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Hey there! Time for my second challenge in the Assassins D8< The last time around I made some pretty good push-up gainz, as well as mental gainz. This time around, I will take care of my brain, and work with my body to live a happy, balanced life 1. Create the Fox-Box look at this random picture I found and how well it fits this!! I've lived most of my life harbouring toxic thoughts and not dealing with failures very well :'D Things have started to turn for the better during the past few years, and this year has been especially fruitful: I became aware of my unhealthy relationship with food, and how my willingness to please everyone has lead me to keep up relationships that are no good for me. I have decided to forgive myself for my past mistakes, and keep going for a more balanced future. I'm not a religious person, but I do believe that since we as a species have evolved the capacity to ask questions about our existence, it is a part of my mind that needs to be acknowledged and taken care of. So, I'd like to build a daily ritual, and the Fox-Box will be a part of it. The Box will have a journal, stickers, pencils, pictures and postcards, and other items that make me feel good. There will also be luxurious chocolates or other sweets, and I will have one every evening ** Evening Ritual - Take the Fox-Box and sit in a chair. Put on some nice lights - Forgive yourself the mistakes you possible did during the day - Meditate for 5 minutes - Wrap up in a blanket and have a chocolate - Spend a few minutes journaling. Answer these questions: How am I truly feeling today? How is my relationship to my life today? What did I achieve today? Who did I meet today? What am I grateful for? Spend a few minutes journaling freely - Go through the inspirational pictures and other materials that are in the box, spend some time daydreaming - Check the next day's schedule - Thank yourself for the day well lived ** I hope to do this one every day, and I wish this ritual to ground me and give me a better sense of myself and to change my thought patterns that don't serve me well. 2. Fuel! My issues with food came from the fear of gaining weight and black-and-white thinking (good and bad foods). After a few months of ditching calorie and macro counting and instead practicing intuitive eating and eating a ton of carbs, my relationship with food and my body have completely changed! I have started to figure out my own way of eating, and I have a few guidelines that I wish to follow. 1. Eat 5-6 meals a day 2. Have most of the daily energy before 4 PM, preferably at breakfast and lunch 3. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are punches, and snacks are light jabs that keep the hunger at bay before an actual punch 4. Stay mindful while eating. Focus on chewing the food. No Internet or TV while munching 5. There are no good or bad foods, but stay aware of how different foods affect your energy levels 6. Don't think: "I will eat less now so that my overall energy intake will be low", but instead, "The more I eat now, the less I need to eat later." I will stay mindful of these guidelines, and do my best to follow them. I will also follow some rules that I learned from @Terah's challenge: uhh easy there 3. PUSH-UPS!!! Well, not only push-ups, but other bodyweight exercises, as well...! I will do some tests during this week, and fill in a proper plan before the actual challenge starts. This is the most Assassin-y goal of my challenge, and I'm happy to say that working on push-ups during my previous challenge made me feel really good about the way my body performs and looks. ** Here we go! Have yourselves a good challenge!