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101/1001 Update
Feb. 8th, 2024 11:12 amBravery is the solution to regret. — Robin S. Sharma
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing Myself: I trained in two Qi Gong/Yang Tai Chi classes and one Shaolin Kung-Fu class this last week, and, so far, another Shaolin Kung Fu class this week. I hope to get in at least two Qi Gong/Tai Chi classes this week. I've progressed with both the Yang Staff Form and the Shaolin sword form. I have begun training for the 5K run in mid-February, conveniently also for this month's GoRuck challenge. I'm running and walking in short intervals, getting used to running again.
January's GoRuck 'Create' challenges were completed, with an hour left to go, on January 31st. February's "Regret' Challenges have dropped. The workout is the 'Burpee Ladder of Regret,' which is "run[ning] 400m before each set of Burpees, 20-1 Burpees", i.e. "400m run, 20 burpees, 400m run, 19 burpees, 400m run, 18 burpees, 400m run 17 burpees, all the way down until you finish with a 400m run and 1 burpee." The rucking requirement and the additional challenge are, a "30-Minute Ruck Per Week, Ruck 2 minutes forward and 1 minute backwards for 30 minutes." The month's book is Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay, and I have started it. The F*CK is 2 minutes of Max Reps Sandbag or Kettlebell Turkish Get-Ups. I have already completed the first and second ruck.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm still reading Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times by Studs Terkel, and Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings by Gary L. Wenk. I've also started the Alex Fletcher series by Steven Konkoly, The Method of Zen by Eugen Herrigel, and Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki. I have added The Inside Track: An Inspirational Guide To Conquering Adversity by Peter Sage, The Disaster-Ready Home: A Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place by Creek Stewart, and Hidden in Plain Sight: Esoteric Power Training Within Japanese Martial Traditions: Tracing the Roots of Ueshiba Morihei's Power, by Ellis Amdur(editor). I 'sat' another virtual loving-kindness Metta, for a friend traveling back from Arizona after a mission of mercy, and for another friend healing from leg surgery, also in Arizona. I did read yet another book, not even on the list - Janet Hardy's book, Notes of an Aging Pervert, from the Kinky Library.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress. The Daily Driver has a worsening leak in the power steering pump that will need one to two weeks to rebuild and fix. I'll have to restrict driving and keep putting in ATF, checking it every time I drive, until I can drop it off for that long. I've rescheduled my dental appointment, and everything else I can reschedule, until she's fixed. Legacy Health offered a virtual Emergency Grand Rounds - Hyperbaric Medicine: Indications and Necessity class that I attended - I'll need that CME for my EMT recertification.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I renewed my Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification this week, and I started a double-weekend class, S-290, Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior this last weekend; this a mentally challenging class with a lot of good fireground knowledge, taught by some of the best experts in the region. The EMT training I missed was rescheduled for April.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: No progress. I expect septic trenching will start soon, and then gravel on the driveway once the septic trenching has been completed.
Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress.
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing Myself: I trained in two Qi Gong/Yang Tai Chi classes and one Shaolin Kung-Fu class this last week, and, so far, another Shaolin Kung Fu class this week. I hope to get in at least two Qi Gong/Tai Chi classes this week. I've progressed with both the Yang Staff Form and the Shaolin sword form. I have begun training for the 5K run in mid-February, conveniently also for this month's GoRuck challenge. I'm running and walking in short intervals, getting used to running again.
January's GoRuck 'Create' challenges were completed, with an hour left to go, on January 31st. February's "Regret' Challenges have dropped. The workout is the 'Burpee Ladder of Regret,' which is "run[ning] 400m before each set of Burpees, 20-1 Burpees", i.e. "400m run, 20 burpees, 400m run, 19 burpees, 400m run, 18 burpees, 400m run 17 burpees, all the way down until you finish with a 400m run and 1 burpee." The rucking requirement and the additional challenge are, a "30-Minute Ruck Per Week, Ruck 2 minutes forward and 1 minute backwards for 30 minutes." The month's book is Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay, and I have started it. The F*CK is 2 minutes of Max Reps Sandbag or Kettlebell Turkish Get-Ups. I have already completed the first and second ruck.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm still reading Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times by Studs Terkel, and Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings by Gary L. Wenk. I've also started the Alex Fletcher series by Steven Konkoly, The Method of Zen by Eugen Herrigel, and Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki. I have added The Inside Track: An Inspirational Guide To Conquering Adversity by Peter Sage, The Disaster-Ready Home: A Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place by Creek Stewart, and Hidden in Plain Sight: Esoteric Power Training Within Japanese Martial Traditions: Tracing the Roots of Ueshiba Morihei's Power, by Ellis Amdur(editor). I 'sat' another virtual loving-kindness Metta, for a friend traveling back from Arizona after a mission of mercy, and for another friend healing from leg surgery, also in Arizona. I did read yet another book, not even on the list - Janet Hardy's book, Notes of an Aging Pervert, from the Kinky Library.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress. The Daily Driver has a worsening leak in the power steering pump that will need one to two weeks to rebuild and fix. I'll have to restrict driving and keep putting in ATF, checking it every time I drive, until I can drop it off for that long. I've rescheduled my dental appointment, and everything else I can reschedule, until she's fixed. Legacy Health offered a virtual Emergency Grand Rounds - Hyperbaric Medicine: Indications and Necessity class that I attended - I'll need that CME for my EMT recertification.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I renewed my Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification this week, and I started a double-weekend class, S-290, Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior this last weekend; this a mentally challenging class with a lot of good fireground knowledge, taught by some of the best experts in the region. The EMT training I missed was rescheduled for April.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: No progress. I expect septic trenching will start soon, and then gravel on the driveway once the septic trenching has been completed.
Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress.
