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Oh man, oh man, OH MAN. Y’all, it’s been far too long. TL;DR - YO, it’s me, shaar, veteran Ranger who took a little wayward absence from the forums over the second half of 2017. I like video games, k-pop, spoopy movies, fitness (obvs), food (double obvs), cute chubby raccoons, being the best screamo bard I can be, and BRINGIN’ THE HYPE. (With my BOOMBOX BARD SKILLS.) (Also I like caps lock too it seems ehehehe hiii hello ) I hear tell that hype has forsaken these lands. Eh? Ehh???? This simply CANNOT BE, MY FRIENDS. I don’t like to toot my own horn *discreetly puts horn back in rolling suitcase of multiple bard instruments* but I like to stack a lot of skill points into hype (HYP, natch) so I’m real glad to be back for 2018 to help all my best Ranger friends find their hype, too! Together we can break out of the doldrums that were - LAST YEAR - and BE AWESOME!! 2018 will never see it comin’!! (Oh hey that’s a sweet and subtle segue into the theme of this challenge - ) Welcome to my favorite video game of 2018, Persona 5! I won’t wax existential about why I love this game so much - because trust me, I totally could - but in a nutshell it’s innovative, stylish, thoughtful with smart overarching themes and amazing characters with lots of growth and it really made its mark on my little heart. Phew. Yeah. Great game. At any rate I’ve decided to pull some of my favorite main characters to theme my quests around, so without further adieu - ryuji [ move better... ] AW YEAH MY FAVORITE CHARACTER. MY BEST DUDE RYUJI AAAHHH Sorry got real hype there for a second. (Did you know Ryuji is real hype too?!!?/#.,.) Ryuji’s a hype-machine athlete that works through some physical injuries and knows the proper benefits of taking care of your dumb-ass self so you can keep fitnessing. (Ryuji also swears a lot, bless him~) My recovery has been literal crap in a basket lately and I NEED to be more mindful of taking care of myself and address my aches and pains before they turn into something worse. My right trap has been flaring up again real consistently, my hamstrings are about to secede from my body, and something clunky is going on with my left elbow??? Stretch. Foam roll. Epsom salt baths. Don’t sit for 8 hours straight at your desk ya moron. I’ve done a fair amount of mobility research and have a lot of tools in my belt but I just need to USE ‘EM. Consistently. yusuke [ eat better... ] Oh look it’s my favorite goal EVER, rearing its ugly head. Ugh. Yay. (Can you tell I love food tracking?!!?!) I hate this goal but I just love Yusuke; a poor sweet (lovable oddball) starving artist who never has enough money for food. I have enough money for food, but am I eating optimally?? So hello, food-tracking goal. This is one of those necessary evils - I can’t track my intake all the time ‘cause it will literally drive me batty bonkers but every now and again I really need to reacquaint myself with just where I’m at. I’m eating intuitively and making good choices but I’m fairly certain a few macros just aren’t where they should be (lookin’ at you protein), so I need to identify that weakness for sure....... No expectations or numbers to meet, just track everything I eat and drink, every day, for better performance. My Fitness Pal, we meet again............. *sad bard trumpet noises* haru [ eat even better... ] I sure do love carbs. Eheheh. It’s also winter, so HELLO CARB TRAIN. Haru is a lovely girl with a rooftop garden and would probably clonk me over the head with her gardening trowel if I keep overlooking the pears and avocados for cornbread crisps. (Mmm, cornbread crisps.) (... Sorrysorrysorry~) Each week when I do my run for work snacks, I’ve gotta, GOTTA add more fruits and vegetables in. Carbs are great for what I do but I need to remind myself to be more well-rounded! I have no excuse, I’ve got a big selection to choose from, I’ve just gotta do it. Monday mornings are my snack-run times, so I’ll report back with what I’ve picked up. Feel free to attack me with gardening tools if I screw up. morgana [ work smarter, not harder... ] Hoo boy. This is gonna be a toughie. January at my job is always a literal chaos rodeo (I work in behavioral healthcare) and I really... really.... Really need to focus to stay ahead of the game. I’m, uh, sorta prone to letting some of the smaller aspects of my job slide (paperwork ain’t nobody got time for that) (oh wow my pile of shreddable documents sure is pretty mighty there) (oh yeah look at these stacks of old papers i’m keeping just in case i need them whoops) so... I’ve gotta stay on it to avoid mental collapse here. Morgana is real good at hounding poor Joker to do shit (ugghhh catte shut up already pls) so it’s my turn to HEY STAY FOCUSED DANGIT. This quest might be the hardest, even moreso than The Doldrums of Food Tracking... ANYWAYS. These are all pass/fail, letter grades are -so- 2017 (at least for me, what, you think I have time to THINK about letters and stuff?!!), and Rebels we are SO gonna do this thing! 2018 LOOK OUT WE HERE, GET H Y P E !!!!!