jcmgm Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Ok. New month, new challenge, new year and new decade. Body Walk. Every day. 30' Run, run, run. Once a week I'll go sprinting. Most likely hill sprints to make it easier on my knees. (Having run two 10k I know long ones make me bored so, fast and hard). Preferably, on Saturday. Weight Ktb workout 3 times per week. Mind Journaling Write on my journal everyday Soul Art/music I want to get back to draw and play music every day, so I'll be drawing or playing the piano. Trying to get back used to read sheets... so hard. Meditate/Respiration Every day, at least 5 minutes, in connection with my breath, and myself Other projects Home Declutter all the home I have postponed it so many times that I've got many things waiting to be discarded, given away or sent for repair. (I'm going to the south this Friday so I'll keep in mind the hiatus, it'll be a trekking journey to El Chaltén so lots of walking are assured) 3 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Hey JC, great to see you!! cool goals! Following along ❤️ Enjoy the trekking, how exciting x 1 Quote Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 11 hours ago, Salinger said: Hey JC, great to see you!! cool goals! Following along ❤️ Enjoy the trekking, how exciting x It's nice to be back! Thanks! It'll be awesome. I'm traveling with a friend, and, of course, my camera! 1 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, jcmgm said: It's nice to be back! Thanks! It'll be awesome. I'm traveling with a friend, and, of course, my camera! Cant wait to see photos x 1 Quote Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Oh, don't you worry. There'll be pleeenty! oh valley o' plentyyy For now, I'm leaving one of my best discoveries last year, an Italian band that I've come to love. Due to their music, and due to their name, 'cause, well, you know, I work with penguins 1 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 I've started this new year with some "goals". Actually, I'm building back some habits that I've lost. Get back to workout consistently. Lift heavy 3x week, run 1x week Develop my own daily yoga routine (saddhana) Continue to eat veggies everyday (and have some meatless days everyweek) Run a 10k. Start writing posts for my blog (don't worry about perfection, just put them up there) Have my own - and personal - photography exhibition Read 24 books (23 remaining) (1 x 2week) Watch 52 movies, mindfully. (With all the binge-watching I haven't paid attention to many things I've been watching) Measure 20 penguins Write my 18 months PhD review Start writing my first paper Play piano and learn to read a piano sheet Start looking for my own apartment 2 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
SkyGirl Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Okay, I need to unpack this: 1. That Italian song was SO HAPPY. I have no idea what they were saying but the music is delightful. 2. Having "measure 20 penguins" as one of your goals makes me immensely happy. 3. Also, the breadth of your goals (physical, mental, skills, emotional) also makes me happy. Good thinking!! How's your week been? 1 Quote SKY ELVENWORD NOBLEHEART The Silver Archer, Ranger Level 53 Jesus-follower | Writer | Encourager | Resident Myers-Briggs and Enneagram Geek "Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people." - Fred Rogers Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Wow J... those goals are wonderful... Can you tell me more about the yoga goal?! xx Quote Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Salinger said: Wow J... those goals are wonderful... Can you tell me more about the yoga goal?! xx Thanks Sally! It's part of my yoga training, we develop our own yoga routine. Could be some asanas, some flow, meditation. I'm trying to make some pranayamas (breathing exercises), asanas (physical postures) and yoganidra plus samyama (relaxation and meditation). 13 hours ago, SkyGirl said: Okay, I need to unpack this: 1. That Italian song was SO HAPPY. I have no idea what they were saying but the music is delightful. 2. Having "measure 20 penguins" as one of your goals makes me immensely happy. 3. Also, the breadth of your goals (physical, mental, skills, emotional) also makes me happy. Good thinking!! How's your week been? Oh Thanks! It has been a nice week. Relaxed. Going almost every day to the beach makes it that way! Here we're in full summer mood. Days above 25º, sunny days, windy days. And for me summer means beach, beach means waves. So I've been going to the water to do some bodyboarding, maybe one day I'll take the leap and start surfing, but I don't want to learn when beaches are full and accidents are prone to happen. Yeah! I want to advance with the recollection of data this year, so I'll try to get many penguins measured (They go into a chamber where the air Oxygen is being analyzed, the drop in O2 content is then transform, considering the diet, into calories/joules and their energy expenditure or metabolic rate). No penguin is harmed during the study oh it's a very nice song. Here's a pretty good translation https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tetris-tetris.html 3 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ok. In a few hours I'll be travelling to El Calafate and El Chaltén (almost 2500 km south of here). I'll come back before the end of the challenge 4 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, jcmgm said: Thanks Sally! It's part of my yoga training, we develop our own yoga routine. Could be some asanas, some flow, meditation. I'm trying to make some pranayamas (breathing exercises), asanas (physical postures) and yoganidra plus samyama (relaxation and meditation). Wow incredible!!!!! xx Where is it you live again?? Cant believe its beach weather haha xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, jcmgm said: Ok. In a few hours I'll be travelling to El Calafate and El Chaltén (almost 2500 km south of here). I'll come back before the end of the challenge Have an amazing time, take lots of photos xx Quote Link to comment
SkyGirl Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 10 hours ago, jcmgm said: (They go into a chamber where the air Oxygen is being analyzed, the drop in O2 content is then transform, considering the diet, into calories/joules and their energy expenditure or metabolic rate) I'm sorry but this is ADORABLE. What species are you studying?? Have an incredible trip!! Quote SKY ELVENWORD NOBLEHEART The Silver Archer, Ranger Level 53 Jesus-follower | Writer | Encourager | Resident Myers-Briggs and Enneagram Geek "Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people." - Fred Rogers Link to comment
NicTheRugger Posted January 11, 2020 Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 Your goals are so awesome! I'll be cheering you on And have fun with measuring penguins! That sounds very fun and I'm extremely jealous haha 1 Quote Level 4, Amazon Ranger Current Challenge: NicBot-5000 enters Recovery Mode Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, PRE REBOOT CHALLENGES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Various links and sundry: Battle log, Respawn post, Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 10:39 PM, SkyGirl said: I'm sorry but this is ADORABLE. What species are you studying?? Have an incredible trip!! I work with the Magellanic one... I think that genre is called the banded penguins...there're 4 species and they look strikingly similar (like well... all penguins duh haha) 1 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:39 PM, Salinger said: Wow incredible!!!!! xx Where is it you live again?? Cant believe its beach weather haha xx A beach city in Argentina! We're with our seasons inverted here 1 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 11:09 PM, NicTheRugger said: Your goals are so awesome! I'll be cheering you on And have fun with measuring penguins! That sounds very fun and I'm extremely jealous haha oh yeaaah! They're adorable Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 ok ! quick update after landing and travelling from Buenos Aires to my city. 6 days in El Chaltén = 120 km walked in hills and mountain 4 days in Calafate= 20 km walked in flat city plus a minitrekking over the Perito Moreno Glacier Without taking into consideration how I hurted my right knee and got a toe full of blisters (not being ready for such a trek, plus not walking with the proper care and techinique), I love trekking. I want more, more moutains, hills, rivers and lakes. Going up and going down. Walking through rocks and forests, breathing the whole clear sky. Next time I won't be staying on the town but rather camping. We did all day treks and some where brutal... more than 20 km going up and down. Plus, as i want to get some elusive animals in photograph and get a nice starry sky... being in the mountains will be better for that 3 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 2 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 looks beautiful! x 1 Quote Link to comment
SkyGirl Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 8 hours ago, jcmgm said: Those rocks are breathtaking!! Hope your knee and foot heal up quickly so you can get back out there! (Totally NOT just because we want to see more photos!) 1 Quote SKY ELVENWORD NOBLEHEART The Silver Archer, Ranger Level 53 Jesus-follower | Writer | Encourager | Resident Myers-Briggs and Enneagram Geek "Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people." - Fred Rogers Link to comment
jcmgm Posted January 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2020 Don't worry, there're more where that came from. Ok, recapping. Haven't touched the KTB or sprinted, but walking has been cleared waaay over. I've been playing piano for some time, trying to get Mr Blue Sky. I've been lacking with my meditation routine. This day we started walking under the sun, among trees in shirt. It wasn't the warmest day of summer but the climb the sun and the lack of wind were enough to make us sweat. Then the clouds came rolling in, and after hiking the last 1km, climbing rapidly 400m, the rain had transformed into snow. 2 Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
NicTheRugger Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Oh wow, what amazing photos! I hope you recover soon! 1 Quote Level 4, Amazon Ranger Current Challenge: NicBot-5000 enters Recovery Mode Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, PRE REBOOT CHALLENGES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Various links and sundry: Battle log, Respawn post, Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 wow what a photo, how cool!!! Stay safe and warm xx 1 Quote Link to comment
jcmgm Posted February 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Well, Saturday progress! I've been walking 2 days this week, done a KTB and bodyweight workout and played a soccer match yesterday. So far, so good. No new pain has arised, my pubalgia and my knee don't seem to be bothering at all. Seem to be tired but I expected so much. Journaling has become almost second nature. I miss some days, every now and then, but when I do, I feel it. No matter what I write, or the moment of the day. Maybe one topic, sometimes many. I also wrote a short story... but writing has been good. Music and drawing are still pending. I sit at the piano and play some bit but I'd like to have a more... disciplined approach. I'll set a piano "workout". To practice scales or something before playing a song. And to try to read a piano sheet. Drawing... the same. I'd love to become a scientific illustrator. I really love that kind of art, so I'll get into the research of that. Decluttering, has been going well. Still so long to go. Living with my mother and sister means that there're many variables outside my power. When I organize something... then they come to let it go into chaos again xD Going to live alone would solve a bit of that... but in this economy? ha, it's really hard nowadays with a scholarship Quote The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.Jacques Yves Cousteau My own page! // Instagram Link to comment
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