ChrisWithaStick Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 2 hours ago, sarakingdom said: For future reference, I must vork on these little steps towards mastering the v-vord: Not vun drop of v-vord after midnight. A vorkout before bed each night. Move my vorkout back to start at 11pm, and then 10:30pm, so I can spend more time reading in bed. Schedule fun things like read und vatching documentaries for an hour in bed. Measure "enough vork" as accomplishing at least the three most important tasks on ze list. Schedule those things first. Schedule a small rest for the brain in the day vith nothing planned to do. Schedule vun hour (vorking up to four) of my most thinking-intensive vork first thing in my vorking day. Implement a firm vork shutdown time to stop vorking at a specific time each day, so my brain stops vorking several hours before bedtime. I vill talk in my daily post about my daily accomplishments und how much rest for the brain I have had. Und maybe take a thermos of herbal tea to bed, so vhen I vake at 4am, I can have a nice soothing varm drink of tea und some podcast, und get back to sleep in half an hour. I cannot take cocoa, of course, but varm tea should address most of the possible causes of vakefulness at 4am. Why no cocoa? Quote Human | Plays with Sticks | Monkish Leanings | Rangerish Overtones Occasionally Updated Facebook Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, ChrisWithaStick said: Why no cocoa? I'd have to get out of bed and brush my teeth again at 4am. Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
ChrisWithaStick Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: I'd have to get out of bed and brush my teeth again at 4am. whew...I was thinking there was some chocolate issue going on. Clean teeth? well, ok. Quote Human | Plays with Sticks | Monkish Leanings | Rangerish Overtones Occasionally Updated Facebook Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Veek 1: Day 5 The Black Ribbon: I have vun over my baser instincts! No more 'children of zer night' for me! Zer black ribbon is the vay to go, my vord, yes! In bed vith tventy minutes to spare. I vas lazy about my vorkout start time, but it vas all good in zer end. (Also, I had zer tai chi varmup, and a tiny minimal cooldown.) The Vorkout: Some yoga or something 5 points Black Ribbon (1 X 1 X 1 0 0) 5 points Meditation (X 1 X 1 1 0 0) 0 points Vorkout (X 1 X 1 X 0 0) 0 points Standing desk time - 0 hour (X 1 X 1 X 0 0) 0 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 2 NF Academy) ----------- 10 points total 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 1 hour ago, ChrisWithaStick said: whew...I was thinking there was some chocolate issue going on. Clean teeth? well, ok. Vun must take clean teeth seriously. Ubervald in general is very keen on zer dental hygiene. 2 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 12 hours ago, Draegon (Liam P Boyle) said: What style tai chi? I may be able to help you with it. Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
ChrisWithaStick Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Interestingly enough, this was the Yang style my teacher was training when I was in college. She also was working on a form of Chen style (I gravitated towards the Chen). I have no commentary, since it was just a couple of years study, but it did spark some memory and thoughts. Quote Human | Plays with Sticks | Monkish Leanings | Rangerish Overtones Occasionally Updated Facebook Link to comment
Draegon (Liam P Boyle) Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 That would be Sifu Chen's teacher. That is my style of Tai Chi. Sent from the dragon's lair 1 Quote Race: Dragonborn Class: Druid/Monk The Journey to Force Mastery: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 __ The Legend The Struggle My MFP Profile My Strava Profile Link to comment
Mistr Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 13 hours ago, sarakingdom said: Veek 1: Day 5 The Black Ribbon: I have vun over my baser instincts! No more 'children of zer night' for me! Zer black ribbon is the vay to go, my vord, yes! In bed vith tventy minutes to spare. I vas lazy about my vorkout start time, but it vas all good in zer end. (Also, I had zer tai chi varmup, and a tiny minimal cooldown.) Huzzah! A fine demonstration of mastery over the baser instincts! Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Veek 1: Day 6 The Black Ribbon: Oh dear, no, I had 60 drops of the v-vord. It vas Friday! I vas... I vas not getting enough done, and it vas Friday. The Vorkout: Academy vorkout B. 0 points Black Ribbon (1 X 1 X 1 X 0) 5 points Meditation (X 1 X 1 1 1 0) 5 points Vorkout (X 1 X 1 X 1 0) 0 points Standing desk time - 0 hour (X 1 X 1 X 0 0) 5 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 3 NF Academy) ----------- 15 points total I think productivity by noon might be the predictor of my success vith bedtime. Today I vas not very productive by noon, but have done fairly vell since then. 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Veek 1: Day 7 The Black Ribbon: Done. Not happy about it, but done. The Vorkout: Some yoga 5 points Black Ribbon (1 X 1 X 1 X 1) 0 points Meditation (X 1 X 1 1 1 0) 0 points Vorkout (X 1 X 1 X 1 0) 0 points Standing desk time - 0 hour (X 1 X 1 X X 0) 0 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 3 NF Academy) ----------- 5 points total Did my vorkout Saturday night, but cut it short for knee pain. Did not seem vise, the wrong sort of pain. But points for keeping the schedule. Keeping a schedule is horrid, and not in keeping for zer children of zer night, and very hard, but zer League encourages good wholesome routines. 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Veek 1: The Veekly Totals The Black Ribbon: Four out of seven. Oh dear, my vord, no. The Vorkout: The goal was three Academy vorkouts and vun yoga session. I did three Academy vorkouts. 20 points Black Ribbon (4x) 20 points Meditation (4x) 15 points Vorkout (3x) 10 points Standing desk time - 2 days 15 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 3 NF Academy) 100 points Awesome bonus ----------- 180 points total 180 points out of a possible 160, that's 113%. A possible $5 of loot per veek, that's $5.65 of loot drop for this veek. Now, do I get Nanny Ogg's cookbook, or the Ankh-Morpork guidebook? Current loot totals: $8.75 - $8 (Ankh-Morpork guidebook) = $0.75 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Luciana Valerosa Culming Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Well done. Which guidebook do you mean. I only found one, that was double in price. At least for the new version. I have the Nanny Ogg cookbook. You could cook something with it. But it's not that practical - at least in my opinion - and the it's selling point is the humor. ^^ Quote level 12 Hobbit Monk (respawned September 2016) STR 4 | DEX 15 | CON 16 | STA 15 | WIS 33 | CHA 24 | Halfling | Newbie | Fencer and Bookworm Introduction | Character | Daily Battle Log | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | # | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | #### | 17 | Current Challenge Spoiler I'm exercising, because I want to get my stamina and strength. I enjoy medieevil swordmanship, Tai Chi, yoga, aikido and fire spinning. I'm also a roleplaying nerd and a book worm. Let's fight the procrastination dragon! Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 3 hours ago, Luciana Valerosa Culming said: Which guidebook do you mean. I only found one, that was double in price. At least for the new version. I have the Nanny Ogg cookbook. You could cook something with it. But it's not that practical - at least in my opinion - and the it's selling point is the humor. ^^ I don't buy cookbooks for the recipes, I can usually do better. Mostly it's just for the amusement value. Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Veek 2: Day 1-2 The Black Ribbon: I haff failed. The Vorkout: Yes, also failed here. 0 points Black Ribbon (X X 1 0 0 0 0) 0 points Meditation (0 0 0 1 0 0 0) 0 points Vorkout (0 0 0 0 0 0 0) 0 points Standing desk time - 0 hour (0 0 0 0 0 0 0) 0 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 0 NF Academy) ----------- 0 points total Oh my vord, this is all very embarrassing. Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Veek 2: Day 3 The Black Ribbon: Made it by vun minute! The Vorkout: I haff an Academy vorkout to makeup. A, I think. 5 points Black Ribbon (X X 1 0 0 0 0) 0 points Meditation (0 0 0 0 0 0 0) 5 points Vorkout (0 0 1 0 0 0 0) 0 points Standing desk time - 0 hour (0 0 0 0 0 0 0) 5 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 1 NF Academy) ----------- 10 points total 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Vay to turn tinks around! Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Draegon (Liam P Boyle) Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Oh hell, I'm about ready to scrap my own challenge until I can get my sleep issues resolved. Good for you that you're still trying. Sent from the dragon's lair Quote Race: Dragonborn Class: Druid/Monk The Journey to Force Mastery: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 __ The Legend The Struggle My MFP Profile My Strava Profile Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 4 minutes ago, Draegon (Liam P Boyle) said: Oh hell, I'm about ready to scrap my own challenge until I can get my sleep issues resolved. Good for you that you're still trying. In your case, I wouldn't scrap it, I'd just scale it back to the sleep challenges. Your sleep debt is pretty severe, it's really the first thing you have to solve to make the rest work. 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Draegon (Liam P Boyle) Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Apparently, I've been going like this for about the last 20 years or so. Sent from the dragon's lair Quote Race: Dragonborn Class: Druid/Monk The Journey to Force Mastery: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 __ The Legend The Struggle My MFP Profile My Strava Profile Link to comment
Kishi Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 18 minutes ago, Draegon (Liam P Boyle) said: Apparently, I've been going like this for about the last 20 years or so. Sent from the dragon's lair Yeah, but you can fix it now. Vay-- er, way to get things back under control! I could learn some lessons from you, I think. Ja. Sehr gut. 1 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
Draegon (Liam P Boyle) Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Yeah, but you can fix it now. [emoji4] Vay-- er, way to get things back under control! I could learn some lessons from you, I think. Ja. Sehr gut. Thanks, and it's a work in progress. Being functional on as little sleep as I get is very much a trained behavior that I need to unlearn. Sent from the dragon's lair 1 Quote Race: Dragonborn Class: Druid/Monk The Journey to Force Mastery: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 __ The Legend The Struggle My MFP Profile My Strava Profile Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Veek 2: Day 4 The Black Ribbon: Made it comfortably. The Vorkout: Yoga, or perhaps a valk. 5 points Black Ribbon (X X 1 1 0 0 0) 5 points Meditation (0 0 0 1 0 0 0) 0 points Vorkout (0 0 1 0 0 0 0) 0 points Standing desk time - 0 hour (0 0 0 0 0 0 0) 0 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 1 NF Academy) ----------- 10 points total 3 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted October 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Veek 2: Day 5 & 6 The Black Ribbon: Vun fail (a very near miss), und vun technical vin. The Vorkout: Academy Vorkout B. I'm a little behind this veek, for sick days. 5 points Black Ribbon (X X 1 1 0 1 0) 5 points Meditation (0 0 0 1 1 0 0) 0 points Vorkout (0 0 1 0 0 0 0) 0 points Standing desk time - 0 hour (0 0 0 0 0 0 0) 0 points Veekly yoga und Veekly Nerd Fitness Academy routine (completed: 0 yoga, 1 NF Academy) ----------- 10 points total I am a little under the veather this veek. Partly physical illness, partly soaring anxiety und stress levels. I'm not sleeping entirely vell, either, vhich does not help. Perhaps it is time to make some more cocoa. 2 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Kishi Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Ze sleep vill help mit ze sickness. Is true. Avoid ze v... ze vay... you get ze idea. 5 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
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