Novaurora Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 So, I had this whole intro written out and then a transformer blew at my house and OF COURSE I was on the desk top so I lost it, so, the tl;dr of that (because I'm not typing it again) was that I'm having a really hard time lately (hence my ghosting of the forum) and I have to put a lot of my financial goals on hold due to things outside my control (*cough* A not paying his share of the shared bills that are also in my name *cough*) SO this challenge will focus EXCLUSIVELY on things that are in my control. So, what are those things? What I eat How I spend my time My own emotional response to things The last few weeks, my foundation and structure were not in place at all, so the first step is getting those things back Here are the goals for the end of this challenge in that regard, paired with the appropriate bad ass bitches Daily Routine Professor Mcgonagall : Let's be honest, when it comes to consistent and dependable, this ya girl. She keeps Hogwarts running as smoothly as possible and is sassy to boot. I just need her tough love in my ears constantly. Consistent sleep and wake times In bed between 10 and 10:30 Awake between 5 and 5:30 Consistent House Upkeep We have a list, just do the list Consistent Use of Calendar (very good at this, need to keep this up) TAKE MEDS EVERY DAY Cook at home x5 a week Food and Fitness Bianca Belair: So, the WWE is 100% my guilty pleasure, and Bianca Belair is known as the EST of the WWE (StrongEST, FastEST, etc...) but I mean, she can lift who dang PEOPLE over her head, and I'm here for it. I want to be STRONG! She also is as confident as she is strong and I'm here for all of that too. She takes care of herself and knows her worth and works hard. Consistent Workouts (I have been doing well with this) 100 Kettlebell Swings and 50 goblet squats x4 a week (working up to doing this every morning) M/W: Heavy Lifts 5x5 at home T/Sat: Bootcamp class Doing a combination of any 2 of these in a week is considered a win Consistent Calorie Intake 1800 a day IF 7:30am to 5:30pm Working Toward Personal Goals: Tiana from Princess and the Frog: While I don't intend on attempting to work myself to death, I do need to borrow some of her insane drive. She knew what she wanted and she went for it. I know what I want and I think about going for it. I have taken a few solid steps in some directions. I started my grad school application, I joined a writing group, I let go of being a perfectionist at school. So, goals: Finish grad school application Write 200 words a day Choose one of the following" Read/edit my work 30 minutes Read/edit others work 30 minutes Grade 1 hour a day (yes, even if you don't want to) Visit a "Wilmington Bucket list" place (I have lived here a decade and there are so many things I haven't seen) Plan a lone summer excursion Here's hoping that having control of all this shit will help me let go of everything else. Have a great day, everyone! 8 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
Salinger Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Here for you Nova always a message away You will crush these goals xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Following again. 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Here to cheer you on! 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Sloth the Enduring Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 2 Quote “We might as well start where we are, use what we have and do what we can." – Caitlin Rivers Sloth: The Man with the Hammer battle log Link to comment
fearless 2.0 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Im back and happy to follow along here! 1 Quote be fearlessly yourself! Link to comment
shaar Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 I’m sorry things are a stress rodeo - I completely understand!!! Hang in there friend,we got this 1 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 56 Bardic Time-Mage; of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Shello Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Focusing on what you can control is a great strategy! Here for support! 1 Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 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, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
Salinger Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 How are things today? xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Novaurora Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 On 3/21/2022 at 11:24 AM, Salinger said: Here for you Nova always a message away You will crush these goals xx Thank you!!! I love our chats!! On 3/21/2022 at 11:59 AM, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Following again. Welcome!! Hopefully I'll last longer than a week this time, ha. On 3/21/2022 at 12:00 PM, Elastigirl said: Here to cheer you on! Thank you! I'm going to need it! On 3/21/2022 at 1:35 PM, Sloth the Enduring said: Hell to the yes I am!!!! On 3/21/2022 at 3:36 PM, fearless 2.0 said: Im back and happy to follow along here! Thank you!! Welcome! I'll take whatever support I can get! On 3/22/2022 at 11:58 AM, shaar said: I’m sorry things are a stress rodeo - I completely understand!!! Hang in there friend,we got this We had some animal wrangling to add to the crazy tonight. More on that later, but DANG I need a break. On 3/22/2022 at 12:52 PM, Shello said: Focusing on what you can control is a great strategy! Here for support! Thanks! I'm always trying to control things that I can't control, so hopefully this will be less stressful. On 3/22/2022 at 1:15 PM, Salinger said: How are things today? xx A bit all over the place, but I'll get to that in a second, ha 3 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
Novaurora Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 So, yesterday was a bit interesting. It was pretty boring until about 8:30. Story in spoiler because it turned into a novel. Nothing bad, actually kinda funny. Spoiler The players in the story: My dogs (those assholes) My neighbors' ducks The fence as old as time (predates us moving in around 2013, very sketchy in places) The stick of destiny Me So my neighbors have ducks. This is fine; it's never been an issue. Recently, they got 2 new ducks, and I guess in the course of figuring out the new duck hierarchy, there have been some duck battles, and for the first time ever, the ducks have become vocal. Can you guess where this is going? Anyhow, I'm sitting on the couch, typing an NF update on my phone, when I hear ducks going crazy, the dogs barking chaotically, and something that sounds terrifyingly like an attack on the fence as old as time. So, without thinking, I throw my phone down and sprint outside in the dark, barefoot and in my pajamas. My loveable assholes have dug under the fence once before, and they ALL have very high prey drives, so I'm just imagining a flurry of feathers and very angry neighbors. So, right as I get to the dogs, I hear exactly what I DON'T want to hear CRACK, and THEY BREACHED THE FENCE AS OLD AS TIME. The only thing that saved me was it was one part of one slat of the fence that broke, so it was only like a one foot by 8 inch hole, and they ALL tried to cram themselves through it all at once. They get a bit stuck and I was able to yank all of them out and put myself between the hole and the dogs. So now, I realize that I'm just kinda stuck there. 3 dogs, one me, and now they have seen the ducks, so there is no stopping them. So, I start looking around for ANYTHING that I can put in or in front of the hole (thank god for my neighbor's random bright light that I usually hate). So, I see a few weird large concrete rocks that have been randomly around our yard forever, but they are too far away. I don't trust these assholes for even a second. Then, in a moment of pure luck and fate, I see a big branch leaning against the fence WITHIN REACH. So, I grab THE STICK OF DESTINY (think like 10 feel long and 4 inches around thick...we had bad winds last week), and you can BET YOUR ASS I have their attention now. Especially Waffle, she goes from carnivore to stickavore in like .0000988 seconds flat. I just let in drop to the ground and her has grabs it (as best as she can) and TAKES OFF RUNNING/TRIPPING/DRAGGING the stick of destiny across the yard. Piglet makes chase, and I can FINALLY sprint the 10 feet I needed to grab the necessary rocks to block the hole. Getting that stick back from Waffle and getting her to come inside was a whole separate adventure, but NO DUCKS DIED IN THE MAKING OF THIS LUDICROUS AND VERBOSE ADVENTURE RECOLLECTION. So, I walk over to my neighbors and let them know, and they are such lovely humans that they fixed the fence that night. We had a nice chat and replaced every board that was a "loose tooth." Between both of our random stashes we had enough boards, and everything is all good. But yeah, not the kind of night I was trying to have. So, GOALS....I need to be better. I need to use this week to really get back into it. McGonagall Consistent sleep and wake times In bed between 10 and 10:30 Awake between 5 and 5:30 Consistent House Upkeep We have a list, just do the list Consistent Use of Calendar (very good at this, need to keep this up) TAKE MEDS EVERY DAY Cook at home x5 a week Bianca Belair Consistent Workouts (I have been doing well with this) 100 Kettlebell Swings and 50 goblet squats x4 a week (working up to doing this every morning) M/W: Heavy Lifts 5x5 at home T/Sat: Bootcamp class Doing a combination of any 2 of these in a week is considered a win Consistent Calorie Intake 1800 a day IF 7:30am to 5:30pm (I eat my emotions, including boredom...so gotta get this under control) Tiana Finish grad school application Write 200 words a day (1400 a week): 0/1400 Choose one of the following" Read/edit my work 30 minutes Read/edit others work 30 minutes Grade 1 hour a day (yes, even if you don't want to) Visit a "Wilmington Bucket list" place (I have lived here a decade and there are so many things I haven't seen) Plan a lone summer excursion 5 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
Sloth the Enduring Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 If you haven’t been there, I’d suggest the Museum of the Bizarre. 1 Quote “We might as well start where we are, use what we have and do what we can." – Caitlin Rivers Sloth: The Man with the Hammer battle log Link to comment
Novaurora Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 11 minutes ago, Sloth the Enduring said: If you haven’t been there, I’d suggest the Museum of the Bizarre. I did that a few summers ago when my cousin came to visit. It was both ludicrous and entertaining 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
Jupiter Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 On 3/21/2022 at 8:22 AM, Novaurora said: was that I'm having a really hard time lately (hence my ghosting of the forum) I feel you. Here to cheer you on. Quote Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
Brovatar Korra Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 You had me at Bianca Belair. 1 1 Quote "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky." - Michael Scott. Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 How have you been Nova? Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Hope things are going well. Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
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