Ok. Here we go.
Today is a take stock kind of day. A look to the past so we can work to the future kind of day. A day to say "It's not hard to start, because you've already started."
Part of why I think my previous attempts at this haven't worked is that I get stuck focusing on product instead of process. I put my achievements down as quantifiable numbers versus qualitative improvements. I think using both metrics will be key moving forward. I'm going to keep the work I've already done, recognize it, and get motivation from it.
So far, using the progress I made in September only, I've:
1. Logged 66 days straight in Italian on Duolingo (Granted this started before September, but I'm proud of that consistency, so I'm keeping it.)
2. Finished the first unit in "Basic Italian"
3. Completed a class for my last semester of my education degree. Only 4 to go!
4. Started the little workshops offered on the Headspace app
5. Drank some delicious teas
6. Watched some movies (but only logged some)
7. Played some board games (and remembered to log all of them)
8. Learned some new technical stuff about playing the piano that I probably should have learned ages ago
9. Did some reading
10. Made a fat folder of check-off sheets for this challenge.
Those achievements are (mostly) quantified here: 
Language: 31/240*
Schoolwork: 16/360*
Strength: 3/360*
Cardio: 0/240
Mental Health: 11/240
Tarot:0/120
Piano:25/120
Movies:4/240
Board Games:6/120
Art:0/120
Reading:6/120*
Tech:0/120
This list is from my last Twitter post trying to hold myself accountable and already it is easy to see how it doesn't quite reflect what I'm doing. Honestly though, I really like the emoji list I made and I want to keep that around, because I'm a child and I like the pretty pictures. So now the question becomes- how do we adapt this for the new system?
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Since there is about six months between now and my birthday, and my little planning sheets came with 40 spaces per sheet, each subject has a base requirement of finishing 160 things, whatever those may be. That gives me some wiggle room for holidays and emergencies and breaks, but not enough to get too lazy. From here on out, I think my weekly posts are going to look something like this:
How I Did Last Week:
(* means progress)
🦉 Duolingo Italian: 66/200
🇮🇹 Italian bookwork: 8/200
➗👩🔬 Math and Science: 0/160
👩🏫 Schoolwork: 16/480
(includes work for WGU to be completed by December, UNH grad work, and NAFC certification)
💪 Strength Training: 0/480
(includes Stretching, Physical Therapy, and Arms Conditioning)
🏃♀️ Cardio: 0/320
(includes Darebee Fitness, Fitness video games, and Elliptical time)
🧘♀️🍵 Mental Health: 11/320
(includes Headspace, meditation, and drinking delicious teas)
🔮 Tarot: 0/160
🎹 Piano: 25/160
📽 Movies: 4/320
(both watching new movies and catching up on Letterboxd reviews)
🃏 Board Games: 6/160
💿 Records and New Music: 0/160
📚 Reading: 6/160
🎨 Art:0/160
🤔 Logic: 0/160
What Happened Last Week:
- I slept a lot!
- I didn't do much work!
- I had an existential crisis which has led me to start this blog.
Goals for this New Week:
- Daily Duolingo
- Finish Unit 2 in "Basic Italian"
- Make my meetings with all of my WGU professors
- Take 3 WGU tests
- Finish 1 WGU paper
- Start studying physics again
- Start refresher course for pre-calculus
- Stretching every day
- Physical Therapy exercises every day
- Arm strength building every day
- Darebee Fitness regimine every day
- Do something Cardio healthy every day
- Listen to a new Headspace workshop every day, or at least meditate
- Slow down and try some new tea
- Keep practicing the piano
- Watch spooky movies! Or big screen worthy movies!
- Play more games!
- Read enough to keep up with the book club and my students.
- Find some new music
- Complete some logic puzzles.
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