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Hey y'all! Delinquent on posting a challenge thread, but not on tracking a challenge (picked out goals day 1 of zero week, made a janky journal tracker, and...didn't update. This challenge week 4 happens to fall on the week of US Ballroom Dance nationals, where I'm competing, so I won't be ramping up fitness too much and instead focusing on training and eating like I need to for the big event. ...Decidedly not my pre-competition nutrition plan Here's the goals this time around: 1) Maintain successes from last challenge: Go to mass every week Do financial stuff every week (budget tracker, money shuffling, paying off all CC balances) - this is a bit extreme (paying cc's weekly) but has been the best approach to stave off daily money anxiety for me Lift 3x per week, Pilates 3x per week - I fell off the Pilates wagon towards the end, but I need it to counterbalance the spine stiffness / tightness that comes from my strength training Dance solo 3x per week - every weekend is with the partner, so this needs to be three nights in Mon - Thurs 2) Clean up my nutrition / eating: Follow a basic nutrition plan every day - this means eating veggies and lean proteins for every meal and not eating peanut butter straight from the jar, no matter how tasty it is No emotional eating (or getting emotional about what I just ate) - I have a pretty broken relationship with food - I eat to soothe emotions and also get really emotional when I feel like my eating is "out of control" - my goal is to recognize that neither of those behaviors is rational in the moment and substitute a more appropriate behavioral / emotional response (lofty ambition) This pair is really tough for me, there was a 5-day stretch already where I failed on both... 3) Self Care: Sleep 7+ hours every night Pray daily ...self-explanatory. 4) Step up my work game: Limit personal stuff to no more than 30 mins / day Make a to-do list daily and prioritize it to focus on the highest value stuff I've been less-than-stellar at work lately, although apparently still good enough to be an "associate of the month" for my department (apparently I'm good at faking it). I'm gunning for a promotion at the mid-year point, and these two are the first of many actionable steps to help me get there. 5) Educate myself Read "10-minute toughness" (short-ish book with practical steps for athletes and business people to be mentally tougher / more resilient) Go through the first course on Swirl to learn R (data analysis tool) Both of these support my work success, I'm expecting the first to also help in my dancing - mental / emotional toughness is a consistent weak point for me across both. I wanted to pepper more gifs in here, but I apparently hit the max total size with my first one. Still infinitely more than my last challenge, so progress? Image of bujo-style tracker coming soon - it's not very aesthetically pleasing, so don't get your hopes up @RedStone.