August Review + XP Cash-In

[dancinpenguins]

 

Five months down!

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 August 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.  

NOTE: Apparently I totally forgot to dole out XP last month so I will be doing both at the same time!  Sorry for my failure.

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 August daily = 1000xp!

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[dancinpenguins]

Health & Fitness
✓ lose 3 pounds! (current weight = 138, goal weight = 135) actual end weight = 133! 5 pounds down
x exercise routines 5 days a week
✓ take walks 4 days
x no more than 1 pop a day max
x log calories on mfp every day
x starbucks only once a week
x brush teeth an additional time a day per dentist's orders

Life/Adulting:
✓ spend at least 20 minutes 3 days a week working on job search related things
✓ make social plans at least 1 day a week
x attend one webinar
x participate in one professional development twitter chat
✓ get my change of address done
✓ turn back in the router to comcast
✓ cancel all bills from the old house
x actually go through my wardrobe and donate a bunch to goodwill
x sell my house!!!!! pay off lowes card and pack a ton of moneys into savings!!!
✓ unpack and make my new apartment feel like home
✓ get a nice haircut

Mental Growth & Wellbeing:
x finish morte d'arthur
x start book club with tony and karen and christine
✓ teach self some programming stuff to work on jarvis

Leisure:
x catch up on new chapters of bleach with bleach club
x do mission tags at least every other day
x at least 10 tags a day
✓ roll out mainplot
x catch up on some shows: crit role, shadowhunters
x watch stranger things

Reflection:

I let myself slide away from doing check-ins pretty much all month, because I've been settling down into my new life, and I've been doing a good job of balancing a lot of things without needing to stay accountable 100% of the time. I do want to come back to it, however. Overall, despite falling behind in certain categories, I still kept up with a lot of things, and more important than anything else, I'm feeling incredibly happy with who I am and where I am. A lot of people have commented that I seem happier than they can ever remember me - even a guy who has worked with me for like ten years, who was unaware of my situation, randomly told me that I seemed more vibrant and happy than ever, and I think that is what is more important than anything else. I appreciate greatly other people helping me keep up this community however, since it hasn't been easy for me to always be here to post it daily. ♥