Anaticula Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Decided to start my Epic Quest log. I've included some things I have already completed because they were big goals for me. So far on my dream list I have: Fitness Related Goals: Learn to Swim Swim 100 meters Swim 100 meters without stopping Swim 100 meters with good form Swim 250 meters Swim 250 meters without stopping Swim 250 meters with good form Swim 500 meters swim 500 meters without stopping Swim 500 meters with good form Swim 700 meters Swim 700 meters without stopping Swim 700 meters with good form Swim 1,000 meters Swim 1,000 meters without stopping Swim 1,000 meters with good form Swim a mile without stopping Swim 2 miles without stopping Swim 5 miles without stopping Walk a 5K Walk a 10K Jog a mile Jog 2 miles Jog 3 miles Alternate walk/jog a 5K Alternate jog/run a 5K Run a mile Run 2 miles Run a 5K Bike a mile Bike 2 miles Bike 5 miles Bike 10 miles Bike 20 miles Bike 30 miles Bike 40 miles Bike 50 miles Bike 100 miles Complete a Triathlon (of any distance) Complete the Tri Sprint Challenge - .5 mile swim; 12.4 mile bike; 3.1 mile run. Complete an Olympic Length Triathlon - .93 mile swim; 24.8 mile bike; 6.2 mile run Half Ironman - 1.2 mile swim; 56 mile bike; 13.1 mile run Ironman - 2.4 mile swim; 112 mile bike; 26.2 mile run Complete a Half Marathon Complete a Marathon Take a 5 mile Nature Hike Take a 10 mile Nature Hike Run 5 minutes without stopping Go to Camp Nerd Fitness Complete a 6 week Nerd Fitness Challenge Weight related goals: Reach weight of less than 300 lbs Reach weight of less than 275 lbs Reach weight of less than 250 lbs Reach weight of less than 225 lbs Reach weight of less than 200 lbs Reach weight of less than 180 lbs - This is what I used to lie and say my weight was, want to be able to say it honestly. Reach 'healthy' weight - for me somewhere between 140-160. Maintain a healthy weight for 1 month Maintain healthy weight for 3 months Maintain healthy weight for 6 months Maintain healthy weight for 1 year Knowledge Related Goals: Earn a Bachelors Degree Earn my M.A. in History Earn my MLIS - I graduated August 5, 2016. Earn a PhD Read 100 books a year. (recorded on good reads): Goal reached for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016... Learn a second language - I have the Rossetta Stone package for German, but don't work on it often. Learn a third language - I took Spanish lessons in high-school, but don't really know it well, want to work on this. Learn a fourth language - Latin - I want to learn it, never tried. Have a paper published in a scholarly journal (co-author) Have a paper published in a scholarly journal (solo author) Present at a Conference Present Online Travel Related Goals: Visit at least three countries: so far - Mexico; Go on a camping trip in a tent Go on a camping trip in camper Take a road trip Visit Disney World Went to Disney World in Feb 2016 with my boyfriend and his kids, he proposed while we were there. Visit Harry Potter World We went to Universal as part of our Honeymoon. Sadly I wasn't Impressed. Visit Lego Land Go on a cruise Watch the Anaheim Ducks play a home game (saw them play at Dallas once, but I want to go to a home game) Life Goals Throw a party - something I've never done, as I'm an introvert. I threw my party, and it was awesome, I then ended up throwing several others and they were awesome too. Seems the reason I disliked parties for so long was because it wasn't my friends there. Date - for the longest time I didn't feel anyone would ever want to date me, and I didn't even think of adding relationship goals here, but now I'm dating an awesome guy. Get Engaged He proposed at Disney World in Feb 2016. Get Married I am now a married woman. September 18, 2016 Pay off car loan Pay off credit cards Pay off Student Loans Save $1,000 for a rainy day Buy a house - Yes, I now own my own place. Retire 3 Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 This morning I met several of my goals. I swam 100 meters with good form and without stopping.I swam 250 meters without stopping.I swam 1,000 meters. Good day today. Also, Saturday I'm going to walk my first 5K. 1 Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Walked my first ever 5K yesterday! 2 Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
roaming_rebel Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Congratulations! All of this is amazing! Quote Link to comment
lishvicious Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Love your epic quest - so well defined, you are giving me inspiration to work out what my epic quest is Also congratulations on swimming 1000m! Fantastic work Quote Level 1 :: Lycan (STR-2 :: DEX-2 :: STA-2 :: CON-2 :: WIS-1 :: CHA-1) Challenges: One Daily logs: Battle log / MFP Link to comment
Anaticula Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Thanks. Bought myself a bicycle this weekend. Going to work on biking that first mile this evening if I have time after work. If not today I'll try to do it tomorrow. Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Managed to cross off several of my goals this week! I need to think of some more to add! Also, my first Triathlon is just around the corner. It's the Girl Power Triathlon in New Orleans on Sept 28th. It is a very short one, 300 meter swim, 10 mile bike, 2 mile run, but I'm kind of nervous about it. I've also got my eye on a second slightly longer Tri in October that I'm thinking of signing up for. Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Added some goals. Finished one or two. Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted September 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 Completed my first triathlon yesterday. Also I've been less that 300 lbs for over a week now. 2 Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
VailedPhoenix Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 That's awesome! Keep it up! Quote My Epic QuestFollow me on Duolingo Link to comment
Anaticula Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've decided to change my visit every state quest to a complete a triathlon in every state. So far I have Louisiana, (because I live here) and Mississippi. 1 Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Completed the Half Marathon November 16th in 4 hours 10 minutes. Took off the complete a triathlon in each state section, because it added a lot of text. Going to instead just list the states where I have completed one. Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Set myself a list of 15 things for 2015, figured I'll add them here and check them off as I do them. Go as far as I can in the New Orleans Half Ironman. Complete a marathon Start learning a new language Read 100 books Visit Disney World, Lego Land, Harry Potter World, or go to a Duck Hockey game at the home arena. Get weight to 200. Put $1,000 away for a rainy day. - Did this, but then needed the money, so I have to start over. Go on a date. - Did this last weekend and then again this weekend. Made myself an online dating profile and decided to give it a go. Having fun with it. First guy was crazy, but the second guy was much more fun. Hope to see him again. Go camping Pay off a credit card - Did this, but then due to financial issues had to use the card again, so I have to start over. Start and finish a video game. Improve cooking skills. Throw a party. - Did this, and it was awesome. Hosted a Murder Mystery Dinner Party and planning to do another one soon. Blog - Honestly, this isn't likely to happen, so instead I will focus on keeping my posts up to date here. No soda except for special occasions. Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Added several goals to the list. Also, completed the video game goal for my 2015 list. However, some of those goals clearly aren't going to happen. Oh well. Maybe next year. At this point my life is going fairly well. I'm dating an awesome guy, who I could go on about for hours, but I'll save your ears. He has two great kids that I love spending time with. I bought a house. My house got broken into recently, but I'm not going to let it get me down. I'm less than a year away from graduation. My guy and I are taking his kids to Disney World next February, so that goal will come true then. Now I just need to get back on track with my fitness goals. 1 Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 My boyfriend (now fiance) proposed while we were at Disney World in February. He knows how much I love Donald Duck, so when we met Donald in Disney World he proposed to me then. It was awesome. We're now planning our wedding for September and plan to go back to Disney for our Honeymoon. I'm now trying to get back on track with fitness and making healthy decisions. I've been stressed out lately due to work/class and things haven't been going to well. Luckily I'll graduate in August (Commencement is Friday August 5th) and things should get a whole lot better. Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
Anaticula Posted October 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Got married, graduated, and visited Universal Studios. So those are now checked off the list. 1 Quote Current Challenge: Late start, but here at last. Level 6 Magikarp Past Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 My NF Character and Epic Quest! Link to comment
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