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101/1001 Update
Feb. 22nd, 2024 07:04 pm“Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” – Mary Tyler Moore
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing Myself: I only trained in one Shaolin Kung Fu class this week. I've not progressed with the Yang Staff Form but I have made good progress with the Shaolin sword form, and I was qualified for sparring. My first sparring round in years has opened something back up in me that I've missed for a long time. I ran/walked the 2024 Providence Heart To Start 5K run this weekend, slower than planned due to some medical and training issues with my running partner.
February's 'Regret' Challenges are ongoing but almost done. I completed the workout, 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." I went slow and scaled down the running to about 200m, but I got it done. I have also completed the fourth ruck, completing the rucking requirement and the additional challenge of, a "30-Minute Ruck Per Week, Ruck 2 minutes forward and 1 minute backwards for 30 minutes." I still have the F*CK, which is 2 minutes of Max Reps Sandbag or Kettlebell Turkish Get-Ups.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm editing my completely out-of-control book stack, to the books I have read this entry. I'm actively working on The Method of Zen by Eugen Herrigel, 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 have finished The Pleasure's All Mine: Memoir of a Professional Submissive by Joan Kelly.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress. The Daily Driver has an even worsening leak in the power steering pump that will need one to two weeks to rebuild and fix. I'm still restricting driving and putting in ATF, checking it every time I drive, until I can drop it off for that long. I've rescheduled everything else I can reschedule until she's fixed.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I will be attending the Providence EMS, Stroke and Heart Conference this weekend.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: No progress. Septic trenching should start this week, and then gravel on the driveway once the septic trenching has been completed. The geoengineering plans for the shop build are finally completed.
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Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress.
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing Myself: I only trained in one Shaolin Kung Fu class this week. I've not progressed with the Yang Staff Form but I have made good progress with the Shaolin sword form, and I was qualified for sparring. My first sparring round in years has opened something back up in me that I've missed for a long time. I ran/walked the 2024 Providence Heart To Start 5K run this weekend, slower than planned due to some medical and training issues with my running partner.
February's 'Regret' Challenges are ongoing but almost done. I completed the workout, 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." I went slow and scaled down the running to about 200m, but I got it done. I have also completed the fourth ruck, completing the rucking requirement and the additional challenge of, a "30-Minute Ruck Per Week, Ruck 2 minutes forward and 1 minute backwards for 30 minutes." I still have the F*CK, which is 2 minutes of Max Reps Sandbag or Kettlebell Turkish Get-Ups.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I'm editing my completely out-of-control book stack, to the books I have read this entry. I'm actively working on The Method of Zen by Eugen Herrigel, 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 have finished The Pleasure's All Mine: Memoir of a Professional Submissive by Joan Kelly.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress. The Daily Driver has an even worsening leak in the power steering pump that will need one to two weeks to rebuild and fix. I'm still restricting driving and putting in ATF, checking it every time I drive, until I can drop it off for that long. I've rescheduled everything else I can reschedule until she's fixed.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I will be attending the Providence EMS, Stroke and Heart Conference this weekend.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: No progress. Septic trenching should start this week, and then gravel on the driveway once the septic trenching has been completed. The geoengineering plans for the shop build are finally completed.
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Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress.
