December 27:
Cardinal Points:
First Thing Water:
10 Minutes of Mindfulness:
(focussed attention in nature)
Dance / Yoga:
(dancing, restorative yoga)
Gratitude:
Group of Seven:
hands & wrists:
(Power Grip)
calf raises:
(1000 Calf Raises)
plank:
(60 sec. forearm plank)
feathered peacock:
(60 sec. dolphin practice)
hip flexors:
(Daily Kicks, high knees)
hip abductors:
(Daily Kicks, Iron Core)
glutes:
(Glutes of Steel, Iron Core)
Fit December:
Challenges:
Push & Pull (modified to body rows in place of pull-ups): Day 28
Better Arms: Days 27-28 (Day 27 covered by a Secret Santa gift)
Flex Hang (modified to active hangs): Day 28
Power Grip: Day 28
1000 Calf Raises (modified to do one-legged calf raises, doing all the reps on both sides): Day 28
Daily Kicks: Days 23-24 (did some extra Secret Santa kicking to cover the 2nd day)
Iron Core: Day 16
Glutes of Steel: Day 16
Daily Gratitude: Day 30 -
(30th day logging this. But I have been doing it for much longer and will continue doing it going forward.)
Mileage:
running:
hiking: 14.9 km
Another long hike up the TVP. Saw the fish (American Gizzard Shad--see my post above) plus many birds. The usual suspects for this time of year: Mallards, Canada Geese, and Herring Gulls. Also saw the Bald Eagle again (sadly without lunch this time, but I "got the record shot" as they say), plus two more eagles near the forks, three Red-Tailed Hawks, one American Kestrel, both Common and Hooded Mergansers, American Crows, and, I think, a Winter Wren. (I did not get a good enough look or photo to say for certain. House Wren is not out of the question, but Winter Wren would be much more common here in December. The bird did vocalize. But I am no expert at distinguishing between House Wren and Winter Wren calls.) Heard Belted Kingfishers again but could not get eyes on one this day. Got some decent photos. But you may have to wait a few days to see them. (I have lots of work to do this weekend. Plus today we have one more nice day for hiking, which will be followed by two days of rain, then back to cold. So I don't want to waste it!)
Other Stuff:
Squats, a few burpees, some balancing, forward folding, and locust.
Writing:
day off*
new fiction words: 0
fiction YTD: 158,530 + ? (still have some hand-written stuff to type up)
story-a-week challenge: 49 of 52 completed
54 stories in my 54th year challenge: 49 of 54 completed
writing days this week: 0/5
* Yeah, yeah, yeah. But nice hiking weather in December!
French:
CBC Gem
Scheduling Habits:
GOBOT:
SOOT:
GBOT:
GR:
Cumulative Habit Scores:
Gaming Rules: 83
SOOT: 71
GBOT: 72
Streaks:
Consecutive days of working out: 110
Consecutive days of French study: 1502
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