Bekah Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Why yes, yes they are. That being said, what the hell am I doing? Relaxation and Recovery are NOT my strong points, so it could be argued that I never stop "doing something", and that may be true, but why do I never "feel" like I do anything??? Perhaps because I don't "do" what is important to me. Why not? you ask. That IS the question.I have said before and I will say it again, I feel like my life is nothing but a series of chaotic events that I just manage, rather than actually living and enjoying my life...and I am starting to REALLY hate that. So, the ever present question in my head is "What do I enjoy?" and I have a few answers, and some of the realizations I have come to, aren't very pleasant, because well, I am not really a princess as much as i want to be...so I have to live in a world not structured for be to be a princess...and that is not how I like it! So...what do I enjoy:1. Yoga (but I have realized that in order to "do" yoga, I need the perfect surrounding space...which makes me not "do" it.)2. Reading 3. Cleaning and organizing and decorating my house (but I can't get the process started on my own...stupid Executive Functioning!!! grrrr! so I never actually do it either)4. Climbing, jumping, running, generally acting like a child outdoors (I don't ever do this either, because I'm afraid of hurting myself mostly, and trying to get someone to do it with me is like pulling teeth around here and I don't like going alone, so I dont do this either) 5. the beach 6. Quiet (which is more of a need than a want, but I have teenagers, so you can imagine how much I get of it)7. Cold weather (and I live in Florida...grrrrr) 8. Not having to worry about money (hahahahahahaha like this EVER happens ) 9. Helping people10. Games (video, computer, board games etc.) 11. Making things colorful (decorating them, coloring them, crafts...whatever, I love looking around me and seeing lots of color)12. Learning new things (which I am not sure why I shy away from this so much...fear of failure is the only thing I can guess, because I really love learning in general)So, my challenge goals are going to be to actually DO some things I enjoy, and not make excuses. The last time I did anything fun outdoors was when I was doing challenges for BL 1.0, and that seems like a lifetime ago, and i can't really do much physically at the moment anyway bc of my recent surgery...so those will have to wait. I am going to participate in BL 3.0 but it's not going to be part of my challenge this time. Probably next time for sure since it usually goes for more than one challenge round.Challenge Goal #1: Cleaning, Organizing and Decorating: Make a PvS (or PvP if anyone is interested) for doing Flylady daily routines, missions and zone work. and settle definitively on what I want as far as decor changes (I need new curtains and bedroom stuff mainly). I get a rainbow sticker for doing this everyday before 9pm. Challenge Goal #2:Quiet Time: Do the Mediations from the Mat and finish up the WoT series and use my earplugs in the house ALL the time if I need to. Spend 10 minutes after my breathing doing the Meditations, and just read before bed like I have been doing. I get a star sticker for the doing the meditations. Challenge Goal #3: Helping People: I have really been slacking on my Ambassador duties around here, granted I had a good reason, but it doesn't make me feel good to have committed to doing something and then not done it. I have done the same thing with my son's Scout troop and both make me feel terrible about myself. So I am going to go to his Scout meetings every week during this challenge and take on the training coordinator role that I have been assigned, and I am going to spend no less than 30 minutes, 3 days per week here helping out new and potential Druids.Challenge Goal #4: Learn something new: I need to learn how to do the various yoga breathing techniques correctly...and I really have put it off, because I don't ever feel like I'm "doing it right" and so I just quit...but I can't practice any asana right now, but I can damn sure sit on my mat and breathe...so I am going to spend 10 minutes a day just learning to breathe. I get a big smiley sticker for doing my breathing. 9 Druid Assassin Halfling Druid Level 16, Current Quest: Bekah Returns Spoiler Fitbit Facebook Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. - Jim Rohn Link to comment
Nirvi Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 I love your third challenge goal, very selfless. I see you like to be outdoors, love quiet time, and love puzzles and challenges... you may want to try geocaching (http://geocaching.com) - it's something your teens could do with you, too, and it may help you get back outside. Plus you can do it at your own pace, and at your own convenience. It's really helped me get back outside, and I love the challenge of finding them. Best of luck with your challenge! I'll be following 1 Level 3 Wild Elf. Druid at heart, with an Adventurer's soul. STR4 | DEX2 | STA4 | CON7 | WIS7 | CHA5 Challenges: 1st, 2nd, 3rd | Current: -- *After a long hiatus, I am back and ready to work on myself! LOSE 70LBS Spoiler "If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans." Desiderata, Max Ehrmann Link to comment
Sunmage Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Great!Welcome back!we are very happy to have our motivated ambassador back!!You can do that! 1 Fate whispers to the warrior: "You cannot withstand the storm." The warrior whispers back: "I am the storm." Link to comment
Heidi Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hey, Bekah, glad to see you again!I don't do flylady, but I have a weekly cleaning and daily dishes component to my challenge. Is that good enough for a PvP? 1 ♥ & ☮, Heidi Gypsy Druid Paladin Ranger: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 :: Druid: 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 | 37 | 38 |:: 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |:: 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53| 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |:: 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | :: 70 | Paladin: 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | Heidi Chronicles NF Character Sheet | @theheidifeed| MySlashdotKarmaIsExcellent Link to comment
Bekah Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 I love your third challenge goal, very selfless. I see you like to be outdoors, love quiet time, and love puzzles and challenges... you may want to try geocaching (http://geocaching.com) - it's something your teens could do with you, too, and it may help you get back outside. Plus you can do it at your own pace, and at your own convenience. It's really helped me get back outside, and I love the challenge of finding them. Best of luck with your challenge! I'll be following Thank you :) We do Geocaching as a family already...it IS pretty fun Great!Welcome back!we are very happy to have our motivated ambassador back!!You can do that! Thank you Hey, Bekah, glad to see you again!I don't do flylady, but I have a weekly cleaning and daily dishes component to my challenge. Is that good enough for a PvP?Definitely good enough for a PvP. I might just do a cleaning PvP and each person make up their own cleaning to-do's. 2 Druid Assassin Halfling Druid Level 16, Current Quest: Bekah Returns Spoiler Fitbit Facebook Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. - Jim Rohn Link to comment
alienjenn Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hey gurl (sent by the phone. .. all mistakes are the phones fault) 1 Level 10.4 Wood-Elf, Ranger - specializing in demon fighting "doing the impossible since 2012 :D" - Librarian of Doom facebook battle log level 50 WOOT Backstory CNF2014 current (not challenge - doing a battle log this time) Spoiler * This is the day the Lord has made, rejoice in it and be glad. God, The Bible. * Do or do not, there is no try. - Yoda * There are three options in this life; be good, get good, or give up. -- House * Never take counsel of your fears. Stonewall Jackson. * level 50 isn't gonna just POOF happen - alienjenn, NF IRC chatroom * I'm not about to give up - Because I heard you say - There's gonna be brighter days… I won't stop, I'll keep my head up - No, I'm not here to stay ... - I just might bend but I won't break - As long as I can see your face - When life won't play along - And right keeps going wrong - And I can't seem to find my way - I know where I am found - So I won't let it drag me down - Oh, I'll keep dancing anyway - Mercy Me - Move Link to comment
Bekah Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 oooooh you are an ambassador too??? Druid Assassin Halfling Druid Level 16, Current Quest: Bekah Returns Spoiler Fitbit Facebook Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. - Jim Rohn Link to comment
alienjenn Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yup (sent by the phone. .. all mistakes are the phones fault) Level 10.4 Wood-Elf, Ranger - specializing in demon fighting "doing the impossible since 2012 :D" - Librarian of Doom facebook battle log level 50 WOOT Backstory CNF2014 current (not challenge - doing a battle log this time) Spoiler * This is the day the Lord has made, rejoice in it and be glad. God, The Bible. * Do or do not, there is no try. - Yoda * There are three options in this life; be good, get good, or give up. -- House * Never take counsel of your fears. Stonewall Jackson. * level 50 isn't gonna just POOF happen - alienjenn, NF IRC chatroom * I'm not about to give up - Because I heard you say - There's gonna be brighter days… I won't stop, I'll keep my head up - No, I'm not here to stay ... - I just might bend but I won't break - As long as I can see your face - When life won't play along - And right keeps going wrong - And I can't seem to find my way - I know where I am found - So I won't let it drag me down - Oh, I'll keep dancing anyway - Mercy Me - Move Link to comment
alienjenn Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Let's go ambassador all UP in these forums (sent by the phone. .. all mistakes are the phones fault) 1 Level 10.4 Wood-Elf, Ranger - specializing in demon fighting "doing the impossible since 2012 :D" - Librarian of Doom facebook battle log level 50 WOOT Backstory CNF2014 current (not challenge - doing a battle log this time) Spoiler * This is the day the Lord has made, rejoice in it and be glad. God, The Bible. * Do or do not, there is no try. - Yoda * There are three options in this life; be good, get good, or give up. -- House * Never take counsel of your fears. Stonewall Jackson. * level 50 isn't gonna just POOF happen - alienjenn, NF IRC chatroom * I'm not about to give up - Because I heard you say - There's gonna be brighter days… I won't stop, I'll keep my head up - No, I'm not here to stay ... - I just might bend but I won't break - As long as I can see your face - When life won't play along - And right keeps going wrong - And I can't seem to find my way - I know where I am found - So I won't let it drag me down - Oh, I'll keep dancing anyway - Mercy Me - Move Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 And I geocache too!! My handle is grinningcollie. Some kind of Jedi ..... We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less. Past Challenges: 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, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 Link to comment
Bekah Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 And I geocache too!! My handle is grinningcollie.I "think" ours is jencke, but I have never actually looked at the site myself. I am going to find some beach caches Druid Assassin Halfling Druid Level 16, Current Quest: Bekah Returns Spoiler Fitbit Facebook Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. - Jim Rohn Link to comment
CactusWren Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Yay!!! Go Bekah!!!! :D 1 CactusWren progress thread Link to comment
Bekah Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Yay!!! Go Bekah!!!! :D Wren I think about you every single day, no exaggeration! i used the gif you posted on my battle log as my desktop background How are you? Are you still updating your battle log? :runs to check: 1 Druid Assassin Halfling Druid Level 16, Current Quest: Bekah Returns Spoiler Fitbit Facebook Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. - Jim Rohn Link to comment
Teirin Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Looks great! I love your colours :-) 1 Behave yourself, badly if necessary. Current Challenge Judo - Shodan My Character Link to comment
Kishi Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 I hope you get all the stickers. 1 Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
Thrillho Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 The cancer was aggressive, but the chemotherapy was aggressive, as well. There was aggression on both sides. Link to comment
Bekah Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 And that's why learning math was not one of my options, bc I am not willing to fail that horribly! Druid Assassin Halfling Druid Level 16, Current Quest: Bekah Returns Spoiler Fitbit Facebook Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change. - Jim Rohn Link to comment
Leonine Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 So many colors! You make me so happy! Awesome, let's meditate all up in here. 2 Level 5 Dryad Druid + Adventurer STR 7 | DEX 10 | STA 9 | CON 8 | WIS 13 | CHA 10.5 Leo's Dawn of Dragons Challenge Link to comment
I am Eve Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Bekah, what wisdom you show by starting out with a positive, and making the things you enjoy your origin. That will help keep a good level of energy I think. Aah, the breathing. My yoga teacher once told me she spent a whole week breathing, at a course. It made her frustrated "just" to breathe, but she feels she benefited enormously. Indeed - go for the breathing. It is the beginning and the end. 1 I have chosen to believe in myself. Link to comment
CactusWren Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Wren I think about you every single day, no exaggeration! i used the gif you posted on my battle log as my desktop background How are you? Are you still updating your battle log? :runs to check: Aw! Warms and fuzzies! Things are going in a generally positive direction. One step at a time! 1 CactusWren progress thread Link to comment
RES Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Subbing to keep an eye on you....you look to be in a similar predicament that I was in when I joined...post surgery and frustrated over not being able to do anything but sit and breathe! RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: CUTE isn't cutting it! Spoiler Magickal, Eclectic, Goddess, Level 69 |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|37|38|39|40|41|42|43|44|45|46|47|48|49|50|51|52|53|54|55|56|57|58|59|60|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73| |My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Naaria Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Soooo many colours!! So much happy! Go Bekah go! 1 Level 1 Druid STR 1 // DEX 1 // STA 2 || CON 3 \\ WIS 3 \\ CHA 1 Naaria's Search for Balance v1.5 First Challenge !! Link to comment
CactusWren Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Happy day one!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 CactusWren progress thread Link to comment
Tateman Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Here is hoping you get to do plenty of things you enjoy while recovering ! 1 Tateland.com, Instagram, Fitbit Link to comment
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