Machete: 24

[Machete]

 

We all have 24 hours in a day. Somehow I manage to spent the majority of it f-ing around on Facebook.

 

Zero Week:

Going to try to figure out where all the time goes.

 

Breakdown
Monday:

1030 Wake up [WAKE UP TO BREAKFAST--50 minutes]

Breakfast to 1120

Schoolwork to 1230

Lunch and video watching to 1430

Gym (and driving) to 1730

Traffic to 1820

School and drive home to 2115

Cook and DDF to 2205

Driving etc, bet at 0000

 

Tuesday:

Wake up at 0500

0600-0700 class

GB, school work to 0930

class to 1030

clean, etc to 1200

Take the dogs out, try to sleep to 1730 [OVER 5 HOURS UNACCOUNTED FOR]

Schoolwork to 1900

BJJ to 2100

schoolwork, cook, DDF, etc, bed at 0000

 

Wednesday:

0940 wake up

1240 breakfast [4 HOURS UNACCOUNTED]

GB Foundations, presentation, memes to 1600

driving and school to 2100

Thursday:

0500 wake up

0600-0700 class [90 minutes unaccounted]

0830-0900 class

0930-1030 class

no idea after until Saturday morning.

 

Eventually I will continue with my previous challenge: weekly task priority list, and CFE programming. In addition I will be working on my gymnastic skills by hitting up GB's Foundation program.

 

1. Prioritization

Same weekly task list in descending importance. It has been working so far.

 

2. Addition by subtraction

 

Statues are made not by adding, but by subtracting. I will find one thing to take a way per week.

 

3. Program Minimum

GB Skills and CFE Programming.

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Week 1

 

1) Task List:

High Priority

[x] Grocery

[ ] Meal Prep

[x] Final Exam (Wednesday)

[x] Final Paper (Friday)

 

Moderate Priority

[ ] vehicle maintenance

[ ] dog park

[x] laundry

[ ] organize closet

 

Low Priority

[ ] writing

[ ] Duolingo

[ ] organize desk

 

2) Addition by subtraction: This week will be an attempt to cut out the Ginger Ale (which will probably lead to me drinking more water). I seem to have been averaging 12 cans a week.

 

3) Program Minimum:

 

GB Foundation

[x] Front Lever  [x] Side Lever  [x] Manna  [x] Straddle Planche  [x] Hollow Back Press  [x] Rope Climb  [x] Single Leg Squat

 

Sunday: [x] Rest Day, [ ] 1 hour study, [ ] 1 hour paper

Monday: [x] Power Cleans, Pullups, HSPU, Rows, [x] 1 hour study, [ ] 1 hour paper

Tuesday: [x] Squats, Dubs & Wall Balls, [ ] 800m, [ ] 1 hour study, [ ] 1 hour paper

Wednesday: [x] Power Snatch & Ring Dips, [ ] 1 hour study, [ ] 1 hour paper

Thursday: [x] 1-mile repeats, [ ] 1 hour paper

Friday: [ ] Bench Press, KBS, [x] Finish paper

Saturday: [ ] Run & Pullups, [ ] 200m repeats

 

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Week 2

 

1) Task List:

High Priority

[x] Grocery

[ ] Meal Prep

[ ] vehicle maintenance

[ ] BJJ video (Ryan Hall Deep Half entry)

[x] USA Gymnastics modules

 

Low Priority

[ ] organize desk

[ ] writing

[x] laundry

[ ] organize closet

[ ] dog park
[x] Duolingo

[ ] grad school application (letters of recommendation, goal statement, CV, writing sample by 15 Jan)

[ ] 8weeksout modules

 

2) Addition by subtraction: Clear email, and unsubscribe from lists.

 

3) Program Minimum:

 

GB Foundation

[x] Front Lever  [x] Side Lever  [x] Manna  [x] Straddle Planche  [-] Hollow Back Press  [-] Rope Climb  [-] Single Leg Squat

 

CFE

Sunday: [x] Rest Day

Monday: [x] Snatch; HPS, MU, Run

Tuesday: [-] Press; Barbara [-] Sprint Ladders

Wednesday: [-] Deadlift; Rowing

Thursday: [x] 2k repeats

Friday: [x] Squat; Power cleans, push press, front squat

Saturday: [-] HSPU, SDHP, K2E [x] 100m repeats

 

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Week 3

 

1) Task List:

High Priority

   [x] Grocery

   [x] Meal Prep

   [x] vehicle maintenance
 

Low Priority

   [x] FAFSA

   [x] VA certs

   [ ] grad school application (letters of recommendation, goal statement, CV, writing sample by 15 Jan)

   [ ] BJJ video (Ryan Hall Deep Half entry)

   [ ] organize desk

   [ ] writing

   [x] laundry

   [ ] organize closet

   [ ] dog park
   [x] Duolingo

   [x] 8weeksout module 1

 

2) Addition by subtraction: Clear open browser tabs on laptop by the end of the week.

 

3) Program Minimum:

 

   GB Foundation

[x] Front Lever  [x] Side Lever  [x] Manna  [x] Straddle Planche  [x] Hollow Back Press  [x] Rope Climb  [ ] Single Leg Squat

 

   CFE

Sunday: [x] Rest day

Monday: [x] Clean cycling, [-] Burpees

Tuesday: [-] Rest day

Wednesday: [-] Push Press & Box Jumps, [x] 30-sec. Repeats

Thursday: [-] Thrusters & C2B, [-] Hang Power Clean, Ring Pushups

Friday: [-] Bench Press, 400m & OHS

Saturday: [x] 60-min Run

 

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Week 4

 

1) Task List:

High Priority

   [x] Meal Prep

   [x] Parking Sticker

   [ ] grad school application (letters of recommendation, goal statement, CV, writing sample by 15 Jan)

   [ ] Budget Spreadsheet

Low Priority

   [ ] BJJ video (Ryan Hall Deep Half entry)

   [ ] organize desk

   [ ] writing

   [ ] laundry

   [ ] organize closet

   [ ] dog park
   [x] Duolingo

   [ ] 8weeksout module

 

2) Addition by subtraction: Clear open browser tabs on laptop by the end of the week. 17 total on computer. Then proceed to phone.

 

3) Program Minimum:

 

   GB Foundation

[x] Front Lever  [ ] Side Lever  [ ] Manna  [x] Straddle Planche  [x] Hollow Back Press  [x] Rope Climb  [ ] Single Leg Squat

 

   CFE

Sunday: [x] Rest day

Monday: [-] Squats, Cindy

Tuesday: [x] Dubs, Ring Dips, Power Cleans; [ ] 5-min Intervals

Wednesday: [y] Push Jerk, 800m, Muscle-ups, Push Press

Thursday: [ ] 800m

Friday: [ ] Snatch, Clean

Saturday: [ ] 60-min Run

[OddlyOtter]

Facebook can be a big life sucker. But at least you realize you waste a lot of time on it.

 

Following!

[DarK_RaideR]

That's weird, if you take out your training short vids, doesn't look like you're spending that much time on Facebook

[DJtrippyT]

16 hours ago, Machete said:

 

We all have 24 hours in a day. Somehow I manage to spent the majority of it f-ing around on Facebook.

 

Zero Week:

Going to try to figure out where all the time goes.

 

Eventually I will continue with my previous challenge: weekly task priority list, and CFE programming. In addition I will be working on my gymnastic skills by hitting up GB's Foundation program.

 

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

 

I totally need something like this!

[Machete]

On 11/28/2016 at 8:12 AM, DarK_RaideR said:

That's weird, if you take out your training short vids, doesn't look like you're spending that much time on Facebook

 

I probably spend a lot of time on retakes. I can't have my followers seeing a bad angle of me. Haha. (I'm kidding, of course. I have no bad angles. I also have no good ones. Just sadly overwhelmingly average. #UltimateMediocrity)

[DarK_RaideR]

Oh wow, I see your self confidence game is through the roof

[Sylvaa]

15 hours ago, Machete said:

 

I probably spend a lot of time on retakes. I can't have my followers seeing a bad angle of me. Haha. (I'm kidding, of course. I have no bad angles. I also have no good ones. Just sadly overwhelmingly average. #UltimateMediocrity)

 

I laughed really hard at this. To be fair, I'm so busy being impressed by what you can do, I don't pay attention to what kind of angle you are using to film.

[Machete]

3 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

Oh wow, I see your self confidence game is through the roof

It's like when you're younger and girls and/or boys are all acting interested in you, and you have to say "no" or "let me think about it" to one or two of them. Except this time it's employment opportunities. Because adult life.

 

3 hours ago, Sylvaa said:

I laughed really hard at this. To be fair, I'm so busy being impressed by what you can do, I don't pay attention to what kind of angle you are using to film.

 

There must be an art to this, because some of the people I follow in Instagram are able to look stunning all the time. Or maybe they just have friends to take videos for them.

[Terra]

Following!  Here and on instagram.  I'll admit I'm still figuring out instagram and like @Sylvaa I'm impressed!  

 

 

[RedStone]

Stalking Following along! 

[Machete]

So found on the accountability report that I tend to lose a lot of hours attempting to sleep and that Wednesday and Friday (which are my days off) are usually wasted on lollygagging and BS, probably because deep inside I feel like I deserve to decompress because I have to wake up at 4:30 on Tuesday and Thursday, and end up taking it too far. I'll have to find a way to address those. Situational awareness.

 

Went to a Chinese Weightlifting seminar on Saturday, and I found out how much I suck at Weightlifting. Can't get the timing on the second pull.

 

Also, for the Instagram and Facebook followers, there was an actual job interview, but it was at a CrossFit gym, so I didn't actually wear that. (The tie and slacks were for a class presentation.)

 

 

[DarK_RaideR]

13 hours ago, Machete said:

...I tend to lose a lot of hours... probably because deep inside I feel like I deserve to decompress...I'll have to find a way to address those. Situational awareness.

The feels. Let me know how that works out for you, I'm in somewhat of a similar predicament myself but my plate is just too full to tackle that as well right now.

 

Lol at the video, hope the interview went well. People need you as a trainer

[Machete]

On 12/5/2016 at 6:07 AM, DarK_RaideR said:

The feels. Let me know how that works out for you, I'm in somewhat of a similar predicament myself but my plate is just too full to tackle that as well right now.

 

Lol at the video, hope the interview went well. People need you as a trainer

 

I think it went well, but they're looking for someone with different availability. Oh well.

 

Anyway, currently suffering from soda withdrawals. Anyone with any tips here? I'm about to sprint to 7-11 to get a bottle.

[Elastigirl]

On 12/4/2016 at 1:08 PM, Machete said:

So found on the accountability report that I tend to lose a lot of hours attempting to sleep and that Wednesday and Friday (which are my days off) are usually wasted on lollygagging and BS, probably because deep inside I feel like I deserve to decompress because I have to wake up at 4:30 on Tuesday and Thursday, and end up taking it too far. I'll have to find a way to address those. Situational awareness.

 

Went to a Chinese Weightlifting seminar on Saturday, and I found out how much I suck at Weightlifting. Can't get the timing on the second pull.

 

Also, for the Instagram and Facebook followers, there was an actual job interview, but it was at a CrossFit gym, so I didn't actually wear that. (The tie and slacks were for a class presentation.)

 

 

I love this

[Sylvaa]

11 hours ago, Machete said:

 

I think it went well, but they're looking for someone with different availability. Oh well.

 

Anyway, currently suffering from soda withdrawals. Anyone with any tips here? I'm about to sprint to 7-11 to get a bottle.

 

Step away from the soda!

 

I no longer drink soda, but I remember how hard it was to stop. One thing I used to do was get sparkling water instead of soda (actually, this is my go to now when I want something other than water through the day). Sparkling Ice has some really good flavors.

[DarK_RaideR]

I was never into soda, but I remember Teros' story of the RPG Fanatics and Sodamus, a demonic goblin-king that mixed the pus from festering blisters on his skin with loads of sugar to create "soda" drinks that had the population addicted, fat and lethargic. Every time I'm tempted, my mind instantly thinks "there's someone's pus in there"

[Machete]

On 12/7/2016 at 8:02 AM, Sylvaa said:

 

Step away from the soda!

 

I no longer drink soda, but I remember how hard it was to stop. One thing I used to do was get sparkling water instead of soda (actually, this is my go to now when I want something other than water through the day). Sparkling Ice has some really good flavors.

 

What exactly is sparkling water? I've heard of it, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

 

On 12/7/2016 at 8:57 AM, DarK_RaideR said:

I was never into soda, but I remember Teros' story of the RPG Fanatics and Sodamus, a demonic goblin-king that mixed the pus from festering blisters on his skin with loads of sugar to create "soda" drinks that had the population addicted, fat and lethargic. Every time I'm tempted, my mind instantly thinks "there's someone's pus in there"

 

Might not be a good idea for me. I find soda so delicious I might start tasting pus. Haha

 

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So rough week. Finals, which I'm not really confident about, then my final Literature Review--the Colossus I've been trying to dodge the past semester but eventually had to face.

 

 

It was a hell of a grind, but I finally got it done and submitted at 12am on the dot. 23-something pages in two days (because my time management sucks). Arguably the biggest boss I'd have to face in my Masters program. Now I'm just waiting for my grades. If all goes well, I'll have one more course I need a B in in order to graduate.

 

Wars like this take their toll on the body. But I believe this acute stress may be good for us in the long run, as long as we allot enough time for recovery after.

 

It's that chronic, low-level stress that slowly wears us down and then creeps up on us later, and we drop dead at 55 out of nowhere.

 

 

Soda quitting was almost a success. Finished the last can of Ginger Ale on Sunday, then had to fuel my college paper-writing with pizza and Mountain Dew, so Thursday and Friday were out. Otherwise, no soda. We'll see how it goes next week.

[DarK_RaideR]

On 10/12/2016 at 11:03 PM, Machete said:

It's that chronic, low-level stress that slowly wears us down and then creeps up on us later, and we drop dead at 55 out of nowhere.

Too true

[Sylvaa]

On 12/10/2016 at 4:03 PM, Machete said:

 

What exactly is sparkling water? I've heard of it, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

 

Soda quitting was almost a success. Finished the last can of Ginger Ale on Sunday, then had to fuel my college paper-writing with pizza and Mountain Dew, so Thursday and Friday were out. Otherwise, no soda. We'll see how it goes next week.

 

There are actually two different products that are sparkling water, even though they are all a little bit different. (Link here). 

 

Paper writing definitely needs some kind of pick up! Good luck!

[Machete]

5# PR on the Snatch yesterday on the Chinese method, and did another interview. Not my best, but whatever. I'm at a point where I'm just showing up to interviews without expecting to be hired. Might be a good thing, might be bad; who knows?

[Terra]

On 12/10/2016 at 2:03 PM, Machete said:

What exactly is sparkling water? I've heard of it, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

I have a Soda Stream at home and make my own.  That way I have just the bubbly water with no flavors or I can add flavor but I control the syrup quantity! 

 

Good luck on the interviews.  I find that it always helps to know the company/business you are interviewing with even if you do no other prep that one can be huge. 

 

[Machete]

2 hours ago, Terra said:

I have a Soda Stream at home and make my own.  That way I have just the bubbly water with no flavors or I can add flavor but I control the syrup quantity! 

 

Good luck on the interviews.  I find that it always helps to know the company/business you are interviewing with even if you do no other prep that one can be huge. 

 

 

Oh the interviews are done. I'm just showing up for a workout tomorrow. I usually put my internet creeping skills to research the company and potentially my interviewer. (The latest one was a pretty new company, so there wasn't much info.) It's always the same though, they see a stacked résumé so they schedule an interview. Then they are treated to my social skills, which currently has about a 91% success rate of being a deal-breaker. Meh. Life. Not everyone was cut out to be a courtier.

[peelout]

Can I ask what type of work you are interviewing for?  I used to want to type up my answers to the most popular targeted interview questions and when asked they asked the first one say "here, I typed the answers up for you so we could save time and you could ask me something that was more meaningful".  Probably not the right thing to do though.  Would have been fun to do at a job I had no desire to get though.

[Rooks]

On 12/13/2016 at 7:56 PM, peelout said:

Can I ask what type of work you are interviewing for?  I used to want to type up my answers to the most popular targeted interview questions and when asked they asked the first one say "here, I typed the answers up for you so we could save time and you could ask me something that was more meaningful".  Probably not the right thing to do though.  Would have been fun to do at a job I had no desire to get though.

 

I second Peelout's question.  After googling what "courtier" meant, I'm fairly certain those jobs don't exist anymore.  At least not in the United States.  Haha... but on a serious note, why did I think you actually owned a gym?  Also, what's your Masters in?  

[Machete]

On 12/13/2016 at 8:56 PM, peelout said:

Can I ask what type of work you are interviewing for?  I used to want to type up my answers to the most popular targeted interview questions and when asked they asked the first one say "here, I typed the answers up for you so we could save time and you could ask me something that was more meaningful".  Probably not the right thing to do though.  Would have been fun to do at a job I had no desire to get though.

 

Recently it has mostly been CrossFit gyms and one kids' Gymnastics place.

 

Haha. I some similar plans, but never had the stones to pull any of them off.

 

18 hours ago, Rooks said:

 

I second Peelout's question.  After googling what "courtier" meant, I'm fairly certain those jobs don't exist anymore.  At least not in the United States.  Haha... but on a serious note, why did I think you actually owned a gym?  Also, what's your Masters in?  

 

Or a Bard. I don't know. Which class has the most charisma? (Bards do get all the chicks.)

 

 

While I'm just a know-it-all Monk hoping for a WIS check (Which one job did, asking how I would cue a squat, which led to a tangent about ankles, hips, and t-spine. That was easily a successful roll).

 

Haha. Masters is in Exercise Science. My family thought I owned a facility as well. I think it's because when I started my LLC the Facebook page classified me as a gym, while I don't have a physical location. I just figured out how to change it.