Stagnation is Death: Annals of a Bladesinger

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Stagnation is Death

Annals of a Bladesinger

 

 

A haunting melody weaves its way through the quiet forest. An alien in her homeland with a mind touched by the hand of darkness, the elven wizard hones her dangerous dance, ever vigilant, ever mindful. She practices her art not just for the protection of her people, but to soothe her tormented soul with the meditative, otherworldly whistle of bladesong.

 

Journey to Bladesinger Master

2020 Stats: STR 10 || DEX 11 || CON 11 || INT 15 || WIS 16 || CHA 12

2020 Level: Bladesinger Apprentice

 

Goal Stats: STR 14 || DEX 17+ || CON 14 || INT 18+ || WIS 18+ || CHA 14

Goal Level: Bladesinger Master

 

 

Bladesinger Apprentice - Trains under a Master. Must demonstrate above-average intelligence, and wisdom to be accepted into training for a wizard, must show some promise in dexterity to be accepted by a bladesinger master.

STR 8 || DEX 10 || CON 8 || INT 14 || WIS 14 || CHA 8

 

Bladesinger Knight - Able to train and fight independently. Must demonstrate above-average mastery of dexterity, and very high intelligence, and wisdom. Strength, constitution, and charisma must be high enough as to not impede progress.

STR 12 || DEX 14 || CON 12 || INT 16 || WIS 16 || CHA 11

 

Bladesinger Master - Can train an Apprentice. Demonstrates exceptional abilities in dexterity, intelligence, and wisdom. Above-average abilities in strength, constitution, and charisma are required to perform at this level. 

Goal Stats: STR 14 || DEX 17+ || CON 14 || INT 18+ || WIS 18+ || CHA 14

 

Bladesinger Leader - Can serve as leader to other Master roles. Demonstrates all the abilities of a Bladesinger Master, with higher charisma for leadership qualities.

Goal Stats: STR 14 || DEX 17+ || CON 14 || INT 18+ || WIS 18+ || CHA 17

 

How to Level

Scores based on max 20 system, current list only filled to requirements for mastery from current stats, does not include information prior to or past current and master stats

 

Strength (STR) - Calisthenics and Iron

STR 11: Plank 1min, 4x13 Pushups, 4x25 Crunches, 30/20 bodyweight squats, 2x20 tricep dips, 2x30 one-leg calf-raises

STR 12: Plank 2min, 3x15 Pushups, 3x30 Crunches,  2x40 15lbs one-leg calf-raises, DB Bench 30lbs, DB Squat 50lbs, Deadlift 40lbs

STR 13: Plank 3min, 3x20 Pushups,  DB Bench 40, DB Squat 60lbs , Plank 3min, DB Deadlift 60

STR 14: DB Bench 60, DB Squat 75lbs , Plank 4min, DB Deadlift 80

STR 15: DB Bench 90lbs, DB Squat 100lbs, Plank 5min, DB Deadlift 100

 

Dexterity (DEX) - Flexibility, Agility, Balance, Coordination

DEX 12: Eagle pose, Warrior III, Hands flat on floor in waist bend, Baby Crow pose

DEX 13: Front and side splits, Crow pose, complete NF Yoga

DEX 14: Crane pose, Wall handstand (1min), start martial art or agility training

DEX: 15: Flying crow pose, 8-angle pose, dragonfly pose, unassisted handstand (1min+), 1 year of martial arts training

DEX 16:  Level 5: Dophin Push Up Challenge

DEX 17: Black belt in a martial art

DEX 18: 3rd degree black belt in martial art AND first degree black belt is second martial art

 

Constitution (CON) - Stamina, Endurance

CON 12: Complete a 5k in under 45 min

CON 13: Complete a 5k in under 35 min

CON 14: Complete a 5 mile run in under 60 min

CON 15: Complete a 10k run in under 60 min

 

Intelligence (INT) - Academia and Language

INT 16: Personal Trainer Cert AND Health Coach Cert

INT 17: Complete a Master's Degree program  AND reading intermediate reading level for 2 forgeign languages

INT 18: Complete a PhD 

INT 19: Research published in 5+ academic journals

INT 20: Research published in textbooks and taught in classrooms

 

Wisdom (WIS) - Generativity, Activism, Social/Environmental Awareness

+Be a founding member or leader in a non-profit organization

+1 Teach a skill to at least 10 people (OR) mentor at least 10 people

+Teach a college course

+Create a college or arts scholarship fund

+Convert >90% of Beauty, Cleaning, and Meal Prep products to reusable/recycleable/eco-friendly

 

Charisma (CHA) - Leadership, Social, Performance, Confidence

CHA 13: Perform a leading role in a community/unpaid show (OR) 1k sub on social (OR) Manager 1+ employees (OR) Promote to SR/Lead position

CHA 14: Perform as a supporting role in a paid performance (OR) direct a community show (OR) Manage 10+ employee team

CHA 15: Perform as a leading role in a paid performance (OR) release a music album (OR) 10k subs on social (OR) Manage 50+ employee team

CHA 16: Publish best-seller (OR) 10k subs to a blog (OR) 100k subs to social (OR) Run a business of 100+ employees

CHA 17: Performance award (OR) 100k subs to personal blog (OR) 1mil subs to social (OR) CEO of 1,000+ employee business

 

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Total # of Books to read for 2021 = 50, double reading speed from ~300 to ~600

- 5 Fiction (1/5)

- 2 Finance (0/2)

- 2 Biographies (0/2)

- 1 Fitness or Nutrition (0/1)

- 5 History (0/5)

- 5 Philosophy (0/5)

- 5 Psychology (1/5)

- 5 Marketing (0/5)

- 5 Business + Productivity (1/5)

- 5 Science + Tech (0/5)

- 5 Creativity (0/5)

- 5 Flex (any category) (0/5)

 

Completed Books

Spoiler

Aliens - The Original Comics Series (30th EAnniversary Edition) by Mark Verheiden

You Don't Learn Until You Launch  by Dan Norris

How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism

 

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I finally built out my goals for my battle log. They are quite ambitious, but they are designed to take 10+ years to complete, if I can even complete all of them. Some of them are more aspirational, but are something to aim for down the road. Now I just have to break a few of these down into something I can work on this year. I think if I work hard at it, I can reach Bladesinger Knight in 2ish years, and Master in 10ish. My main goal is Master level, but I created a Leader level that seems out of reach, just to keep me thinking bigger when it comes to possibilities down the road. It also makes pumping out squats and pushups sound like a piece of cake by comparison, so it acts as perspective as well.