finish. This time, I'm going to keep it simple. My posts will be boring without in depth story or video game references. I've even cut out my level and class from my signature due to its distracting nature. I may not have a particularly interesting challenge but hopefully I'll have a simple and productive one. Now, in my summer between semesters, I'm going to go back to a simpler time for me, when things weren't so complex. I'm going to be a kid again. 1: The Playground Workout Every other day, I will walk up to the playground around the corner and perform this workout starting at the lowest level and staying there for a full week before advancing at all. The link to the workout (as posted on NF): http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/04/12/playground-workout/ 2: Trampolining Despite reducing my complexity, I'm still an assassin and so I'm going to practice all of my sick (not all that sick) flips and tricks on a trampoline in my backyard for 30 minutes (at least) on the days I don't go to the playground. 3: Drink Water During the summers when it gets really hot (particularly here in Florida), my mom would always remind me to drink lots of water while I'm playing outside so that I don't get dehydrated. Indeed, I find that I don't drink enough water and instead quench my thirst with sugary drinks like sweet tea or soda. I figure if I keep a bottle of water nearby at all times and regularly drink from it, then I will reduce my desire for the sugary drinks. It's not the most complex dieting plan but that's the point and I hope it works. 4: Summer Reading Every year, when school ended, we would leave for the summer with no homework. Well almost no homework. We would always have that dreaded summer reading we would have to do that we would end up being tested on as soon as we got back. I don't actually have summer reading but I do have reading that I plan on doing this summer. I will spend an hour every day reading from my large inventory of books I want to go through. So yeah, that's my challenge. Really my goal is just to complete this challenge and hopefully lose some weight along the way as it is harder to jump along buildings when you're carrying extra weight. I plan on posting at least something every single day to keep up accountability even if it's just the sentence "I did what I was supposed to." I look forward to this challenge and hopefully having my fellow Guild Members keep be accountable and motivated.