![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
101/1001 Update
Jun. 8th, 2021 12:40 pmBalance is the key to success in all things. Do not neglect your mind, body, or spirit. Invest time and energy in all of them equally—it will be the best investment you ever make, not just for your life but for whatever is to follow. - Tanya Wheway
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing Myself: The June 'Fear' GoRuck Challenge has dropped. The D-Day workout is a 1 Mile Ruck, 77 Ruck Squats, 77 Push-Ups, 77 Ruck Deadlifts, 77 Ruck Shoulder Presses, and another 1 Mile Ruck. "On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. This year marks 77 years since D-Day, hence the 77 reps." We also have to ruck 77 miles throughout the month. The additional tasking is a Memento Mori - "visit a gravesite and make a commitment. What that is is entirely up to you." We are also to read Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. We've already started rucking; I've already rucked 14.5 miles.
I ran the Rugged Maniac Race this week, a 5k with 22 obstacles. It was good to be back out on a course, getting muddy and overcoming fear. I have purchased a 16-Class pass with "Uniform with Option for Test and a Graduation Belt" for when the dojos open.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm grinding through Meditations 4, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffery Degraff). I'm halfway through The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz, and barely started Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World by Thich Nhat Hanh, and Where Bigfoot Walks by Robert M. Pyle, my reading at Base Station. I've also added The Way of the Modern Warrior: Living the Samurai Ideal in the 21st Century by Stephen F. Kaufman, and Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental by Marc Gerstein and Michael Ellsberg, because I seem to read about six books at a time.
I'm taking another free college course on Coursera, the Disaster Preparedness course (University of Pittsburgh), that's part of the Trauma and Emergency Preparedness sub-specialty within the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner area of concentration. I've finished my second week. Additionally, I watched and listened to Midori's Shibari Study Consent Dojo #2, an expanded discussion of boundaries and negotiation, and creating opportunities for creating consent. A well-done class, but it's Midori - so I repeat myself. *grin* I am engaging myself in daily meditation for the month of June. I will be looking forward to the various zendos and dojos opening up this month.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: I got the bicycle in the shop for a tuneup and maintenance, and I will be racking up some miles when it gets fixed. Sometimes, the best way around Portland is on a bike. My dental exam and cleaning happened; no cavities!
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I have also signed up for another FEMA class, FP-AWR160-161 WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders. I have another shift at the station this week.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: At Base Station this week, we did some clean-up and burned more of the slash pile, and The Old Man and I will be putting together the antenna this week. I also dumped the grey and black tanks, and put a few more things where they belonged in the Pump House. I'll probably also spend more time next week digging another ten feet of the RV dump line.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress.
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing Myself: The June 'Fear' GoRuck Challenge has dropped. The D-Day workout is a 1 Mile Ruck, 77 Ruck Squats, 77 Push-Ups, 77 Ruck Deadlifts, 77 Ruck Shoulder Presses, and another 1 Mile Ruck. "On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. This year marks 77 years since D-Day, hence the 77 reps." We also have to ruck 77 miles throughout the month. The additional tasking is a Memento Mori - "visit a gravesite and make a commitment. What that is is entirely up to you." We are also to read Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. We've already started rucking; I've already rucked 14.5 miles.
I ran the Rugged Maniac Race this week, a 5k with 22 obstacles. It was good to be back out on a course, getting muddy and overcoming fear. I have purchased a 16-Class pass with "Uniform with Option for Test and a Graduation Belt" for when the dojos open.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm grinding through Meditations 4, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffery Degraff). I'm halfway through The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz, and barely started Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World by Thich Nhat Hanh, and Where Bigfoot Walks by Robert M. Pyle, my reading at Base Station. I've also added The Way of the Modern Warrior: Living the Samurai Ideal in the 21st Century by Stephen F. Kaufman, and Flirting with Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental by Marc Gerstein and Michael Ellsberg, because I seem to read about six books at a time.
I'm taking another free college course on Coursera, the Disaster Preparedness course (University of Pittsburgh), that's part of the Trauma and Emergency Preparedness sub-specialty within the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner area of concentration. I've finished my second week. Additionally, I watched and listened to Midori's Shibari Study Consent Dojo #2, an expanded discussion of boundaries and negotiation, and creating opportunities for creating consent. A well-done class, but it's Midori - so I repeat myself. *grin* I am engaging myself in daily meditation for the month of June. I will be looking forward to the various zendos and dojos opening up this month.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: I got the bicycle in the shop for a tuneup and maintenance, and I will be racking up some miles when it gets fixed. Sometimes, the best way around Portland is on a bike. My dental exam and cleaning happened; no cavities!
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I have also signed up for another FEMA class, FP-AWR160-161 WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders. I have another shift at the station this week.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: At Base Station this week, we did some clean-up and burned more of the slash pile, and The Old Man and I will be putting together the antenna this week. I also dumped the grey and black tanks, and put a few more things where they belonged in the Pump House. I'll probably also spend more time next week digging another ten feet of the RV dump line.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress.
