Neva Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I need to stop fixating with what I want and biting off too much, and instead focus on building a foundation. No first pull-up without being able to dead-hang first, right? I need balance so that I don't dive in too hard and move on. This also means to look at these three categories with respect to my body(P), mind(M), and environment(E). I have far too much in my head, too many ideas, not enough plans, too many started projects, and it is all nebulous; the key to fixing this is clarity. Once I cut through the fog I need direction to keep me on track and to stay ahead of the pit traps and getting lost in the jumble again. Balance:-60s crow pose (P)-Read some each day, balance non-fiction with fiction (M)-8 walks over the course of the challenge (E) Clarity:-Stretch every morning (P)-Write or Draw daily to get the idea out instead of cluttering my head (M)-Complete 3 started projects around the house (E) Direction:-10 standard push-ups in a single set (P)-average 2 hours/day learning (M)-Apply for the Peace Corps (E) 1 stat point per item, then 1 for each completed block, and 1 for each completed category (P, M, or E). 9+3+3=15 I had the habit of reading before bed down a few weeks ago, although it fell, and I have been maintaining stretching fairly well, with the creative time slipping but about 1/3 days. Anyway, the daily ones are complete if I get 90%, which is at least 38/42 days of the challenge. Rewards:-Small archery kit (recurve, 25lbs draw) for passing this challenge (cut off is 90%, so all but 1 item)-clothing item from etsy I cannot make well yet (LONG term, for finishing all my incomplete hobby projects currently started because I keep getting ideas for new ones that I am unwilling to start)-Learning goals upon reaching a certain point have small rewards too. 3 Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Balthazar Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 love the rewards! Quote Link to comment
Neva Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Monday, Week 1 Stretched1 h studyingread a few pages of a bitcoin bookdid a little story planning for writing, not a lot Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 love the rewards!Thanks! Most are going to take a long while, but I have been trying to use them to set reasonable goals and help me buy what I want but not just buy a bunch of junk. Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Week 1 Tuesday I came up with a long(er) term reward for study marks - a new comp build capable of CADs. 2h studyingstretchedSome character design in GIMP, and paper5 not-quite-standard push-ups in a setRead more of that book, nearing the end Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Week 1 Wednesday stretchedread1/4th of an hour studying then mostly gave up on the day while my head felt like it was going to burst Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thursday 30m studying - I need to improve this a lot this weekendstretch - good so fardrawing - I found a tutorial I like a lot, the style lends itself to a lot more realism than the three body circles for the torso base I had been using. linkFinished the book on cryptocurrency Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Friday stretchedstudied for 1.5 h10 knee pushupsread fictionStory outline and sketching Saturdaystretchedstudied 1.75 hread academic articlescharacter design with GIMP practice I need to brave the temperatures and go on a walk soon, and get some work done on my other goals. Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 Sunday Stretched3h studyingRead academic articles10 knee push-ups Week 1 Summary:No progress on Crow, walks, projects, or my application7/7 on stretching and Reading10/14 on Studying, a strong start with lots of room for improvementMissed 2 days on Write/Draw daily - That is bad, since I can miss up to 5 total. Overall: Acceptable start but I need to do better and kick it into the next gear. Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Monday: StretchedWrote some of a story idea1h studyingRead fiction Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
ShadowLion Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 We really are working on a lot of the same kinds of things! I like how you've structured your goals and the rewards are great. You had a solid first week. Just keep at it! Quote All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. ~T. E. Lawrence When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. ~John Muir Link to comment
Neva Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 We really are working on a lot of the same kinds of things! I like how you've structured your goals and the rewards are great. You had a solid first week. Just keep at it!Thank you! Tuesday:stretchedstudied for 0.5 h1.25 h walk (and was outside 2h before that gardening! (I'm a vampire, this is a LOT))read fiction - need to read some non-fic tomorrowSome muddling with a project Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Phytomancer Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 You gotta share your artwork sometimes. Quote Phytomancer and The Way of The South East Level: 8 STR 15 | DEX 6 | STA 9 | CON 9 | WIS 9 | CHA 7 Level 1: Evil Minion Training | Level 2: Spy of the Seven Kingdoms Level 3: Shrines of Viruna | Level 4: Impending Storm | Level 5: Respawns | Level 6: Green Villains Level7: Returns to Battle Spoiler Pushup: 11.2% 11.2% Green: 11.2% 11.2% Sweets: 11% 11% Link to comment
Neva Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Wednesday stretchedsketched something for a friend's birthday, colored a pre-challenge sketch playing with oil pastelsread a little, fiction1 h studyTried crow stand with my head on pillowsHad another bad headache Here is a sketch from last week: Link Thursday-read some of a book about Sudan, a little outdated from 2010 but it mostly covers Darfur so the information it has is mostly relevant since it isn't about the South that split off-that 2 hours counted as studying since it is an educational topic/old school book-started writing down an odd idea that was bothering/nudging me, which was the point of the write/draw goal (to declutter those from my head)-stretched, tried some shoulder stuff with a tennis ball Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Friday-stretched-studied 1.5 h by reading the rest of the Sudan book and a couple of articles on deep machine learning-worked on a little story but didn't get far Saturday-stretched-0.75 studying (reading about computer programs that learn and how it is done) there was more time, but a lot of that was just looking for things to read, not actual studying-10 knee pushups-small progress writing I need to pull myself up on writing and studying, crow and push-ups too. I think I might need to find a fair way to reduce the 'walks' goal, maybe just outside time? My dog isn't doing so well and it has gone from nearly 30C for over a week to raining for a week with humidity and nearly the same temps but without so much sun. Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Sunday stretchedread fictionwroteno studying ----------- Week 2 Report: Yellow, it is going but not quite 'well'. Balance:-60s crow pose (P)only one day of practice, needs a lot of work-Read some each day, balance non-fiction with fiction (M)14/14 days so far!-8 walks over the course of the challenge (E)1, but outside days might count, has run into a snag but I don't want to rewrite it just because I am falling behind. Clarity:-Stretch every morning (P)14/14 days-Write or Draw daily to get the idea out instead of cluttering my head (M)12/14 days, which with a good week two puts it at a breath under the 90% threshold-Complete 3 started projects around the house (E)Total I have made progress on just one, working on it just once. Direction:-10 standard push-ups in a single set (P)Has been worked on 5 days total, but not consistently and not enough to show progress-average 2 hours/day learning (M)Week 1 was -4, Week 2 was -7.5. I am going to aim for 3 hours a day this week to try and salvage this.-Apply for the Peace Corps (E)no progress 1 Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Phytomancer Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 It's moving forward. Seems like you are doing well on the clarity section. Also on the consistency of recording your progress. You'll rock this challenge, Nova! Quote Phytomancer and The Way of The South East Level: 8 STR 15 | DEX 6 | STA 9 | CON 9 | WIS 9 | CHA 7 Level 1: Evil Minion Training | Level 2: Spy of the Seven Kingdoms Level 3: Shrines of Viruna | Level 4: Impending Storm | Level 5: Respawns | Level 6: Green Villains Level7: Returns to Battle Spoiler Pushup: 11.2% 11.2% Green: 11.2% 11.2% Sweets: 11% 11% Link to comment
Neva Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I decided to switch walks to '1h+ outside' which could be a walk, gardening, or another project. That means I am up to 3 done. Monday and Tuesday of Week 3 stretched x2Read and draw x1 eachStudy 4h Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Wednesday -stretched-6 push-ups in a set, but not all the way down + CPR cert class-5 hours of studying, nearly two of which while watching a lecture included:-made progress on a second project (1st not complete) that is more done that I thought it was-a little proofreading on a short-story, it needs more work than I thought and might need to be accepted as-is or have parts rewritten.-tried crow with a pillow again-fiction reading Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Thursday *stretched*5-4-3-2 standard push-ups, not terrible for halfway through the challenge. I've been at 10 standard before, but I keep losing it.*a short try at more pillow crow*more proofreading writing projects*a little fiction writing*no studying (only +1 for this week now) Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Friday -stretched-3.25 h studying-read fic and nonfiction-completed a project, the one that was more done than I thought-practiced colouring 1 Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Phytomancer Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Seems like it's coming along fine. What kind of fiction do you write. Quote Phytomancer and The Way of The South East Level: 8 STR 15 | DEX 6 | STA 9 | CON 9 | WIS 9 | CHA 7 Level 1: Evil Minion Training | Level 2: Spy of the Seven Kingdoms Level 3: Shrines of Viruna | Level 4: Impending Storm | Level 5: Respawns | Level 6: Green Villains Level7: Returns to Battle Spoiler Pushup: 11.2% 11.2% Green: 11.2% 11.2% Sweets: 11% 11% Link to comment
Neva Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Seems like it's coming along fine. What kind of fiction do you write. Usually fantasy. I'm working on getting better at making progress when I have the document open, trying to make progress regularly, planning, proofreading, and such using fanfiction right now because it is easier to get feedback online. I also have some penpals to write and I want to switch two to a story (one collab, one just me writing) but I keep putting it off and when I first had the idea my writing skill had fallen an embarrassing amount. 2 Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Neva Posted June 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Saturday -stretched-writing- no reading-1h studying-2.25h weeding outside-5 standard push-ups (single set) Quote Current Challenge Link to comment
Harihead Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 I like your goals! I also write fiction, although I haven't been lately. I'm recharging the subconscious. 1 Quote Level 9 Ranger STR 13 | DEX 10 | STA 21 | CON 19 | WIS 20 | CHA 15 Challenges: Current | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11.5 | 12 | 13 | 14 Groups: | Rangers | Walk to Mordor Nerd Fitness Academy level: 0 | Starting over Eat clean, walk strong, age gracefully with joy. Link to comment
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