Tobbe Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Yoga On January 3rd me and my family will travel to Southeast Asia. More specifically we will first fly to Thailand for a week, and then continue to Vietnam where we will stay for almost two months. It will be the first time any of us go to those countries, or even Asia at all. I'm super excited! We all are! The first week is pure vacation, but after that I'm supposed to get 6 hours per day of work done. I work remotely as a software developer, so as long as I have wifi, a wall outlet, and a place to sit I should be fine. We will be living five people in small hotel rooms though, so it will probably be a challenge to not be disturbed in my work. And I know it will be tempting to go out on exciting adventures with my family. But the last challenge I did was on being productive. So I know what my weak areas are (hello Facebook), and I know what keeps me motivated and focused (deadlines!). So hopefully I can stay productive for those six hours, and after that have plenty of time to spend with my family and on experiencing the place I'm visiting. Besides getting to know new cultures and seeing new places I also hope this will be a chance for me and my wife to wind down. To get plenty of rest. To get away from the stress of our life here. Which kind of brings me to the main topic of this five week challenge. Becoming a yogi. What better place than Thailand and Vietnam to get in to doing yoga more regularly? I've gone to a few yoga classes here where I live. And I've tried a couple of guided YouTube yoga sessions. But I want to get more in to the online guided yoga stuff. My wife said she was interested too, so hopefully we can do it together 🙏 Someone posted a 30 day yoga challenge in one of @Salinger's threads, and I immediately thought that was something I wanted to do. I'll do this one My goal is to do 20 or more of those 30 days during this challenge. I want to add more goals. But with all the traveling/sightseeing/swimming in the ocean/photo taking I'll be doing I'm just not sure how much time I'll have to devote to any more goals. Had I been at home I would have made it my goal to do all 30 days, on the days they were posted. But for this challenge I'll give myself some extra slack. 🙏 Namaste 🙏 EDIT: Added another goal: Post at least one photo from every day of my travel 8 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 This was Salinger's thread I was talking about And it was @Echoceanic that linked to one of Yoga With Adriane's previous 30 day yoga series that got me thinking about doing this 4 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, Tobbe said: I want to add more goals. I just thought of another goal that I'll add. I'll make it a goal to post at least one photo from each day of my travels. I might not post it the same day that I take it, but I will make it my goal to at least eventually post it 📷 This will serve at least two purposes. 1. Make this thread more interesting 2. Make me not forget to update people back home about what we're up to while away 2 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Got a Welcome-email when I signed up for the 30 days of yoga Read this in that email Quote Build strength, shed weight, get clear, beckon growth. "shed weight" It makes me sad that they try to sell this as a weight loss tool. I was hoping this would be a safe place from crap like that I want my yoga experience to be about stress relief, calming down and connecting more to my body. Physically I want it to help me be more flexible and give me better balance. 1 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Salinger Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hey tobbe! Yes, I’m kinda sad they used weight loss too. Bit frustrating actually... ill be starting on the 1st hopefully, excited and scared have amazing time on your travels x Quote Link to comment
Echoceanic Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hope you have fun on the trip. Doing that 30 day challenge too. I've done a few before, but never as they came out. It shows how focused on it society is that they have to use it as a marketing tool. But I'm not as worried since I've done plenty of videos from her and I know she herself has a good outlook in the videos, so I'm hoping that hasn't changed. 2 Quote "... However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." - Stanley Kubrick "Difficult for myself? Agent... I was born difficult for myself." - Clint Barton Challenges: #1 #2 (mini) #3 (mini) #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 My Fitness Pal - inactive Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Salinger said: ill be starting on the 1st hopefully, excited and scared 1 hour ago, Echoceanic said: Doing that 30 day challenge too. I've done a few before, but never as they came out. Yay! More people doing it together can only be a good thing! 1 hour ago, Echoceanic said: It shows how focused on it society is that they have to use it as a marketing tool. But I'm not as worried since I've done plenty of videos from her and I know she herself has a good outlook in the videos, so I'm hoping that hasn't changed. Thanks for reassuring me I've heard of her before, but never watched any of her videos. So I have no idea what to expect. 3 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Echoceanic Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 58 minutes ago, Tobbe said: I've heard of her before, but never watched any of her videos. So I have no idea what to expect. A great example is how her 'core' focused work (one I think is called Belly Love but don't quote me on that) is always both really intense, in a breath focused way, and about connecting and accepting that part of yourself as a good one, instead of the usual "get a six pack" talk. You can want to be strong without hating every bit of jiggle. 1 1 Quote "... However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." - Stanley Kubrick "Difficult for myself? Agent... I was born difficult for myself." - Clint Barton Challenges: #1 #2 (mini) #3 (mini) #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 My Fitness Pal - inactive Link to comment
darkfoxx Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 That sounds like a fantastic way to start the year! and ooh - I’m on a yoga-a-day challenge myself; might just loop this in as part of it - thanks for posting! Also can’t wait to see pics - Asia is on the travel list for this year, and it’s looking like Thailand or Vietnam will be the place! 2 Quote Level 83 Wood Elf Druid Druid: || 59 | 60 | 61 | 61.5 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 || Ranger: || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 || ||Char/RPG|| STR: 57 || DEX: 59 || STA: 52 || CON: 47 || WIS: 59 || CHA: 59 Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Not the most exciting photo maybe, but getting these in the mail today was a huge weight off my shoulders. We sent our passports to the Vietnamese embassy a long time ago to get visas. And then we didn't hear from them. And the days went by... We were getting more and more worried we wouldn't get our passports back in time before we had to leave. With all the holidays and other days when people don't work today and Thursday were the last possible days to get our passports before leaving on Friday. And the postal service in Sweden has gotten a really bad reputation lately for not delivering things on time (or at all...). 4 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
KB Girl Posted December 30, 2019 Report Share Posted December 30, 2019 Whoa! that sounds like it will be an amazing 2 months, even with work added into the mix. Smart to keep the challenge 'minimal' 2 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; 591/5000km & reading to my kids 48/365 days (updated march-22) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
Loveable_Bouncer Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Hi following along! 4 hours ago, Tobbe said: Not the most exciting photo maybe, but getting these in the mail today was a huge weight off my shoulders. Out of all the passports I've seen, those look really pretty. I can't imagine waiting so close to the trip. Following along, exiting to see what photographs are made. Glad you will get a bit of vacation, but interesting in working at beautiful places. What I've heard: I don't know if you drink coffee, but I did see a video on Vietnam coffee shops where you have to wait a while before you are served... That I wonder if like Korea could be work time... 2 Quote Larger than Average Fairy Druid Level 1 10 STR / 8 DEX / 10 CON / 13 INT / 13 WIS / 17 CHA (DnD Stats) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 10 hours ago, LovelyBouncer said: Hi following along! Hi! Nice to have you here 👋 10 hours ago, LovelyBouncer said: Out of all the passports I've seen, those look really pretty. I can't imagine waiting so close to the trip. Yeah, it was pretty nerve wrecking waiting for those passports! 10 hours ago, LovelyBouncer said: Following along, exiting to see what photographs are made. Glad you will get a bit of vacation, but interesting in working at beautiful places. I'm no master photographer. It's just me and my cellphone camera. But that's good enough for me 📱📷 Strong sun and laptop screens don't go too well together, so probably not too much job getting done in a sunbed at the beach. But hopefully also not only hotel rooms... That's parts of what makes this so exciting. I have almost no idea what to expect, or how this all will work out for me 10 hours ago, LovelyBouncer said: What I've heard: I don't know if you drink coffee, but I did see a video on Vietnam coffee shops where you have to wait a while before you are served... That I wonder if like Korea could be work time... What? Waiting in line for your coffee to be poured at a coffee shop counts as work time in Korea? Strange But no, I don't drink coffee (but I do drink buckets of tea 🍵) And where I work we also don't have a strict "you have to work eight hours per day" policy. It's more along the lines of "you have to get this work done". Doesn't really matter if it takes 6 or 10 hours. That's all up to you. Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 12 hours ago, KB Girl said: Whoa! that sounds like it will be an amazing 2 months, even with work added into the mix. Smart to keep the challenge 'minimal' Right now it's all pretty stressfull. Getting ready for a trip like this was way more work than I thought it would be. Two days ago we moved all our chickens to my wife's sister. Building a new coop at her place. Yesterday we had people over here that will check in on our house, showing them how to operate the heating to make sure it stays around 10℃ while we are away. Tomorrow we'll relocate our cats. We've had to empty out the water heating system in our guesthouse so that it doesn't freeze in the pipes while we're gone... etc etc... I'm still staying positive. And I'm 100% sure it's all going to be worth it once we're there. My wife on the other hand is more doubtful But I think she'll come around too as soon as she's on the beach in the shade of the palm trees 🌴 🥥 ⛱ 🏖 4 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
WolfDreamer Posted December 31, 2019 Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Congrats on the chance to travel to Southeast Asia! We haven't had much opportunity to travel out of the country, but my wife is planning a few cruises for our family as a start. I know it's not ideal, but it's a step in the right direction. I'm not opposed to the bohemian style of travel or staying with other people in hostels or air bnb, but that's not practical with four daughters and a wife who wants luxury when she travels. 😁 2 Quote Who am I? -- My NF Character Current Challenge: WolfDreamer Springs Forward Past Challenges: Spoiler Winter is Coming, Wolfen Strengthens His Heart, Body, Mind, and Spirit, Wolfen Becomes One of the People, Wolfen Strengthens His Chakras, Wolfen Welcomes Summer and Gets Primal, Soulcon and Spartan, Wolfen Develops Mental Toughness, Wolfen Joins the Wander Society, Soulcon, Spartan, School, and Stranger Things, Wolfen Becomes a Warrior Elite, Wolfen Goes Here and There and Back Again, Wolfen Becomes a Soulcon Warrior Elite, Wolfen Returns to His Roots, Wolfen Wanders in Soul, Spirit, and Body, Wolfen Owns the Day, Wolfen Searches for His Wild Heart, Wolfen Runs for His Life, Wolfen Hits the Trails, Wolfen Becomes an Explorer and Joins the Resistance, Wolfen Goes Back to the Source, Wolfen Begins the Hero's Journey, WolfDreamer Returns to the People, WolfDreamer Pushes Back, WolfDreamer Prioritizes, Burpees, Books, and Brainwork, Burpees, Books, Brainwork, and Bodywork, WolfDreamer Masters the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Continues to Master the Four Elements, WolfDreamer Returns to Sparta, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Continues His Middle Earth Adventure, WolfDreamer and the Fall, WolfDreamer Forges His Own Path, WolfDreamer Has Hope, WolfDreamer Returns to Middle Earth, WolfDreamer Reads Harder, Breathes Harder, and Journals More, WolfDreamer Embraces His Wild Poet, The Mad Poet Becomes Supernatural, WolfDreamer, The Mad Poet, Becomes Superhuman, WolfDreamer Elevates, WolfDreamer Becomes IronBorn, WolfDreamer Wakes the White Wolf, The Mad Poet Recovers by Keeping it Simple, WolfDreamer Clears His Mind to Find His Wild Heart, WolfDreamer Resets, WolfDreamer Strives to Become an Eminently Qualified Peaceful Warrior “I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.” -- Jack London “I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.” -- Leo Tolstoy "I feel love rising in my chest again Rising like a burning sun into the day..." -- Gungor, "Hurricane" "...wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17b Link to comment
Tobbe Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 hours ago, WolfDreamer said: Congrats on the chance to travel to Southeast Asia! Thank you. I know I'm very privileged to be able to travel like that. And I'm super grateful for the opportunity ✈ Quote We haven't had much opportunity to travel out of the country, but my wife is planning a few cruises for our family as a start. I know it's not ideal, but it's a step in the right direction. Why do you say it's not ideal? Any chance to get away and see new places and meet new people is great! Quote I'm not opposed to the bohemian style of travel or staying with other people in hostels or air bnb, but that's not practical with four daughters and a wife who wants luxury when she travels. 😁 💯 If I was traveling on my own I would have booked the flight and grabbed a backpack, that's it. I would love to do some backpacking around asia. But like for you, my wife need to know that hotels are booked, that there is access to a shower every day, that she'll have her own comfy bed every night, etc... 3 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted January 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 So today is first day of the 30 day yoga series. I haven't watched the first video yet. Going to ask my wife if she wants to watch it with me as soon as she has finished putting our 1 yro daughter to bed. Can't believe she's not sleeping yet, it's almost 10:30 pm! Anyway. Back to the yoga stuff. This year's theme is HOME. Previous years it's been "30 Days of Yoga", "Yoga Camp", "Revolution", "True" and "Dedicate". Not sure what to feel about the theme this year. Kind of silly, but it just doesn't sit quite right with me. Probably because we're going on a trip pretty much as far away from "home" as we possibly can. So one one hand we have that. On the other hand I'm curious about how I can turn this around and somehow see what "home" represents for me and how I can tie it in to the traveling... 5 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Arkania Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hey, this sounds really cool and I am excited what you experience in Asia Quote Battle Log | Epic Quest | Instagram Actual Challenge: Work hard play hard Old Challenges: Lvl 1 Challenge - Arkania chases herself - Arkania's life will be cleared to the base with downshifting - Arkania transforms to Ronja Rövardotter - Arkania is back in black - Arkania goes far and beyond the Ninja Warrior Casting Link to comment
Tobbe Posted January 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Arkania said: Hey, this sounds really cool and I am excited what you experience in Asia Hallo, nice to have you here Yeah, I'm excited too! 1 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
darkfoxx Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 @Tobbe: I’ve spent years and years away from “home” - so long that it’s not that anymore. For me, what’s “home” is more a feeling - and as sappy as it sounds, home is wherever my husband and I are together. 7 Quote Level 83 Wood Elf Druid Druid: || 59 | 60 | 61 | 61.5 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 || Ranger: || 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 || ||Char/RPG|| STR: 57 || DEX: 59 || STA: 52 || CON: 47 || WIS: 59 || CHA: 59 Link to comment
Echoceanic Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 2 hours ago, darkfoxx said: @Tobbe: I’ve spent years and years away from “home” - so long that it’s not that anymore. For me, what’s “home” is more a feeling - and as sappy as it sounds, home is wherever my husband and I are together. Despite being the complete opposite - as in, I stay in one place a lot, I still have a similar attitude about it - home is a feeling I get at certain times with the people I care about (I include me in that group). 3 Quote "... However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." - Stanley Kubrick "Difficult for myself? Agent... I was born difficult for myself." - Clint Barton Challenges: #1 #2 (mini) #3 (mini) #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 My Fitness Pal - inactive Link to comment
Tobbe Posted January 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 Finally arrived in Thailand Had a 12 hour layover in Beijing. 6 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Tobbe Posted January 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 I wanted to write a bit more to that photo above, but I was just too tired. Could barely keep my eyes open long enough to post what I did... So a bit more context comes here instead We got up at 5 am to pack the last things, and do the last preparations in the house before locking it up for two months. We then drove to the train station to catch a train at 6:50 to the airport. Flew from Copenhagen to Beijing (9 h) where we had a 12 h layover (as I mentioned). Traveling with three kids where the youngest is just 1 you don't get a lot of sleep on the plane. So when we got to the airport we were all super tired. The boys crashed immediately while my wife tried to get our daughter to sleep. Thankfully she fell asleep pretty quick in her stroller. After that I decided to watch the kids and our luggage so my wife could get some sleep as well. I figured I could use the time to book transfer and to let our hotel know we would be coming late (2 am). That turned out to be much more difficult than I thought it would be. I have all our booking on my gmail account. And after beating my head against the wall for like an hour trying to figure out why my wifi wasn't working properly and why just some pages would load I realized we were in China, and China has all Google stuff blocked. So no gmail, no google maps, no regular google web searches... Makes it really hard to get anything at all done online when you're not used to it... When I figured out what was "wrong" I could easily work around it by connecting through a VPN. Phew! 2 3 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 What an amazing winter escape, enjoy! Quote Link to comment
Tobbe Posted January 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 Today's photo is going to have to be a pool photo We don't have a pool at home, so the kids love it! I love this life A chance to sleep in in the morning. Fruit and smoothie for breakfast. Noodles and more fresh fruit for lunch and now I just had rice and a "hot plate" seafood platter for dinner. Took a long walk before lunch and played in the pool for a few hours after lunch before heading out for dinner. An air conditioned hotel room and decent wifi. What more can one ask for than all of that? 4 Quote Challenge 21 - Tobbe Goes Running in the Dark | Challenge 20 - Tobbe Gets Ready for CNF | Challenge 19 - Tobbe has Nutrition and Fitness Goals | Challenge 18 - Tobbe is like Jace | Challenge 17 - Tobbe Keeps a Journal | Challenge 16 - Tobbe Builds an E-commerce Site | Challenge 15 - Tobbe and the Journey | Challenge 14 - Tobbe Goes to Sleep | Challenge 13 - Tobbe Kills Zombies | PvP - DailyDare NerdFitness Edition | Challenge 12 - Tobbe tries not to do all the things | Challenge 11 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi in South East Asia | Challenge 10 - Tobbe Becomes a Yogi | Challenge 9 - Tobbe Gets Productive | PVP - The Last Darebender | Challenge 8 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 2) | Challenge 7 - Tobbe's 100 days of food freedom (part 1) | Challenge 6 - Tobbe becomes a Recovery Warrior | Challenge 5 - Tobbe fights the dinosaur | Challenge 4 - Tobbe catches up and pleases his wife | PVP - Rise above the pull-up bar | Challenge 3 - Tobbe eats like a ... | Mini challenge - Students gonna ranger | Challenge 2 - The Necessities | Challenge 1 - Let's get this challenge thing going | The Intuitive Eating Support Group | TODO 2019 PvP | Battle Log (>>) Link to comment
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