sarakingdom Posted June 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Zero week. Zero motivation. Really zero. Moving is too much effort for too little reward. Sleep is too much effort for too little reward. Ditto watching TV. Making food. Mere existence is haaaaard. What would Iroh do, guys? 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 10 hours ago, sarakingdom said: Zero week. Zero motivation. Really zero. Moving is too much effort for too little reward. Sleep is too much effort for too little reward. Ditto watching TV. Making food. Mere existence is haaaaard. What would Iroh do, guys? I'm pretty sure Iroh would start with Chamomile Tea. 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: I'm pretty sure Iroh would start with Chamomile Tea. Hot leaf juice. 😧 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: Hot leaf juice. 😧 How could a member of my own Rebellion say something so terrible? 3 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: Hot leaf juice. 😧 3 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: How could a member of my own Rebellion say something so terrible? I agree. Chamomile tea tastes more like boiled hay than hot leaf juice. 1 1 Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2023 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42 Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 57 minutes ago, Scalyfreak said: I agree. Chamomile tea tastes more like boiled hay than hot leaf juice. 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 I accidentally slept through my alarm this morning, and missed the family call again, but I actually slept and felt rested, so I'm not sure I care. (I have a 28 hour sleep deficit for this week. Sleep has been terrible.) I did 10 minutes of housework today, and honestly feel very accomplished, because I'm functioning on, like, a 28 hour sleep deficit, and it's hot, and I don't wanna. Maybe I will do more later. I also got groceries and put them away, so maybe that's another ten minutes. There will soon be reward ice cream. 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 I got a late start on my jobs for today, because I had a long Father's Day video call with my parents. I got them started on Overdrive, just to put another digital tool in their post-plague toolkit. Their local library is probably pretty safe and all, but even if I can cut down their trips by half, it's less exposure for something that's a big part of their quality of life. Right now, we're all prepping for the long haul. And I finally decided on a gift for them, once I found a good mail-based exchange program for Sodastream CO2 canisters. I also ordered my own refills, because my canister is nearly empty, and this is having an effect on my hydration levels, man. Cold water is okay. Cold fizzy water, though, I can suck that down all day. (Plus I have soda and tonic flavoring for literally ten gazillion liters. Well, okay, more like 80 liters. A lot.) I batch-cooked yesterday, and put it away today, labeled and dated. I've decided dates would be useful. Right. Back to the task mines. 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
WhiteGhost Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 58 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: exchange program for Sodastream CO2 canisters We had looked into Sodastream at one point but decided not to do it because of some reason I cant recall. What do you think of yours? Quote HUNTER OF ALL THINGS SHINY Intro Thread Challenge Log Bodyweight Exercise Library Recipe Book Shuffle Club Level 2 Ninja Strength: 13 Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 6 Dexterity:14 Constitution: 12 Charisma: 11 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, WhiteGhost said: We had looked into Sodastream at one point but decided not to do it because of some reason I cant recall. What do you think of yours? I have a different but similar brand that uses the same canister. (Honestly, I think they're probably essentially the same, it's not exactly rocket science.) I really like mine. Way, way more efficient than buying carbonated stuff. I don't have to carry tons of bottles, take out tons of recycling, and I have basically anything on demand; sparkling water, soda, cocktails. It lives on my bar. It is a gentler fizz then cans of soda, smaller bubbles, like Italian soda. I prefer that. Some Sodastream models seem to have an adjustable level. Their cola flavor is not Coke, but other than that, it's fine. I'm not a huge Coke drinker anyway, I just got that flavor as a drink mixer. 1 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
WhiteGhost Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 27 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: I have a different but similar brand that uses the same canister. (Honestly, I think they're probably essentially the same, it's not exactly rocket science.) I really like mine. Way, way more efficient than buying carbonated stuff. I don't have to carry tons of bottles, take out tons of recycling, and I have basically anything on demand; sparkling water, soda, cocktails. It lives on my bar. It is a gentler fizz then cans of soda, smaller bubbles, like Italian soda. I prefer that. Some Sodastream models seem to have an adjustable level. Their cola flavor is not Coke, but other than that, it's fine. I'm not a huge Coke drinker anyway, I just got that flavor as a drink mixer. Hmmm, that's very useful feedback. We are currently in a fizzy drink phase but the only flavor we like is Schweppes Peach Water. It would be nice to have alternatives, not to mention less recycling. Quote HUNTER OF ALL THINGS SHINY Intro Thread Challenge Log Bodyweight Exercise Library Recipe Book Shuffle Club Level 2 Ninja Strength: 13 Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 6 Dexterity:14 Constitution: 12 Charisma: 11 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 SLEEP IS SO HARD I HATE IT I NEVER WANT TO DO IT AGAIN I QUIT 1 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 I did super well on my list yesterday. I did super badly on sleep. Super badly. So I ate badly (not really badly, just badly for me), napped, worked, napped, worked, napped, worked, and now I'm winding down to do it again. My plan for now is just sleep when tired, then do stuff until I'm tired again. Night and day mean nothing. I do feel loads better now after some rest (and some work), and there are slow improvements going on with my job list. I'm using Habitica to test a prototype chore schedule. It's based on Unfuck Your Habitat's weekend cleaning schedule, but doubled up, so I'm also doing two jobs a day during the week and again on the weekend. That won't be forever, I have stuff to catch up on. It puts about the right amount of carrot and stick on things, and having it formally scheduled out helps me trust the system more. I think more exercise would help me sleep better. I lost a lot of walking when locked started. I don't have great outdoors options. I have a number of good indoors options, but none that are good long, slow movement during the day, which is one of my gaps, or things I can do while doing light work. They're all workouts that need my full attention. I can pace a bit, but my pacing space is limited. We'll see. I don't want to add another scheduling thing into my day, not while I'm having such schedule struggles. I need to find a way to make some extra light movement slip in organically, like walking on my conference calls or something. Maybe I will try the outside a few days a week; I should have enough masks for that. I might mop my floor more often for the light exercise, once my job list is a little more under control, although that's depressing. Maybe I can find some sword drills or something else with footwork. That's a little more space efficient than pacing. 4 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Week 1 Day 1 Okay, I talked myself into doing the thing I was gonna skip, and I don't regret it. It's short, it's really good for me. I was all, "it's late, I should get to bed, I didn't get enough rest for extras". But then I remembered that night and day mean nothing, and I do what I feel like, and I felt fine. And more movement is good. Plus, if I lure Chris back and have to admit I missed the one big piece of physical training on day 1, it'd be embarrassing. I also worked a little on doing things with concentration. But not elegance. Calligraphy: done Painting: done Rock garden: done (less than planned, but enough to qualify) Sword: done (yoga) I stretched out nicely. That lower back thing definitely is partly muscle tension. It's painful to put pressure on when I start that yoga routine (it starts with a dead bug pose that had a nice spinal massage if you rock a bit), like one giant foam rolling knot, and much better by the end. So there must be something it's compensating for, probably in my sitting posture or something. I took a nice cold shower. Now I'm gonna hydrate a ton while watching gardening videos, then catch my next nap. 5 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 Week 1 Day 2 Calligraphy: done (on a technicality) Painting: skipped Rock garden: done (less than planned, but enough to qualify) Sword: done (strength) I'm much more rested today, on the "work when awake, sleep when tired" principle. (Though my fitness tracker has been doing a bad job of registering my sleep. I think it believes I've forgotten how.) Despite being rested, I basically didn't wanna at all today, so... didn't. Well, I did some of the things. Small improvements were made. Right, shower then the next nap. 6 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 GUYS WHY DO I HAFTA DO THE THINGS I DON'T WANNA DO THE THINGS. It does not help that despite fairly responsible sleep and time use today, I have still ended up with more things than time to comfortably do them in. (Part of this is probably sleep deficit. I just want naps all the time, including now.) Well, I'll do a new thing. New things are good, right? Then I'll come back to the old things. 4 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Kishi Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 New things are novel if nothing else. Sometimes that can make old things better. 1 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Still don't wanna do the things. At least not the scheduled things. Have pushed myself through some of them. In the interests of habit startup, I've moved the painting and writing to alternate days while I get used to it. Cleaning and organizing is the worst, guys. The worst. Oh my god, every day is just an endless slog of chores. How can humans live like this. 5 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 In the midst of all the chores and scheduled things, don't forget to be kind to yourself. 1 Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2023 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42 Link to comment
RisenPhoenix Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 12 hours ago, sarakingdom said: Cleaning and organizing is the worst, guys. The worst. Oh my god, every day is just an endless slog of chores. How can humans live like this. By convincing other people to do it? Which explains why my house is a mess. 1 Quote RisenPhoenix, the Entish Aikidoka Challenge: RisenPhoenix Turns to Ash "The essence of koryu [...is] you offer your loyalty to something that you choose to regard as greater than yourself so that you will, someday, be able to offer service to something that truly is transcendent." ~ Ellis Amdur, Old School Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 3 hours ago, RisenPhoenix said: By convincing other people to do it? Which explains why my house is a mess. Often one must pay, rather than convince. Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Mistr Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 I like your plan of working when you are awake and sleeping when you feel sleepy. Do what is feasible, not what is ideal. 1 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 9:53 PM, Scalyfreak said: In the midst of all the chores and scheduled things, don't forget to be kind to yourself. ADHD is, in many ways, an issue affecting the levels of chemicals that cause the brain to feel reward. (That's why it makes habit formation, boredom, and procrastination so difficult to work around.) So that one may be a biochemically lost cause. 20 hours ago, Mistr said: I like your plan of working when you are awake and sleeping when you feel sleepy. Do what is feasible, not what is ideal. That makes me sound very wise, doesn't it? I wish sleep were more feasible, I had two hours of it last night. And that took a lot of effort to obtain. (Though I cannot, in truth, say I was following that pattern in a totally wholesome way.) Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Scaly Freak Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 13 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: ADHD is, in many ways, an issue affecting the levels of chemicals that cause the brain to feel reward. (That's why it makes habit formation, boredom, and procrastination so difficult to work around.) So that one may be a biochemically lost cause. That makes it more complicated, I'm sure, but not a lost cause. Being kind to yourself is only tangentially related to rewards. Sometimes it might be as simple as remembering that ADHD makes every day more difficult right now, and to acknowledge that on a bad day, just barely managing to do the bare minimum might be a huge victory. Or maybe instead of being kind to yourself, be patient and understanding with yourself? 2 Quote The Great Reading Thread of 2023 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scalyfreak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27; Ch 28; Ch 29; Ch 30; Ch 31; Ch 32; Ch 33; Ch 34; Ch 35; Ch 36; Ch 37; Ch 38; Ch 39; Ch 40; Intermission V; Ch 41; Ch 42 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted July 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 This week's book is not on the list, but it's a book on rest and rebalancing the work/rest thing. Mine is pretty out of whack, so that's handy. And if there are any fictional dudes who get that, it's the Avatar dudes. Most of them, anyway. I'm also moving some of my task list to a "good habits" list, so it's less irritating if I decide to go with a different project rather than slog along on a schedule. It's not responsive enough for flow and training some good "do without doing" instincts. I've inspected the neurochemical wotsit that's failing (and which we have yet to find a working medication to address), and it looks like there is a small cluster of things that might be useful to supplement. One of them is vitamin D, which I'm low on even when I'm not in my apartment all day long, so I definitely need to get back on top of that. (It may be one of the things impacting my sleep as well.) The other is some of the amino acid precursors, which is not the most tinfoil-hat thing I could supplement, so I'll give it a shot. It'll work well as a reinforcement to my restarting intermittent fasting, if nothing else. So this week is basically tons of hydration, tons of vitamin D, and some light exercise more aimed at sleep than training. I'm relaxing my diet a little, because I've been having trouble feeding myself, and it seems to be partly being overwhelmed by stuff. A day or two of PB&J, hummus, and ice cream won't kill me. 5 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
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