Rainbow Dragon's Lair
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Sólveig
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Conglats on the analog videogame (Arcade) 
Laura Rainbow Dragon
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Thank you @JCU @Anek @Fremen @MangoTux @CODawn @Sólveig @TopNotch
Saturday, January 31:
Hiking: 5 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge: Day 18
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
Running/Dancing:
Posture:
Run Proof (optional):
Glutes, Quads, Hamstrings, & Calves (optional):
Aikido (Mondays only):
yoga: downward facing dog
Another minimal workout day. I definitely do not want to string too many of these together in a row. But getting work done and getting to bed at a reasonable hour were more important tasks for this day.
Consecutive days of exercise: 102
Writing:
4 hrs. 10 min. work on the secret project.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 4:40:00
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 67
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 4
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): Before 12:30 though, so a significant improvement.
No matter where you or your ancestors are from, I am happy to have you as my neighbour here in the DAREBEE Hive.
I am also happy for all of my neighbours in the physical world who stood together when bigots invaded our bridge, and sent the bigots a clear message: "Your hatred is not welcome here, buckos. Not in our neighbourhood!"
Saturday, January 31:
Hiking: 5 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge: Day 18
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
Running/Dancing:
Posture:
Run Proof (optional):
Glutes, Quads, Hamstrings, & Calves (optional):
Aikido (Mondays only):
yoga: downward facing dog
Another minimal workout day. I definitely do not want to string too many of these together in a row. But getting work done and getting to bed at a reasonable hour were more important tasks for this day.
Consecutive days of exercise: 102
Writing:
4 hrs. 10 min. work on the secret project.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 4:40:00
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 67
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 4
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Before 12:30 though, so a significant improvement.No matter where you or your ancestors are from, I am happy to have you as my neighbour here in the DAREBEE Hive.
I am also happy for all of my neighbours in the physical world who stood together when bigots invaded our bridge, and sent the bigots a clear message: "Your hatred is not welcome here, buckos. Not in our neighbourhood!"
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Congrats for the arcade challenge
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"The risk of failure is far sweeter than the regret of never trying at all. ~C Sanders"
Love
LOVE Gaga's version of Mister Roger's song!!
Thank you @JCU @Anek @Fremen @MangoTux @CODawn @Sólveig @TopNotch
Saturday, January 31:
Hiking: 5 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge: Day 18
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
Running/Dancing:
Posture:
Run Proof (optional):
Glutes, Quads, Hamstrings, & Calves (optional):
Aikido (Mondays only):
yoga: downward facing dog
Another minimal workout day. I definitely do not want to string too many of these together in a row. But getting work done and getting to bed at a reasonable hour were more important tasks for this day.
Consecutive days of exercise: 102
Writing:
4 hrs. 10 min. work on the secret project.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 4:40:00
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 67
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 4
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
No matter where you or your ancestors are from, I am happy to have you as my neighbour here in the DAREBEE Hive.
I am also happy for all of my neighbours in the physical world who stood together when bigots invaded our bridge, and sent the bigots a clear message: "Your hatred is not welcome here, buckos. Not in our neighbourhood!"
LOVE Gaga's version of Mister Roger's song!!
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Thank you @Princess Fancy and @Princess Sarena Rose .
Sunday, February 1:
Hiking: 10.2 km
Planking: elbow plank
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 19
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 1
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga: downward facing dog, corpse, sphinx, extended puppy, halfway lift, hovering cat
I've decided to clean up my activities list. I don't need to list Aikido all the days when I don't have a class, or the optional workouts every time I don't do them. I've also removed Running/Dancing from the list.
I don't think running is going to happen much, if at all, in February. It's a lot just to get ready to go outside, and to come back in from having been outside, this time of year. I already have to do it three times a day with Shelby. To add in a fourth outing, for which I need to dress in completely different clothing, on top of the fact that I don't love winter running to begin with... It's just not enough of a priority for me right now to make that happen. If running does happen this month: yeah! But I'm not going to frame it as a negative if it doesn't. There are a lot of other things on my plate I want to get done too, and not enough hours in the day to do everything!
As for the dancing... I want to be like Gurdeep and dance in defiance of the darkness. But I'm not feeling it. And, as with the running, I want the days when I do get there to be celebrations, not to frame as failure the days when I don't. I also want to get back into doing yoga flows, not just restorative yoga work. Removing the pressure to run or dance gives me more space to fit a more intense yoga practice into my schedule.
TBS and Valkyrie I'm keeping on my list, even on the days when I don't do them, because I do want to see these programs through, even if I don't do them every day.
I wasn't going to add the new Challenge for this month. I don't love jumping jacks. And I really don't love high knees. And I really, really don't love HIIT (unless it's nice weather and I'm outside running intervals in a forest). I'm very meh about indoor cardio in general (unless it's dancing, vinyasa, or martial arts). My first reaction to the thought of doing this month's protocol every day for a month--even a short month--was a hard no. But I hiked over 10K yesterday in my winter boots, at the end of a week in which I hiked over 37K in total, I think wearing my boots each time, and my Achilles didn't bother me at all. I know correlation doesn't imply causation, and maybe it was just time for that pesky tendon to finally stop grumping. But I cannot help but notice that the problem finally cleared up in the month in which I completed the Arcade Challenge. In any case, jacks and high knees will keep my ankles strong enough to be ready for running again in the spring, and the high knees will keep my hip flexor tendons (another potential problem area for me) strong enough for running too. And it is only 3 minutes a day. So I've started the 3-Minute HIIT Challenge. We'll see how it goes.
Consecutive days of exercise: 103
Writing:
A small bit of work on the secret project.
(I did get a bunch of non-writing work done this day though. It was a productive day overall, just not on the writing front.)
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 20
Actual hours week-to-date: 5:10:00
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 68
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 5
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
A little jolt of defiance for all of us:
Sunday, February 1:
Hiking: 10.2 km
Planking: elbow plank
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 19
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 1
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga: downward facing dog, corpse, sphinx, extended puppy, halfway lift, hovering cat
I've decided to clean up my activities list. I don't need to list Aikido all the days when I don't have a class, or the optional workouts every time I don't do them. I've also removed Running/Dancing from the list.
I don't think running is going to happen much, if at all, in February. It's a lot just to get ready to go outside, and to come back in from having been outside, this time of year. I already have to do it three times a day with Shelby. To add in a fourth outing, for which I need to dress in completely different clothing, on top of the fact that I don't love winter running to begin with... It's just not enough of a priority for me right now to make that happen. If running does happen this month: yeah! But I'm not going to frame it as a negative if it doesn't. There are a lot of other things on my plate I want to get done too, and not enough hours in the day to do everything!
As for the dancing... I want to be like Gurdeep and dance in defiance of the darkness. But I'm not feeling it. And, as with the running, I want the days when I do get there to be celebrations, not to frame as failure the days when I don't. I also want to get back into doing yoga flows, not just restorative yoga work. Removing the pressure to run or dance gives me more space to fit a more intense yoga practice into my schedule.
TBS and Valkyrie I'm keeping on my list, even on the days when I don't do them, because I do want to see these programs through, even if I don't do them every day.
I wasn't going to add the new Challenge for this month. I don't love jumping jacks. And I really don't love high knees. And I really, really don't love HIIT (unless it's nice weather and I'm outside running intervals in a forest). I'm very meh about indoor cardio in general (unless it's dancing, vinyasa, or martial arts). My first reaction to the thought of doing this month's protocol every day for a month--even a short month--was a hard no. But I hiked over 10K yesterday in my winter boots, at the end of a week in which I hiked over 37K in total, I think wearing my boots each time, and my Achilles didn't bother me at all. I know correlation doesn't imply causation, and maybe it was just time for that pesky tendon to finally stop grumping. But I cannot help but notice that the problem finally cleared up in the month in which I completed the Arcade Challenge. In any case, jacks and high knees will keep my ankles strong enough to be ready for running again in the spring, and the high knees will keep my hip flexor tendons (another potential problem area for me) strong enough for running too. And it is only 3 minutes a day. So I've started the 3-Minute HIIT Challenge. We'll see how it goes.
Consecutive days of exercise: 103
Writing:
A small bit of work on the secret project.
(I did get a bunch of non-writing work done this day though. It was a productive day overall, just not on the writing front.)
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 20
Actual hours week-to-date: 5:10:00
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 68
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 5
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
A little jolt of defiance for all of us:
Laura Rainbow Dragon
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Me too!
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Monday, February 2:
Hiking: 5 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge: Day 20
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 2
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Aikido: 90 min. class
Meant to do more after Aikido class. But I was tired so decided an early night was a better idea.
Consecutive days of exercise: 104
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 69
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 6
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): in bed for 10:30 PM!
Hiking: 5 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge: Day 20
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 2
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Aikido: 90 min. class
Meant to do more after Aikido class. But I was tired so decided an early night was a better idea.
Consecutive days of exercise: 104
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 69
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 6
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
in bed for 10:30 PM!
Syrius
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"Just moving forward with steel in my spine and glitter in the air!"
Belated congrats on the Arcade challenge! 
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Thank you @Syrius .
Tuesday, February 3:
Hiking: 7.6 km
Planking: Valkyrie
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 21
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 3
Total Body Strength: Day 16
House of the Valkyrie: Day 17
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 105
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 70
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 7
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Tuesday, February 3:
Hiking: 7.6 km
Planking: Valkyrie
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 21
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 3
Total Body Strength: Day 16
House of the Valkyrie: Day 17
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 105
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 70
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 7
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
PetiteSheWolf
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@Laura Rainbow Dragon ; "A la volonté du peuple" plus images de paris pour commencer, I had to love 
Seeing the Mis' on stage and having the whole room join is a great experience, akin to "Nicolas and Bart" with Joan baez and the room singing along .
Seeing the Mis' on stage and having the whole room join is a great experience, akin to "Nicolas and Bart" with Joan baez and the room singing along .
Laura Rainbow Dragon
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@PetiteSheWolf I can imagine it would be!
I have only seen Les Mis live once, and the audience definitely did not sing along. The English adaptation was still relatively new when I saw it. So perhaps people just didn't know the lyrics yet. (I didn't.) Or perhaps it was just Ontario audiences being reserved.
It would have been something to see the live performance the above video was recorded from, with Jean Valjeans from all over the world!
I have only seen Les Mis live once, and the audience definitely did not sing along. The English adaptation was still relatively new when I saw it. So perhaps people just didn't know the lyrics yet. (I didn't.) Or perhaps it was just Ontario audiences being reserved.
It would have been something to see the live performance the above video was recorded from, with Jean Valjeans from all over the world!
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Wednesday, February 4:
Hiking: 2.4 km
Planking: TBS
Push-ups (minimum 10): TBS
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 22
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 4
Total Body Strength: Day 17
House of the Valkyrie: Day 18
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 106
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 4
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 71
Extended Gaming Rules: (pulled an all-nighter to play Inventions)
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): (see above)
Hiking: 2.4 km
Planking: TBS
Push-ups (minimum 10): TBS
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 22
3-Minute HIIT Challenge: Day 4
Total Body Strength: Day 17
House of the Valkyrie: Day 18
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 106
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 4
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
No Solo Video Games: Day 71
Extended Gaming Rules:
(pulled an all-nighter to play Inventions)* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
(see above)
NancyTree
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Yay for the arcade challenge! 
Laura Rainbow Dragon
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Together for 12 years!
Shelby was less than impressed with my photo shoot.
Happy to have finally gotten Laura off her futon! Now if only we can get Laura to stop flashing that light in our face.
(Shelby was pretty happy about all of the anniversary treats though!)
Shelby was less than impressed with my photo shoot.
Happy to have finally gotten Laura off her futon! Now if only we can get Laura to stop flashing that light in our face.
(Shelby was pretty happy about all of the anniversary treats though!)
Anek
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Happy anniversary!!
aku-chan
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Happy Shelby-versary! 
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Thank you @NancyTree @JCU @TopNotch @Anek @aku-chan @Jaga .
A summary post, because I've fallen behind here again:
I've been slacking on the workout front, but kept up with at least doing our hikes and my minimum daily push-ups, except for Monday when I did not do push-ups but did have a 90 minute Aikido class. Unfortunately, my left wrist took a bit of a beating on Monday night. So Tuesday's push-ups were done one-armed. (Which meant half were kneeling and half were wall. I'm not currently able to do one-armed push-ups on the floor in a full plank position.) Was back to full, straight push-ups by Wednesday.
I have been working on my writing projects consistently, but not at the volume I would like. I'm going to keep working on improving things here for a bit yet before considering adjustments to my goals.
My No Solo Video Games streak has been maintained, but Extended Gaming Rules was broken again.
Getting to Bed on Time has been thrown right out the window. I need to do better here too.
As of February 12:
Consecutive days of exercise: 114
No Solo Video Games: Day 79
Extended Gaming Rules:
In other news: It's been a rough week for Canada. My heart aches for the community of Tumbler Ridge, for the families and friends of the victims, and most especially for the promising lives cut so very short by this senseless crime. I still remember the horrors of the Montreal Massacre. Our species needs to find a way to do better.
Here is a story about a human doing a good thing:
A summary post, because I've fallen behind here again:
I've been slacking on the workout front, but kept up with at least doing our hikes and my minimum daily push-ups, except for Monday when I did not do push-ups but did have a 90 minute Aikido class. Unfortunately, my left wrist took a bit of a beating on Monday night. So Tuesday's push-ups were done one-armed. (Which meant half were kneeling and half were wall. I'm not currently able to do one-armed push-ups on the floor in a full plank position.) Was back to full, straight push-ups by Wednesday.
I have been working on my writing projects consistently, but not at the volume I would like. I'm going to keep working on improving things here for a bit yet before considering adjustments to my goals.
My No Solo Video Games streak has been maintained, but Extended Gaming Rules was broken again.
Getting to Bed on Time has been thrown right out the window. I need to do better here too.
As of February 12:
Consecutive days of exercise: 114
No Solo Video Games: Day 79
Extended Gaming Rules:
In other news: It's been a rough week for Canada. My heart aches for the community of Tumbler Ridge, for the families and friends of the victims, and most especially for the promising lives cut so very short by this senseless crime. I still remember the horrors of the Montreal Massacre. Our species needs to find a way to do better.
Here is a story about a human doing a good thing:
TopNotch
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Kneeling one-armed push-ups are still very impressive! Well done.
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
PetiteSheWolf
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Awwwww, happy anniversary with your darling Shelby.
Syrius
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"Just moving forward with steel in my spine and glitter in the air!"
Happy Anniversary!!! 
Laura Rainbow Dragon
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Thank you @PetiteSheWolf @CODawn @Haleth @Rissa @Syrius .
Friday, February 13:
Hiking: 7.6 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 115
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 12
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
No Solo Video Games: Day 80
Extended Gaming Rules:
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Friday, February 13:
Hiking: 7.6 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 115
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 12
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
No Solo Video Games: Day 80
Extended Gaming Rules:
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Saturday, February 14:
Hiking: 3.6 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 116
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
No Solo Video Games: Day 81
Extended Gaming Rules:
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Hiking: 3.6 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 116
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
No Solo Video Games: Day 81
Extended Gaming Rules:
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Sunday, February 15:
Hiking: 3.7 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 117
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 20
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
No Solo Video Games: Day 82
Extended Gaming Rules:
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Lost the plot during the back half of this week and did minimal workouts, no writing work, and played board games (all night, in the case of Friday and Sunday nights).
Hiking: 3.7 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 117
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 20
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Days w. 30 min. fiction writing: 0/0 *
* This requirement is dropped for this week again.
No Solo Video Games: Day 82
Extended Gaming Rules:
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Lost the plot during the back half of this week and did minimal workouts, no writing work, and played board games (all night, in the case of Friday and Sunday nights).
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Monday, February 16:
Hiking: 5 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
No Aikido class this day as it was a stat.
Consecutive days of exercise: 118
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours *
* I've decided to adjust this to a total time requirement for the week, as opposed to a # of days requirement. The purpose of a requirement to actually work on fiction writing is to prevent me from, for example, spending 20 hours in a week reading books on writing technique and not doing any actual writing. But sometimes, as in the past few weeks (and again this week) I have a large amount of legitimate, non-fiction, writing work I need to get done. And I don't do well with a scattershot, trying to do everything every day approach. I'm much more productive when I sit down and really sink my teeth into one project at a time. I don't want to continue this pattern of doing no fiction writing during weeks that are busy with other things. So I'm doing away with the minimum days/week requirement, but doubling the amount of time requirement.
No Solo Video Games: Day 83
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 1 **
** I'm adjusting EG rules to: No solo gaming except on Sundays before 10PM. If it's Sunday and before 10PM, I'm allowed to play board games, regardless of how the rest of my week went. If it's not Sunday, or it's after 10PM, I'm not. This is simpler, ensures I get a break every week regardless of what else went down that week, and eliminates any wiggle room for "I'll do my work later," deal-making.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Hiking: 5 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
No Aikido class this day as it was a stat.
Consecutive days of exercise: 118
Writing:
Nothing this day.
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 0
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours *
* I've decided to adjust this to a total time requirement for the week, as opposed to a # of days requirement. The purpose of a requirement to actually work on fiction writing is to prevent me from, for example, spending 20 hours in a week reading books on writing technique and not doing any actual writing. But sometimes, as in the past few weeks (and again this week) I have a large amount of legitimate, non-fiction, writing work I need to get done. And I don't do well with a scattershot, trying to do everything every day approach. I'm much more productive when I sit down and really sink my teeth into one project at a time. I don't want to continue this pattern of doing no fiction writing during weeks that are busy with other things. So I'm doing away with the minimum days/week requirement, but doubling the amount of time requirement.
No Solo Video Games: Day 83
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 1
**** I'm adjusting EG rules to: No solo gaming except on Sundays before 10PM. If it's Sunday and before 10PM, I'm allowed to play board games, regardless of how the rest of my week went. If it's not Sunday, or it's after 10PM, I'm not. This is simpler, ensures I get a break every week regardless of what else went down that week, and eliminates any wiggle room for "I'll do my work later," deal-making.
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Tuesday, February 17:
Hiking: 8.1 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 119
Writing:
2 hrs. 30 min. work on the secret project, plus a small amount of craft study
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 2:30
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 84
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 2
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): (But it was at least for a good cause.)
Hiking: 8.1 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 119
Writing:
2 hrs. 30 min. work on the secret project, plus a small amount of craft study
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 2:30
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 84
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 2
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
(But it was at least for a good cause.)
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Me too. I think that's the only time I've cried watching SNL.
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Wednesday, February 18:
Hiking: 5.4 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 120
Writing:
2 hrs. 30 min. work on the secret project
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 4
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 85
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 3
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): (But at least I was working, not messing around.)
Hiking: 5.4 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 120
Writing:
2 hrs. 30 min. work on the secret project
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 4
Actual hours week-to-date: 5
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 85
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 3
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
(But at least I was working, not messing around.)
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Thursday, February 19:
Hiking: 5.9 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 121
Writing:
1 hr. 40 min. work on the secret project plus some craft study
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 8
Actual hours week-to-date: 6:40
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 86
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 4
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Hiking: 5.9 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 121
Writing:
1 hr. 40 min. work on the secret project plus some craft study
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 8
Actual hours week-to-date: 6:40
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 86
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 4
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Friday, February 20:
Hiking: 4 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 122
Writing:
1 hr. 5 min. work on the secret project
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 12
Actual hours week-to-date: 7:45
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 87
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 5
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Hiking: 4 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge:
3-Minute HIIT Challenge:
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 122
Writing:
1 hr. 5 min. work on the secret project
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 12
Actual hours week-to-date: 7:45
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 87
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 5
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Saturday, February 21:
Hiking: 3.8 km
Planking: Valkyrie
Push-ups (minimum 10): Valkyrie
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 24
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie: Day 19
yoga: restorative
I've decided to drop 3-Minute HIIT. My resistance to doing it was just too great. Procrastinating from doing high knees was obstructing my ability to get other parts of my workout done, including parts that I quite enjoy. So: boom! It's gone. I'll keep my ankles strong a different way.
Consecutive days of exercise: 123
Writing:
2 hrs. 30 min. work on the secret project, plus Help Desk
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 10:15
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 88
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 6
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Hiking: 3.8 km
Planking: Valkyrie
Push-ups (minimum 10): Valkyrie
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 24
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie: Day 19
yoga: restorative
I've decided to drop 3-Minute HIIT. My resistance to doing it was just too great. Procrastinating from doing high knees was obstructing my ability to get other parts of my workout done, including parts that I quite enjoy. So: boom! It's gone. I'll keep my ankles strong a different way.
Consecutive days of exercise: 123
Writing:
2 hrs. 30 min. work on the secret project, plus Help Desk
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 10:15
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 88
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 6
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
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Because of my crappy knee & ankles I changed high knees in 3-minute HIIT to fast marching steps. Still get a good workout and it saves me from developing pain, especially in my bad knee with no ACL/MCL. Might be an option for you too.Saturday, February 21:
Hiking: 3.8 km
Planking: Valkyrie
Push-ups (minimum 10): Valkyrie
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 24
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie: Day 19
yoga: restorative
I've decided to drop 3-Minute HIIT. My resistance to doing it was just too great. Procrastinating from doing high knees was obstructing my ability to get other parts of my workout done, including parts that I quite enjoy. So: boom! It's gone. I'll keep my ankles strong a different way.
Consecutive days of exercise: 123
Writing:
2 hrs. 30 min. work on the secret project, plus Help Desk
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 16
Actual hours week-to-date: 10:15
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 88
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 6
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
That is a great modification, @AgileGrrl !
My issue with high knees, however, is not bad knees. (Or any other joint.) They're not physically painful for me. I just don't like them. I don't much like march steps or jumping jacks either. Or the protocol of doing the same exercise for 3 minutes. I knew getting through 30 days of 3-Minute HIIT was a long shot for me. I am honestly 100% fine with just dropping it. There are plenty of fitness exercises that I enjoy. I don't need to torture myself doing endless reps of ones that I do not.
My issue with high knees, however, is not bad knees. (Or any other joint.) They're not physically painful for me. I just don't like them. I don't much like march steps or jumping jacks either. Or the protocol of doing the same exercise for 3 minutes. I knew getting through 30 days of 3-Minute HIIT was a long shot for me. I am honestly 100% fine with just dropping it. There are plenty of fitness exercises that I enjoy. I don't need to torture myself doing endless reps of ones that I do not.
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Sunday, February 22:
Hiking: 3.2 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge: Day 25
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 124
Writing:
3 hrs. work on the no longer secret project
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 20
Actual hours week-to-date: 13:15
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 89
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 7
The new Extended Gaming Rules worked well. I did end up substituting in some other forms of procrastination at the beginning of the week, and I still did not hit all of my workout targets or writing goals for the week. But I did make considerable improvement on both fronts. (And I enjoyed my ridiculously long game of Tapestry on Sunday.)
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): (I think so.)
Hiking: 3.2 km
Planking:
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar:
Atlas Challenge: Day 25
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga:
Consecutive days of exercise: 124
Writing:
3 hrs. work on the no longer secret project
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 20
Actual hours week-to-date: 13:15
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 89
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 7
The new Extended Gaming Rules worked well. I did end up substituting in some other forms of procrastination at the beginning of the week, and I still did not hit all of my workout targets or writing goals for the week. But I did make considerable improvement on both fronts. (And I enjoyed my ridiculously long game of Tapestry on Sunday.)
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
(I think so.)
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Monday, February 23:
Hiking: 5.8 km
Aikido: 90 min. class
Consecutive days of exercise: 125
Writing:
1 hr. 30 min. work on Girl Power Week
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 1:30
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 90
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 8
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): (But I got the event page for Girl Power Week posted!)
Hiking: 5.8 km
Aikido: 90 min. class
Consecutive days of exercise: 125
Writing:
1 hr. 30 min. work on Girl Power Week
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 1:30
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 90
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 8
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
(But I got the event page for Girl Power Week posted!)
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Tuesday, February 24:
Hiking: 9 km
Planking: Valkyrie
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 26
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie: Day 20
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 126
Writing:
30 min. work on Girl Power Week
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 2:00
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 91
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 9
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
An ode to the most tedious speech maker:
Hiking: 9 km
Planking: Valkyrie
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 26
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie: Day 20
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 126
Writing:
30 min. work on Girl Power Week
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 0
Actual hours week-to-date: 2:00
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 91
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 9
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
An ode to the most tedious speech maker:
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Wednesday, February 25:
Hiking: 5 km
Planking: high plank hold
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 27
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 127
Writing:
6 hrs. 20 min. work on a blog post, plus a bit of craft study
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 4
Actual hours week-to-date: 8:20
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 92
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 10
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Hiking: 5 km
Planking: high plank hold
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 27
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga: restorative
Consecutive days of exercise: 127
Writing:
6 hrs. 20 min. work on a blog post, plus a bit of craft study
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 4
Actual hours week-to-date: 8:20
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 92
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 10
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
Laura Rainbow Dragon
Moderator
Thursday, February 26:
Hiking: 6.5 km
Planking: bandha chargers
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 28
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga: down dog, gorilla, bandha chargers
Consecutive days of exercise: 128
Writing:
30 min. finalizing things for the blog post
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 8
Actual hours week-to-date: 8:50
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 93
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 11
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight): I thought we were going to make it. But Shelby asked to go out right when I was thinking we'd go to bed. In the interest of not needing to get up again after only 4 hours sleep, we did things Shelby's way. And unfortunately still needed to get up again after only 4 hours sleep! I'm going to need to start being the mean mom and take her food away after 8PM, because the 4 and 5AM walks are exhausting me and harming my productivity on both the workout and writing fronts.
Hiking: 6.5 km
Planking: bandha chargers
Push-ups (minimum 10):
Touch the Bar: 10 hanging knee raises
Atlas Challenge: Day 28
Total Body Strength:
House of the Valkyrie:
yoga: down dog, gorilla, bandha chargers
Consecutive days of exercise: 128
Writing:
30 min. finalizing things for the blog post
Weekly target: 20 hours
Minimum target hours week-to-date: 8
Actual hours week-to-date: 8:50
On or ahead of schedule?
Fiction Writing: 0/5 hours
No Solo Video Games: Day 93
Extended Gaming Rules: Day 11
Get to Bed On Time (for midnight):
I thought we were going to make it. But Shelby asked to go out right when I was thinking we'd go to bed. In the interest of not needing to get up again after only 4 hours sleep, we did things Shelby's way. And unfortunately still needed to get up again after only 4 hours sleep! I'm going to need to start being the mean mom and take her food away after 8PM, because the 4 and 5AM walks are exhausting me and harming my productivity on both the workout and writing fronts.