starpuck Posted Tuesday at 08:38 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:38 PM Hey, people... Hi and stuff! *Sheepish Wave* It's been an honest to goodness year, since I've roamed these halls... And the title both made sense, and is a bit serendipitous as it's a song I decided, just last week, to work on learning with the guitar. What have I been up to? Too much and nothing at all. I joined up with NF coaching for about 4 months between Feb and July, got back into a good streak, that lost me about 12 pounds (not as much as I had been hoping) but at least got me back into healthy habits. Which were paused, and never picked up again after making my 46th and 47th National Park trip and visiting Hawaii in mid September. (Btw, Absolutely trip of a lifetime, getting to take my nephew out on his first 'big trip'. My brother is still talking about it a month later. Here's me and my best nephew looking playfully unimpressed on top of a volcano.) So I guess it's a good time to find some accountability again and set some plans in motion. But ... I'm rusty as all get out, and already spread a bit thin with usual things, so I need to do this smartly. I'm still messing around with piano, bass, and guitar... I just dropped the requirements for how much I have to do them... I enjoy the act, so there's no rush to Git Gud fast. Though I'd welcome some massive music gainz if they landed on my doorstep. Food and exercise super needs to be a focus for me these days because I turn 48 this year. Not that this panics me, or makes me think I am old, or nothing - but "The Change" is probably already low key starting under the surface, and I am aware, I need to work smarter and harder to not let new enemies thwart my plans. Art stuff and TTRPG - still a hard core addict to the gaming scene. I am playing on Thursday nights, a Vampire the Masquerade game that is now 2 years in the running and plays weekly. I also, in January took up the ST position to run a table of 6 through VtM with our other group. Add in that Inktober always gets me back into jonesing for art, well... Long story short. Ranger be rangering still. So just some simple goals. 1) I get to indulge in my favorite foods Saturday between 11am-6pm only. The rest of the time is for mindful attention on what's going in. 2) I do some strength training 2-3x a week, fill in the other days with movement that helps my mood. 3) Continue to do my arts and hobbies in a pace and manner that bring joy, not anxiety - with the exception of making sure I am prepped to RUN my game on Sundays. That's it! Now, I am relying on you Discord nerds to remind me I do this thing over here again! Please halp! 7 Quote Level 83 ~*~ Ranger Deviant Art Gallery || YouTube Channel Current Challenge "It is difficult. All things worth keeping are." Thane Krios - Mass Effect 2 "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagined, Seeker." Varric Tethras Dragon Age 2 "Staying within your limits is no fun, Ryder." Vetra Nyx - ME: Andromeda Spoiler ::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 | NEIN | 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 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77.5 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 Link to comment
sylph Posted Tuesday at 08:44 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:44 PM 5 minutes ago, starpuck said: Now, I am relying on you Discord nerds to remind me I do this thing over here again! Please halp! Roger, Roger. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jarric Posted Tuesday at 08:46 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:46 PM Welcome back! 4 Quote Level 21 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 18 - CON: 22 - CHA: 11 - SAN: 19 - INT: 17 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Get going! External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous 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 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted Tuesday at 08:49 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:49 PM 1 minute ago, Jarric said: Exactly what I was thinking! 4 Quote 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, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Adventures: Adventurers Wanted: A West-Marches Campaign Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted Tuesday at 10:09 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:09 PM 1 hour ago, starpuck said: I'm still messing around with piano, bass, and guitar... Now you just need to pick up drums and release a one-woman album as "The Starpucks" Good to see you back, following! 2 1 Quote Lvl 65 Multitasker Link to comment
Artemis Prime Posted yesterday at 01:44 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:44 AM 5 hours ago, starpuck said: Continue to do my arts and hobbies in a pace and manner that bring joy, not anxiety Wait...fun things are supposed to be fun? Glad to have a Starpuck Challenge to follow again! 2 Quote "For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline". - 2 Timothy 1:7 "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf Link to comment
TimovieMan Posted yesterday at 11:49 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 11:49 AM 3 1 Quote TimovieMan: funnier than you think he is; not as funny as he thinks he is... Active challenges: Don't log, remain sensible | Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) | DailyDare | Weight Loss PVP 10/12 lbs in 10/12 weeks - (spreadsheet) Old threads: Battle log | Challenge I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV | XVI | XVII | XVIII | XIX | XX | XXI | XXII | XXIII Link to comment
Heidi Posted yesterday at 12:53 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:53 PM 16 hours ago, starpuck said: Food and exercise super needs to be a focus for me these days I'm definitely in the ExcerciseFocusGroup! And food is always a central thing for me -- my food habits literally make or break me on a daily basis. Here to cheer! You guys look great and that vacation sounds amazing. Definitely here for the mindfulness and movement! Are you joining the latest West March Campaign? 2 Quote ♥ & ☮, Heidi West-Marches Campaign Herb-Gatherer Spoiler Gypsy Druid Level 12 Philosopher and level 11 Librarian (built on the Monk class, with a training path in The Way of the Cobalt Soul) 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 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84 Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | Heidi Chronicles NF Character Sheet | @theheidifeed| MySlashdotKarmaIsExcellent Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) Let's catch up: https://calendly.com/loveandpeace Link to comment
Sepherina Posted yesterday at 12:59 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:59 PM Love your challenge and here to follow! 1 Quote “You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy” -Nightbirde “Dreams do not come true all by themselves. They are nourished by the bounty of hard work” -Unknown Disney Imagineer 2024 Word Svastha: Standing in One’s Own Power Current Challenge: Sepherina Focuses Prior Challenges Spoiler Sepherina: #1 , #2 , #3 , #4 , #5 , #6 , #7 , #8 , #9, #10, #11, #12, ,#13, #14, #15, #16, #17 Avery The Patient: #1 , #2 , #3 , #4 , #5 Link to comment
starpuck Posted yesterday at 08:53 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:53 PM On 10/22/2024 at 3:44 PM, sylph said: Roger, Roger. Woo! Thanks! We got this! At least for the first week we got this! On 10/22/2024 at 3:46 PM, Jarric said: Welcome back! 23 hours ago, Ranger Hal said: Exactly what I was thinking! Hahaha, love me a good CR meme/gif! I ended up falling off Campaign3 like 60 episodes ago and now it's just too daunting. I'll get back on board with whatever comes next though! Thanks guys 22 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said: Now you just need to pick up drums and release a one-woman album as "The Starpucks" Good to see you back, following! Hmmm that does have a nice ring to it, but ... my rangering has hit its limits. (Though I do freaking love the drums... so dangit!) Glad to have you here! 19 hours ago, Artemis Prime said: Wait...fun things are supposed to be fun? Glad to have a Starpuck Challenge to follow again! This is partly your fault!! But, that's okay! I like you, and this feels good to be home. 8 hours ago, TimovieMan said: Yup that's the one! And now that you've linked it, I have absolutely decided that todays practice between dinner and D&D will be guitar work! Thanks!! 7 hours ago, Heidi said: I'm definitely in the ExcerciseFocusGroup! And food is always a central thing for me -- my food habits literally make or break me on a daily basis. Here to cheer! You guys look great and that vacation sounds amazing. Definitely here for the mindfulness and movement! Are you joining the latest West March Campaign? Hi hi hi! Thanks for coming in! Yes, we can be exercisefoodfocus friends! What is this West March Campaign? It's intriguing... what do I have to do to be a part of it? 7 hours ago, Sepherina said: Love your challenge and here to follow! Hello Sepherina! Thanks! Glad to have ya! 3 Quote Level 83 ~*~ Ranger Deviant Art Gallery || YouTube Channel Current Challenge "It is difficult. All things worth keeping are." Thane Krios - Mass Effect 2 "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagined, Seeker." Varric Tethras Dragon Age 2 "Staying within your limits is no fun, Ryder." Vetra Nyx - ME: Andromeda Spoiler ::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 | NEIN | 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 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77.5 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted yesterday at 09:06 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:06 PM 11 minutes ago, starpuck said: What is this West March Campaign? It's intriguing... what do I have to do to be a part of it? It's like an ongoing group mini challenge with narrative RPG elements me and @Sovalis are running for you wonderful people. Just drop by the thread in the Accountability/PvP subforum! 3 Quote Lvl 65 Multitasker Link to comment
Ranger Hal Posted yesterday at 09:07 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:07 PM 4 minutes ago, starpuck said: Hahaha, love me a good CR meme/gif! I ended up falling off Campaign3 like 60 episodes ago and now it's just too daunting. I'll get back on board with whatever comes next though! Thanks guys I hear you on the daunting part. For me, it helps that I've never been caught up (just discovered it about a year and a half ago), so it was going to take a long time to get through everything and I knew that going in. At this point, I'm (slightly) less than 4 years of content behind. They do seem to be making an abridged version for Campaign 3, but they started at the beginning of the campaign and I don't think they're up to the point you would have stopped watching yet. 3 Quote 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, Current Walk to Mordor: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Adventures: Adventurers Wanted: A West-Marches Campaign Link to comment
Heidi Posted yesterday at 09:10 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:10 PM 16 minutes ago, starpuck said: What is this West March Campaign? It's intriguing... what do I have to do to be a part of it? Second adventure is just starting now! @DarK_RaideR and @Sovalis are running a little side-game, and so far @Artemis Prime, @Jarric, and I are in for another jaunt. Just put your name in the Spreadsheet and check in daily-ish to see what our lovely DMs have cooked up for us. 3 Quote ♥ & ☮, Heidi West-Marches Campaign Herb-Gatherer Spoiler Gypsy Druid Level 12 Philosopher and level 11 Librarian (built on the Monk class, with a training path in The Way of the Cobalt Soul) 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 | 75 | 76 | :: 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | Shaman: 82 | 83 | 84 Philosopher-Librarian 85 |:: 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | Heidi Chronicles NF Character Sheet | @theheidifeed| MySlashdotKarmaIsExcellent Walk to Mordor - (spreadsheet) Let's catch up: https://calendly.com/loveandpeace Link to comment
starpuck Posted yesterday at 09:18 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:18 PM Two days in a row! That's a good sign. And an actual, sort of update? Whoa! 😮 MOVED - Yup! Yesterday I got my flash card workout in and that was pretty fun actually. I didn't do a pre-built one as those looked pretty long and intense. I just grabbed 4 cards, and did each one for 3 sets, with reps between 10-12 and a lot of stretching. Monday had been a run, and today was a brisk walk up to Target and back for some essentials. DID IMPORTANT THINGS - Yup! Also got my bills paid and realized I have SUPER let loose the reins on spending. Re-acquainting myself with "goodbudget" app this week to get back into more mindful control,. *(Backstory alert - I have been lamenting over the difficulty of buying my own house, and still live with my older sis on very very discounted rent. I think I got to a 'this is hopeless stage' and just let all that extra unaccounted for income go to whatever I wanted on a whim. ) FOODED SMARTLY - Yup! Today is day 3 of being a good little eater bean. Even getting close to 100g of protein on these past few days. Need to find a way to thicken up my protein powder shakes at night, I LOVE a milkshake, but blending milk, powder and ice is not making it feel like a shake. It's a frothy milk with ice chunks. I have no TTRPG games this week, so the accidental snacking that occurs at them won't be an issue. A perfect opportunity to work at breaking the habit and getting a streak going. I've gotten no music in yet this week, but thanks to the music drop reminder, it will be guitar today! Art has been fine with Inktober still going, and I plan to get todays in while D&Ding is happening. So yeah. So far so food. And now I think I shall mosey over to this Marches thing and see what's amiss... 5 Quote Level 83 ~*~ Ranger Deviant Art Gallery || YouTube Channel Current Challenge "It is difficult. All things worth keeping are." Thane Krios - Mass Effect 2 "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagined, Seeker." Varric Tethras Dragon Age 2 "Staying within your limits is no fun, Ryder." Vetra Nyx - ME: Andromeda Spoiler ::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 | NEIN | 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 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77.5 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 Link to comment
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