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knightsofkickass2016-07-01 07:58 am
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June Review + XP Cash-In
Month three is complete!
90 days since this journey began for some of us :D And look how many have joined us since!
Remember, we're not here to beat ourselves up over our failures, but to celebrate our successes! With that in mind, please leave a comment on this post letting us know which June goals you accomplished, and also go back through the month and count up your longest consecutive run of substantial check-ins you had in a row (remember, "I did nothing"s don't count! a check-in should include at least one thing that you did that was positive that day). Round down to the nearest number of consecutive weeks you checked in, and then leave that number in bold at the bottom of your comment to earn your XP! Please also indicate how you would like that XP to be divvied up among characters. I'll do a fake example in mine below.
New goal post will go up shortly!
Check in for 1 week straight = 250xp
Check in for 2 weeks straight = 500xp
Check in for 3 weeks straight = 750xp
Check in for the entire month of June daily = 1000xp!
Remember, we're not here to beat ourselves up over our failures, but to celebrate our successes! With that in mind, please leave a comment on this post letting us know which June goals you accomplished, and also go back through the month and count up your longest consecutive run of substantial check-ins you had in a row (remember, "I did nothing"s don't count! a check-in should include at least one thing that you did that was positive that day). Round down to the nearest number of consecutive weeks you checked in, and then leave that number in bold at the bottom of your comment to earn your XP! Please also indicate how you would like that XP to be divvied up among characters. I'll do a fake example in mine below.
New goal post will go up shortly!
Check in for 1 week straight = 250xp
Check in for 2 weeks straight = 500xp
Check in for 3 weeks straight = 750xp
Check in for the entire month of June daily = 1000xp!
ARDEN
✓ lose 3 pounds! (current weight = 147, goal weight = 144)
While I originally managed to get as low as 138, vacation back-pedaled me a bit. That's fine though, because I still ended the month at 142, which constitutes a five pound loss across June! Which is insane!
x exercise 6 days a week
Week 1 = 7 days
Week 2 = 4 days
Week 3 = Was very sick so just stuck to planks and walking at work
Week 4 = 2 days
Being sick kind of kicked this one in the nuts again
x take walks 5 days a week at least while school is still in session (first half of june), alternating in running
Week 1 = Walked 2 days, but not counting it b/c I had rehearsals all week
Week 2 = 3 days despite being sick
Week 3 = Just walked at work, too sick
Week 4 = Picked walking back up, 2 days
Again, being sick blows
x once i switch over to working retail, planning on changing to stopping at the prangley family gym on the way home from work to use the exercise bike since I won't want to be on my feet after long shifts
lmao and then I got sick so all exercise plans flew out the window
✓ complete 30 day plank challenge
Kept plank challenge up all month! Didn't miss any of it! Increased my plank time from 1 minute to 2 min 30 sec across the month!
x no more than 1 pop a day max
While I didn't do this EVERY day, I think I cut the number of days that I cheated and drank more down to a week or less total out of the month, which is still a lot of cutback!
✓ log calories on mfp every day
Aww yeah
✓ starbucks only once a week
Life/Adulting:
x spend at least 20 minutes 3 days a week working on job search related things
✓ revamp resume
✓ get new letters of rec
✓ talk to rita about being a reference
✓ new references
✓ make a bookmark folder of places to check for job postings
✓ apply apply apply apply once i can
- get interview advice
- pick out interview outfits
- maybe put together a portfolio or webpage
While I certainly didn't make the 3 days a week every week goal, I ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH just by aiming for it???? Like more than I done in literal years, and I'm so proud of myself.
✓ try to make social plans at least 1 day a week
I was really good about this! Hanging out with people! Doing things!! And culminated with this amazing week with Chris and Ashley 8D
x attend one webinar
x participate in one professional development twitter chat
✓ get credit card debt down to $300
REGULAR CREDIT CARD DEBT IS 100% PAID OFF!!!!
✓ add $100 to savings
Mental Growth & Wellbeing:
x finish morte d'arthur
lmao i'm never going to finish this book
Leisure:
x catch up on new chapters of bleach!
✓ do mission tags at least every other day
most...ly (except this week!)
✓ at least 10 tags a day
x roll out mainplot
✓ catch up on some shows (maybe during biking time?):
lucifer, b99,crit role (some eps down!), shannara dates with matt4 week check-in = 1000xp (250-> Syd | 250-> Cordy | 250-> Quinn | 250-> Regina)
Reward to myself: A premium paid for Tony Starku
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Alli
- go to gym at least twice a week -- check
- walk neighborhood at least one non gym day -- not even once
- complete 30 day plank challenge -- sort of. I lost motivation on the second half of the month
- write at least 1k words a day for my novel -- 20/30 days done
- make time for reading 3 days a week -- check
- catch inbox up to current day at least once week -- lmao no
- set up all psl open posts by end of month -- check
4 week check in = 1,000xp -- 500 XP for Myri, 500 XP for Willow
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Rynn
✓ Lose 2 pounds (current: 204, goal: 201)
Current weight 201.2
✓ Make Step goal 3x week
Week 1 = 2 days
Week 2 = 4 days
Week 3 = 3 days
Week 4 = 4 days
✓ Log calories all month in MFP
? Make an effort to get more sleep each night
Vaaaaguely accomplished? Better than May at any rate.
✓ Cut back on soda to one a day
X Start taking a multivitamin daily
Oops this one got dropped but hubby's gonna start me taking a supplement with him for July to help keep me accountable on this
X Tweak cleaning schedule, clean 3x a week
Week 1 = 2 days
Week 2 = 2 days
Week 3 = 1 day
Week 4 = 4 days
Had some really low activity/mood days in the middle of the month and this got dropped a lot
✓ Pay off at least one more outstanding debt.
Hobbies
✓ Clear game inbox 2x week
Week 1 = 2x
Week 2 = 1x
Week 3 = 2x
Week 4 = 2x
Counting it since the week I was short I was also on hiatus due to vacation in NY.
X Read more Bleach!
One day I will catch up... >.>
✓ Read Cassie Palmer series for canon review
Got through most of it, but I'm counting it because if I app someone from this, it will be from the portion I read rather than later books
? Re-watch Shannara for canon review on Amberle
Halfway through. App halfway done. Still a work in progress but I'm hoping the long weekend will give me a chance to wrap it up.
♥ FF14 goals:
✓ HOUSE!
X Get Khojin and Khari caught up to Shay.
Khari is close. Khojin still needs to hit Ishgard, but SOON.
? Get crafting to lvl 40.
I am counting this as a little over 'halfway' since all crafting levels are currently between 36-39, which is still 60some crafting levels in a month. That was a hell of a grind.
4 week check-in = 1000xp (all on Hawley please! He is still the baby)
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gj namebro ♥
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that's me tooting your horn for you
tooooooot
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emily }
RL/EXERCISE:
4 Week Check In -> 1000 xp - All to Felicity please!
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Brooke
Second Half of the Month
Added Extras
I'm not 100% sure but etc.Nevermind, I got the scales to work. I have lost 14 pounds & I've dropped a whole dress size.XP Cash-In
Check-In x 4 weeks = 1000xp
(All to go to Avaleen)
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also your batteries had your back and i say that totally counts xD
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The batteries knew my temptation and put their foot down.
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Write at least one sentence per day — i did not do it necessarily every day, even though i hit 15,000 words for the month, so i'm going to double back and keep this one until i can get it right.
Read at least one chapter per day — n o p e. i did very little reading this month and i'm so disappointed in it. keeping this goal.
Write at least one tag per day — did it!!! (i'm excluding weekends because ... kyle.) which is great news i didn't allow myself to basically go "no i'm too tired." i had a couple days where i did not feel up to it and i was like no fuck this i can do JUST ONE.
Workout at least twice a week — haha no
Drink at least one liter of water per day — i drank a glass of water each day, not a liter.
100 tags per week — all but one week, yes! which is pretty excellent, so i'll take it, even if the off-week was like 50 short.
5 books in June — hahahahaha not at all carrying this goal over though because in hawaii i hope to be able to do this.
2500 words per week — AND THEN SOME. i mean, not necessarily over each individual week, but i got 15,000 for the month which is 5,000 over this goal because i managed to do enough catch-up to do 500 words/day for weekends too
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Christine
✘ lose 5 lbs
I did lose, but probably more like 2? It's hard to tell because of all this water weight I've been carrying from other issues I'm having, but I am down a size in clothes and have been wearing things I haven't worn in a couple of years, so that's my silver lining.
✔ continue tracking food daily
I tracked my food every single day, was honest with myself about everything and I hit my 90 day benchmark on MFP!
✔ continue exercising five days a week
I would be happier if all those days were biking because I always feel so good about it, but even on days where I was busy or the bike wasn't an option, I made sure to get in some circuit training.
✘ get in at least one walk a week, even if it's short
I did get some walks in, but not each week.
life:
✔ continue getting info for the return to school
I am readmitted and registered for fall semester!
✔ put money into savings
It's not much, but I managed to squeeze in a little so I could work around this month's financial clusterfuck with my car.
✔ job search twice a week for supplemental income
I did this the first two weeks of the month, but since I'm going to be going to school full-time, this isn't a concern anymore.
mental health/leisure
✘ finish two books in June
FAILED. >.>
✘ do at least fifteen tags per day
I did well with this at the beginning of the month, but when I had company here it wasn't really doable, and I think there are some days (Tuesdays and Wednesdays in particular right now) where this is kind of an unreasonable goal for myself because I'm out of the house ALL DAY and exhausted. I'm not going to count this as a complete loss because even though I did fall behind in the middle of the month, I caught up reasonably well again, but I'm going to try and take inbox maintenance from another angle.
✔ get a crafting class to 60 in FFXIV
Culinarian Level 60!
✘ finish Tales of Zestiria
school etc used up all my brainpower and new FFXIV content took all my gaming time so whoops. :c Someday I will finish this. Rolling this one over to this month because I NEED TO it's so cute.
XP Cash-In
4 Week Check-In = 1000xp, all to Lorne, please!
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also yeeeee SCHOOOOL i'm so proud of you
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i am so happy and proud for you bb! you rock!!
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RIN
Successes on Cooper's downstay in a specific place, kept up on tags really well and made sure I tagged new, noncanon characters multiple times!
Partial-successes are from spotty consistency / mental energy levels. I dropped one pound consistently, which is honestly exactly what I'm shooting for -- showing consistent and steady weight loss instead of my usual habit of dropping 15 pounds and then gaining 20 the next year. I definitely succeeded at reducing the amount I eat per meal but there were still days the caloric content wasn't preferable, so I'm not going to count it this time. I wore my Fitbit for maybe half the month, because I forget it when I charge it, and I did a decent job at logging food. Also, up to the race I totally reduced my mileage time, but afterward I stopped running altogether to give my knees a break and start from the bottom. I kept nongame tags current to a couple of weeks, which is totally progress on my previous monthly tagging habits!
Needs worksinclude having no energy left to study even though I really needed to prioritize that. I'm disappointed, but this just means I'll have a fire under my ass in July! I didn't try the knee-strengtheners on purpose, though-- they needed RICE treatment and now that they're feeling better I can focus on those, too!CONCLUSION
I'm very happy with my results for June! I went kind of easy on myself because I'm new, but being able to at least throw some stuff against the wall to see what sticks was AWESOME. And now that I have a record over a month, I'll be able to make some more specific goals. I really appreciate being part of this community, and being encouraged to pay attention daily, weekly, and monthly ♥♥♥
XP Check in: Unless yesterday doesn't count since I logged today it after sleeping in (in which case it'll be 750 please!), 1000xp to Ichabod Crane, please.
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ok for real though he's at 1 :D
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+1000xp!
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stella
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ruthi
+ walk at least 1 mile every dayi think i legit did every day except one day. I'M CALLING IT GOOD ENOUGH. the difficulty now will be keeping that up now that my commute is changing.
+ only eat out twice a week max; and only from the work cafeteria once a week
iiiii was less good at this BUT I MADE AN EFFORT OK. depression kicked my butt and when i'm depressed i comfort eat :(
+ only one soda dailydid it!+ coffee once a weeksucked at this like maybe once but mostly kept to it!+ start aggressively applying to jobs again
i applied ... to jobs?? it sucks that the only positions i see right now are things i've already applied to in the past but i'm gonna keep trying.
+ take steps to find my own apartmentI'M IN IT RIGHT NOW MOTHER FUCKER+ don't use my credit card at all this month so i can work on paying it off
this one didn't happen purely bc of hamilton tickets. which were a lot. fucking whoops. it was hamilton tho :(
+ finish one bookTHANKS BEARILLIONAIRE+ CHECKED IN EVERY DAY!!! = 1000 xp to ... idk alex.he deserves it. or something
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ashley;
x i've gained about 10 lbs in two months, but it think that's mostly med related, so hopefully the new stuff will make that go away
+ caught up on all shows except supernatural
+ kept my inbox relatively empty, never really let tags sit long
+ did WAY better on my sleep goals
+ tracked sleep/steps almost every day
+ completed the month long plank challenge
+ went on a personal vacation and had a wonderful time
+ had a good visit with my mom
+ watched a million mcu movies
+ picked up 2 new muses
+ kept the kids alive lol
+checked in every day = 1000 xp to elena as always
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