[Scaly Freak]

2 hours ago, Harriet said:

I've also been having more success with shorter meditations. Yes, it would be awesome if I would do 40 minutes or even 20 minutes per day, but 8 minutes is achievable and makes it more likely I'll actually show up.

 

YES, this is exactly it. Achievable and realistic goals will eventually win this race. 

 

Spoiler

Because I refuse I accept to any other possible outcome. I will win this boss fight, because Self-Sabotage is weaker than I am. 

 

[h3r0]

Amen sister 

[Scaly Freak]

7 hours ago, h3r0 said:

Amen sister 

 

I recognize you! I haven't seen you in far too long! Welcome back.  

 

*runs off to locate the challenge thread*

[Harriet]

On 5/27/2023 at 10:04 AM, Scaly Freak said:

 

YES, this is exactly it. Achievable and realistic goals will eventually win this race. 

 

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Because I refuse I accept to any other possible outcome. I will win this boss fight, because Self-Sabotage is weaker than I am. 

 

 

Excellent best attitude, much strength 🤘

[Scaly Freak]

Friday update:

 

Activate daily resilience buff in the morning - Two short meditation tracks

 

Cast healing spells during the day - Walking as per usual

 
Apply Regeneration talisman in the evening - Wrote in the Fantastical Talisman of Sarcasm again.

 

Weekend update:

 

Noooo. Nope. Nothing .

 

So I guess it's good to see that it took me less than half a month to fall back into the bad work habits of forgetting everything that works when the weekend arrives  

 

[Harriet]

Wait, what was supposed to happen on the weekend? Is weekend nothingness good, or bad?

[Scaly Freak]

6 hours ago, Harriet said:

Wait, what was supposed to happen on the weekend? Is weekend nothingness good, or bad?

 

The routine that happens every weekday... morning meditation, daytime walk, and evening talisman. It falls by the wayside over weekends, lost in the distraction that is a lack of routines.

[Harriet]

6 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

The routine that happens every weekday... morning meditation, daytime walk, and evening talisman. It falls by the wayside over weekends, lost in the distraction that is a lack of routines.

 

I seeee. I was disoriented by the lack of bolded coloured categories.

[Heidi]

On 5/27/2023 at 1:31 AM, Harriet said:

I've also been having more success with shorter meditations. Yes, it would be awesome if I would do 40 minutes or even 20 minutes per day, but 8 minutes is achievable and makes it more likely I'll actually show up.

The interesting part is that 8 minutes of meditation a day is somehow more effective than an hour once a week, even though it's overall shorter by a few minutes. 

I like to think of it like brushing my teeth -- a half hour session once a week is absolutely not the same as two minutes twice a day.

 

On 5/27/2023 at 4:04 AM, Scaly Freak said:

YES, this is exactly it. Achievable and realistic goals will eventually win this race. 

I one hundred percent approve.  

How's your week going?

[Scaly Freak]

17 hours ago, Harriet said:

 

I seeee. I was disoriented by the lack of bolded coloured categories.

 

My bad. I'll try to remember to include color coding even on the no-progress reports going forward.

 

On that note, Tuesday update:

 

Friday update:

 

Activate daily resilience buff in the morning - Only one short meditation track, but on this it is far more important to be consistent. As Heidi pointed out, a few minutes every day is a lot more impactful than an hour every Friday (or whichever day it happens on).

 

Cast healing spells during the day - The walking continues. Random observation: The warm-but-not-yet-hot weather appears to be good for Happy Sidekick, in the sense that it softens up her muscles and hip joints. She moves easier, as if the arthritis hurts her less. This makes perfect sense, as this same thing keeps being reported by arthritic humans, so we make an effort to let her out in the warm sun more often now.

 
Apply Regeneration talisman in the evening - Forgot again. I may need to relocate this from the headboard back to the actual pillow until this becomes habit again. *Sigh* Screw it. I'm just going to go do that right now.

[Scaly Freak]

Just now, Scaly Freak said:

I'm just going to go do that right now.

 

Done.

[Scaly Freak]

I have failed to properly acknowledge and honor a great legend. May she never be forgotten. 

 

 

 

[Harriet]

12 hours ago, Heidi said:

The interesting part is that 8 minutes of meditation a day is somehow more effective than an hour once a week, even though it's overall shorter by a few minutes. 

I like to think of it like brushing my teeth -- a half hour session once a week is absolutely not the same as two minutes twice a day.

 

You mean I can't just my teeth for an hour once per week? Alas!

[Scaly Freak]

I have neglected my daily updates... let's just say that meditation, walking, and talismans have actually been happening. And now is it weekend, and we shall see how this goes.  

[Scaly Freak]

Listening to this counts as meditation  

 

 

 

[Scaly Freak]

On 6/3/2023 at 2:30 PM, Scaly Freak said:

I have neglected my daily updates... let's just say that meditation, walking, and talismans have actually been happening. And now is it weekend, and we shall see how this goes.  

 

I'm quoting this because it still more or less applies... forgot the talisman last evening, so I have placed it in a very obvious spot next to my reading chair, since I spend a lot of time there in the evenings.

[Harriet]

3 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

I'm quoting this because it still more or less applies... forgot the talisman last evening, so I have placed it in a very obvious spot next to my reading chair, since I spend a lot of time there in the evenings.

 

Very cunning. May it leap out at you and demand to be used.

[Scaly Freak]

19 hours ago, Harriet said:

 

Very cunning. May it leap out at you and demand to be used.

 

I made a grave tactical mistake. I started reading a very good book in the reading chair... and was so engrossed I forgot about the journal  

[Harriet]

On 6/8/2023 at 3:38 AM, Scaly Freak said:

 

I made a grave tactical mistake. I started reading a very good book in the reading chair... and was so engrossed I forgot about the journal  

 

Sounds terrible! Can you put the talisman on top of the book, so that you have to go through it to get to the book?

[Scaly Freak]

18 hours ago, Harriet said:

 

Can you put the talisman on top of the book, so that you have to go through it to get to the book?

 

I did. I put the talisman aside with the intention of applying it "later".

 

Live and learn, I guess....

[Harriet]

5 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

I did. I put the talisman aside with the intention of applying it "later".

 

Live and learn, I guess....

 

Ah yes, the active rationalisation. I guess we all do it, some more skillfully than we ought to.

[Scaly Freak]

Time to wrap up this challenge, and start thinking about the next one.

 

Activate daily resilience buff in the morning - With the exception of a few weekend mornings, this has worked very well and will continue.

 

Cast healing spells during the day - This has been done very day, with one or two exceptions. The exceptions were either caused by weather or by having contractors over at the house to fix things.

 

Apply Regeneration talisman in the evening - This has been forgotten more than it has been remembered. This is most likely because I don't actually have a stable evening routine to build this habit into. I will need to do some thinking about this.

 

On to the next chapter!

 

 

[Scaly Freak]

A small piece of relaxing ambience for this evening  

 

 

 

[Harriet]

I'm glad that two of your habits stuck and were helpful. Routine makes everything stick easier. Inherently sticky.

[Heidi]

On 6/10/2023 at 4:08 PM, Scaly Freak said:

On to the next chapter!

Looking forward to cheering you on!

How's the new job holding up?