LVC - Learning from setbacks

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Hi

 

So there were some setbacks. I'm trying to deal with them and get back on track.

 

1. Selfcare

- Try talking to friends and not try to handle everything alone

- take breaks

- DON'T blame yourself

 

2. Exercise

- 3 workouts a week

- go to Aikido on Fridays

- everything else is a bonus

 

3. Study

- do a little every day

- 20 hours a week would be a nice

- 5 pages a week would be ideal

 

4. Snacks

no snacks didn't work. I'll try once a week this time

 

5. Art

at least one piece

I'm going to post it here:

 

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Progress Chart

unicode: ✔✘☐

 

 

Goal One: Selfcare

Week 0 ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔                          100% A

Week 1 ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔                          100% A

Week 2 ✔✔✔✘✔✔✔                           Xx% X

Week 3 ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔                          Xx% X

Week4: ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐                           Xx% X

~xx% ~X

 

 

Goal Two: Exercise;

Week 0 ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔                                   200% A+ (5 Tibetans: 6 times; Booty Workout: 4 time)

Week 1  ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔                                  200% A+ (5 Tibetans: 5 times; Booty workout: 2 times; fitness studio: 2 times; Aikido ✔)

Week 2 ✔✔✔✘✘                                      60% B (5 Tibetans: 2 times ; Booty workout: ; fitness studio: once ; Aikido ✘)

Week 3 ✔✔✔✔✔                                     100% A (fitness studio: once; 5 Tibetans: 3 times; Aikido ✔)

Week 4 ☐☐☐☐☐                                 Xx% X (Aikido ☐)

~xx% ~X

 

 

Goal One: Study - almost every day a little (35/100)

Week 0 ✘✔✔✔✔✔✔                           70% B (14/20h)

Week 1 ✔✔✔✔✘✔✔                           80% A (16/20h)

Week 2 ✔✔✘✔✔✔✘                           80% B (19/20h)

Week 3 ✔✔✔✔✔✘✔                           Xx% X (16/20h)

Week4: ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐                           Xx% X (x/20h)

~xx% ~X

 

 

Goal Four: Snacking

Week 0 ✘✔✔✘✔✔✘                           66% B

Week 1 ✔✘✔✔✔✔✔                           100% A

Week 2 ✔✘✔✔✔✘✔                           Xx% X

Week 3 ✔✘✔✔✔✔✘                           Xx% X

Week4: ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐                           Xx% X

~xx% ~X

 

 

Goal Five: Art

Week 0: One sketch (✘✘✔✘✘✘✘)                         100% A

Week 1 ✔ (✘✔✔✔✘✔✘)                          100% A

Week 2 ✔ (✔✘✘✘✘✘✘)                          100% A

Week 3 ✘ (✘✘✘✘✘✘✘)                          0% E

Week4: ☐ (☐☐☐☐☐☐☐)                          Xx% X

~xx% ~X

 

 

Page tracker

 

Challenge 4, April 16 to May 20:                 ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ 8/20

 

Challenge 5, May 21 to June 24:                 ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔

✔✔✔✔✔☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ 16/32

 

Challenge 6, June 25 to August 5:               ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐

 

Challenge 7, August 6 to September 9:      ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐

 

 

 

Score:

Goal 1: xx% X

Goal 2: xx% X

Goal 3: xx% X

~xx%

 

 

A= 100% - 76% 

B= 75% - 51% 

C= 50% - 26% 

D= 25% - 0%

[The Shogun]

HOLA!

 

I'm back! 

 

I'm sending you a HUGE hug. Thank you for reaching out and remind me this place exists.

 

I'm here for you to talk about ANYTHING! You can even do it in German if you wanna. And send me a PM and I'll upgrade your security clearance for all the social network thingies I have.

 

Just don't do what RisenPhoenix did, he gave me his phone number and he's still regretting it until this day. 

[WhiteGhost]

Howdy, here to follow along for your challenge  

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Day 1

 

1) I was afraid of seeing my old therapist. Last time took a lot of energy. I'm not sure, if I have the resources. On the other hand I'm going there to feel better again. And because I don't want to be a burden to my friends and family. So I thought about that for a while and then starting gaming to get my mind off things.

 

2) No exercise yet. Only walked to the station. 2,5km

 

3) So study didn't really happen. It was my bf's day off and I decided to take a day off, too. Only made a too do list for the next week. You have to start somewhere, right?

 

4) I didn't want to snack on his popcorn, but I really didn't like the movie. Deadpool2

The first one was better. I hated the plot and a lot of gags were okeyish. But I'll remember "I'm fine" "You're F.I.N.E"

 

5) no art yet. But I was thinking of an idea. During Aikido my sensei often says "Locker lassen!" I want to do something about that quote. Umso lockerer ihr lasst, umso mehr Kraft spürt ihr. So yeah, there will be German quotes in my art.

 

The next few days I'll be with a good friend. She's writing her master thesis, so I hope we get to write together. And I need time off of my daily routine. The last two weeks I've been procrastinating a lot. My other friend, who failed her exam last week, hasn't reached out for me yet. I hope she is all right. Last week she didn't want to talk about it, so I told her, she could reach out for me, when she's feeling like it. We wanted to make a plan for her. There are still two tests left for her... :/ It's triggering my anxieties. I think she is really smart. She said, she couldn't talk properly during the exam. Couldn't get her ideas across. Damn.

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

52 minutes ago, WhiteGhost said:

Howdy, here to follow along for your challenge  

Thank you. I'll have a look, where you are with yours.

 

3 hours ago, The Shogun said:

HOLA!

 

I'm back! 

 

I'm sending you a HUGE hug. Thank you for reaching out and remind me this place exists.

 

I'm here for you to talk about ANYTHING! You can even do it in German if you wanna. And send me a PM and I'll upgrade your security clearance for all the social network thingies I have.

 

Just don't do what RisenPhoenix did, he gave me his phone number and he's still regretting it until this day. 

Any time. I was wondering, where you were and what was going on. I'm just not good with facebook.

 

Haha, Ich dachte, du lernst jetzt kein Deutsch mehr. Aber meine Bilder werden deutsche Zitate enthalten.

 

Giving you my number could be expensive for both of us. So yeah, maybe Skype. CU. Nice to see you here again.

[deftona]

Following along again  

[Kyellan]

9 hours ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said:

5) no art yet. But I was thinking of an idea. During Aikido my sensei often says "Locker lassen!" I want to do something about that quote. Umso lockerer ihr lasst, umso mehr Kraft spürt ihr. So yeah, there will be German quotes in my art.

 

 

So, is this "relax!" or "leave it in your (gym) locker!"?  Meaning roughly the same thing, of course.

 

Cross-language wordplay. I has it.

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Day 2

 

I slept better than the last few weeks.

 

1) Went back to therapy

2) Did tibetans in the morning

3) 2 hours

4) no snacking, although my friends offered me chocolate

5) not yet

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

23 hours ago, deftona said:

Following along again  

Jay  I'll try to do my own booty exercise once a week.

 

17 hours ago, Kyellan said:

 

So, is this "relax!" or "leave it in your (gym) locker!"?  Meaning roughly the same thing, of course.

 

Cross-language wordplay. I has it.

^__^ thanks

 

I really like zero week. It's the best. And it's nice to see familiar faces in a challenge.

[WhiteGhost]

23 minutes ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said:

2) Did tibetans in the morning

What are tibetans?

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

3 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

What are tibetans?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites

 

It's a workout consisting of five exercises, I learned in my Tai Chi class. I'm doing them three times a week with 21 reps. 

[WhiteGhost]

24 minutes ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites

 

It's a workout consisting of five exercises, I learned in my Tai Chi class. I'm doing them three times a week with 21 reps. 

Interesting. Those look very similar to most of the basic movements most mobility programs use

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

My teacher does them daily. She says, they energize her and showed us a breathing technique you can perform together with the rites. I like to meditate afterwards.

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Day 3:

 

1) Selfcare: I took breaks and did something fun in the evening.

2) Exercise: 5 Tibetans

3) Study: Worked on my paper for five hours. It was a productive day. I finished preparing a big part. Tomorrow I can go back to writing.

4) Snacking:

5) Art: Did a sketch for my next piece.

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Day 4:

 

1) Selfcare: Talked about my worries and tried to find a solution for my problem, that'll help me.

2) Exercise: Did the 5 Tibetans in the morning and meditated for a few minutes afterward. This time I had a closer look at my form and it was more exhausting. I also did a booty training in the afternoon.

 

10 Donkey kicks

10 Squats

10 Hydrants with leg extension

20 Glute Bridges

10 Side Lying Leg Raises

10 Single Leg Deadlifts

10 Standing Side Leg Raises

10 Front Kicks

10 Single Leg Glute Bridges

10 Clam Shells

10 Hydrants

 

3) Study: Worked on my paper for three hours.

4) Snacking:  Beer and popcorn. They had Murphys at the pub and I really liked it, but 1l (2 pints ) is just too much for me.

5) Art: not yet

 

Today I missed my role play session because of a traffic jam. Horror.

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Deftona's Booty Training

1. Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On | 2:59 | Donkey Kicks | Me:
2. Usher - She Came to Give It to You (Audio) ft. Nicki Minaj | 4:04 | Squats | Me:
3. B2K, P. Diddy - Bump, Bump, Bump | 3:53 | Hydrants with a Leg Extension | Me:
4. Selena Gomez - Good For You | 3:14 | Glute Bridges | Me:
5. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? | 4:26 | Side Lying Leg Raises | Me:
6. So Good Lexy Panterra ft Demarco | 3:15 | Single Leg Deadlifts | Me:
7. Syd: Baby We Can Take it Slow Say My Name. Girl I swear, I can Hear Your Body | 4:24 | Back Extensions | Me:
8. Montell Jordan: Girl if It's Alright, Let's Find Somewhere And Get It On Tonight, I Got A Girl But You Look Good Tonight, It's One on One Toniiiiiight! | 4:50 | Donkey Kicks | Me:
9. Ludacris - Pimpin' All Over The World (Golden Palace Version) ft. Bobby V. | 4:07 | Standing Side Leg Raises | Me:
10. Goldfrapp - Ooh La La | 3:17 | Clam Shells | Me:
11. Rihanna - S&M | 4:03 | Front Kicks | Me:

12. The Notorious B.I.G. - Nasty Girl feat. Avery Storm, Jagged Edge, Nelly & Diddy | 4:54 | Single Leg Glute Bridges | Me: 

13. Juvenile - Back That Ass Up | 3:59 | Hydrants | Me:

 

I'm posting this again and hopefully, I'll use it for another workout routine.

[deftona]

Oooh maybe I should post some more of these - I'll tag you in it on my thread if I do if you like? Then you can find it amongst the random chat?

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

That would be really nice deffy.

[RedStone]

On 5/21/2018 at 7:42 PM, The Shogun said:

 

I'm sending you a HUGE hug. Thank you for reaching out and remind me this place exists.

 

 

Looks like someone is on a mission  I'm still here and here for you  Rocking in the Warriors as per usual, looking forward to your art!!! ALL OF YOUR ART!!!  

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

5 hours ago, RedStone said:

 

Looks like someone is on a mission  I'm still here and here for you  Rocking in the Warriors as per usual, looking forward to your art!!! ALL OF YOUR ART!!!  

^__^ I just wanted to make sure you're all right. I'm looking forward to your new ideas.

 

The arting isn't going so well. I didn't take much with me. So most of it will be sketches.

 

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

Day 5:

 

1) Selfcare:I decided to find out, what's good for me for once and do it. I've been caring about somebody elses needs and wants long enough. I should take care of myself as well and find out, how I can reach my goals without burning out.

2) Exercise: Did the 5 Tibetans in the morning and meditated for a few minutes afterward. And I also did the  booty training again before lunch. I try to find the spot, where the reps are exhausting and I can hold my form at the same time. So I'm increasing the reps slowly over the next few days. I don't want to have massive DOMS from squats again, so I'm careful.

 

10 Donkey kicks

10 Squats

10 Hydrants with leg extension

20 Glute Bridges

10 Side Lying Leg Raises

10 Single Leg Deadlifts

10 Standing Side Leg Raises

10 Front Kicks

10 Single Leg Glute Bridges

20 Clam Shells

10 Hydrants

 

3) Study: Worked on my paper for two hours in the morning. Afterwards I was a bit unconcentrated and decided to review my notes and write a to-do-list. Maybe I'm not going to join my friends in an event in the evening and try to do some more, when I'm alone. They are going to a Science Jam. I would like to have some time alone again. There has been going on a lot the last few days and my thoughts are scattered. I need some tranquility.

 

in the end I was to tired in the evening. So only 2,5 hours today.

4) Snacking:

5) Art: not yet

[Luciana Valerosa Culming]

We made Ramen from skretch. It was really jummy. Just took a lot of time to prepare the broth. I'm glad my friends agreed to try it out.

[WhiteGhost]

4 hours ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said:

We made Ramen from skretch. 

That ramen looks really good.  What did you use to flavor the broth?

[deftona]

8 hours ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said:

We made Ramen from skretch. It was really jummy. Just took a lot of time to prepare the broth. I'm glad my friends agreed to try it out.

 

Oh wow, this looks fantastic!