101/1001 Update
Jun. 8th, 2025 08:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grim23“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: No progress.
May's GoRuck 'Believe' Challenges are ongoing. The workout is the traditional 'Murph' Challenge. The Murph Challenge is "not just a physical test, but also a mental and emotional one. Participants are pushed to their limits and are encouraged to keep pushing through the pain and exhaustion, just as Lieutenant Michael Murphy did during his final moments." At the Tough level, it is a 1-mile ruck, 200 Sandbag Bent Over Rows (the substitute for 100 pull-ups), 200 Pushups, and 300 Squats, and then another 1-mile ruck, all wearing a 20-lb. plate carrier, and using a 60-lb. sandbag. The F*CK is Max reps of strict pull-ups in one set. No progress.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I've started rereading The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön. I've completed the first week of a 4-week free college course, from Harvard Medical School, called Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic.I once again 'sat' loving-kindness virtual zazen, thinking of The Old Man and Alfie, his dog. I am still having trouble reading, concentrating, or thinking. I have had a 'therapy' session with my clinical supervisor, and many supportive people are checking up on me.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. This week (week 19) is about getting caught up on health maintenance issues, and I will be scheduling all of my medical and dental appointments soon.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: Excavation for the Shop is ongoing. The ground has been cleared for the septic lines. The old concrete has been removed, and the shop site is being leveled and expanded for new concrete and retaining walls.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress. Alfie, the Old Man's dog, has been sent back to the rescue organization, giving me more freedom to travel and resume my professional life. I am at the Gate House, cleaning and working on a legal/social/financial checklist of things to be canceled and changed, and also working on some of the little projects at Base Station, and also at the Hideaway, sorting and clearing things to go to Base Station. I was part of a Funeral ritual/Greater Feast for one of the Presidents of my motorcycle club, and I took possession of President Maverick's colors.
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: No progress.
May's GoRuck 'Believe' Challenges are ongoing. The workout is the traditional 'Murph' Challenge. The Murph Challenge is "not just a physical test, but also a mental and emotional one. Participants are pushed to their limits and are encouraged to keep pushing through the pain and exhaustion, just as Lieutenant Michael Murphy did during his final moments." At the Tough level, it is a 1-mile ruck, 200 Sandbag Bent Over Rows (the substitute for 100 pull-ups), 200 Pushups, and 300 Squats, and then another 1-mile ruck, all wearing a 20-lb. plate carrier, and using a 60-lb. sandbag. The F*CK is Max reps of strict pull-ups in one set. No progress.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I've started rereading The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön. I've completed the first week of a 4-week free college course, from Harvard Medical School, called Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic.I once again 'sat' loving-kindness virtual zazen, thinking of The Old Man and Alfie, his dog. I am still having trouble reading, concentrating, or thinking. I have had a 'therapy' session with my clinical supervisor, and many supportive people are checking up on me.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. This week (week 19) is about getting caught up on health maintenance issues, and I will be scheduling all of my medical and dental appointments soon.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: Excavation for the Shop is ongoing. The ground has been cleared for the septic lines. The old concrete has been removed, and the shop site is being leveled and expanded for new concrete and retaining walls.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress. Alfie, the Old Man's dog, has been sent back to the rescue organization, giving me more freedom to travel and resume my professional life. I am at the Gate House, cleaning and working on a legal/social/financial checklist of things to be canceled and changed, and also working on some of the little projects at Base Station, and also at the Hideaway, sorting and clearing things to go to Base Station. I was part of a Funeral ritual/Greater Feast for one of the Presidents of my motorcycle club, and I took possession of President Maverick's colors.
