I'm back (for real this time)

[princess_sarena]

Spellbound does look quite a bit complicated on first glance. You can charge any spell at any time, but you can only hold one use of the spell. Certain chapters will tell you to charge a certain spell. What I did was if I already had that spell charged, I skipped charging it again. (Or used it and recharged it!) Your progress in the story is primarily dictated by what you have charged and can spend. It is fully okay to be stuck on a day of the program because you can't charge the designated spell that day. Like Transmutation is full of planks and your abs are just too sore to do it, do another spell instead. It is highly likely that you will need that spell later in the story. And just because it is charged doesn't mean you can't do it again if you feel like it, like with Restoration (yoga poses). Almost all the spells are 5 sets and done, except for Restoration, Tracking, Cloaking, and Peacemaker (I think that's all of them). To some degree, it is very much at your own pace. And there will be a day where you can't progress unless you have 3 attack spells and 2 defensive spells. You don't have to do them all in the same day (that's a lot of work).

Thanks for the detailed explanation!!! I was really wondering how it worked. So it seems to be pretty flexible, kinda like I thought... so long as you have the right spells charged at the right time.

This!! Yes, Pandora is big and a little apprehensive, but you will enjoy this one a lot. There are a ton of small tasks to be done (do your side quests!!) and a lot of travel, but overall, it is worth it.

Cool! Thanks!!!

So... I think I have a good plan going forward. I want to do one or two non-RPG programs in between each of the story ones, so as not to run through my favorite programs too quickly. (And I like to imagine that the in-between program is training for the next adventure.) So I'll do updated level three programs until Spellbound and/or Pandora get their updates, and then switch to Spellbound or Pandora once I've finished whatever I'm currently on.

Thanks for the help, everyone I honestly wasn't sure what to pick going forward because there are SO MANY OPTIONS but now I feel like I have a good sketch of a plan. I just have to decide what the in-between programs will be, but that should be somewhat easier, especially as I'll only be picking from the updated ones.

 

[princess_sarena]

Monday, January 6th, 2025

One minute meditation, day #5

Zero Hero, day #8

30 Days of LIIT, day #4 (+1 lb hand weights)

1m20s elbow plank, day #6

Easy abs, One and Done, Touch Your Toes, day #22

Spoiler: Zero Hero day #8

I almost made it out of the laboratory safe and sound.

Almost.

I need to figure out who would WANT to kidnap me. Maybe the same people responsible for luring me into this universe in the first place?

I'm beginning to have a glimmer of an idea how I got stuck here and why... it wouldn't be the first time... but first I have to get to safety and take a look at the documents in my pocket.

Maybe they hold the clue I need.

IF I can get to safety, that is.

Today is a pretty big day for me. I’ve tried doing Zero Hero before (when it was first released, prior to Darebee’s recent updates). I distinctly remember day seven’s storyline, but day number eight was completely new to me. So I’ve officially surpassed my best attempt at Zero Hero to date, and I feel pretty proud about that. (Even though it changed and is easier now, I also changed and in the opposite direction.)

Also, the stickering to keep track of where I’m at in each program is just as much fun as I thought it would be. I love adding a sticker to each program or challenge, and physically see the progress I’m making each day. Also I get to use up my ridiculously massive sticker collection... finally.

While I’m adding things, I really like the LIIT / HIIT programs too. It’s a very different experience, not having to count reps. I mean I can do the rep counts too, but it’s a refreshing change to try something different.

Caught: Oddish

Officially have six Pokemon in my sticker dex now. Time to start evolving some of them (catch new Pokemon: thirty minutes of exercise, randomly generate six Pokemon, select any one still available; first evolution: one hour of exercise, flip a coin, if heads, evolve, if tails, another hour, then guaranteed evolution).

Day #133

 

[Syrius]

Thanks for the detailed explanation!!! I was really wondering how it worked. So it seems to be pretty flexible, kinda like I thought... so long as you have the right spells charged at the right time.

Happy to help! I love the RPG programs too and this one is a lot of good story and fun.

So... I think I have a good plan going forward. I want to do one or two non-RPG programs in between each of the story ones, so as not to run through my favorite programs too quickly. (And I like to imagine that the in-between program is training for the next adventure.) So I'll do updated level three programs until Spellbound and/or Pandora get their updates, and then switch to Spellbound or Pandora once I've finished whatever I'm currently on.

Your plan sounds great!!! You've got this!!

Also, the stickering to keep track of where I’m at in each program is just as much fun as I thought it would be. I love adding a sticker to each program or challenge, and physically see the progress I’m making each day. Also I get to use up my ridiculously massive sticker collection... finally.

I too have a ridiculously large stick collection. I love that you are using your stickers to motivate you!

 

[princess_sarena]

Your plan sounds great!!! You've got this!!

Thanks! Now the trick is to ... actually do it

I too have a ridiculously large stick collection. I love that you are using your stickers to motivate you!

I can't resist buying any and all themed stickers... I have Ladybug, Pokemon, Marvel, Wonder Woman, Star Wars...

 

[princess_sarena]

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

My cousins came for a week’s visit and needed the storage space under the stairs, so I had to take out the boxes I had there. I emptied both of them almost completely in the past day or two, and I’m very proud of myself, because they’ve been sitting there untouched for over a year. And after this whole time of not wanting to touch that mess of odds and ends, it wasn’t all that hard. Just threw most of it out.

I still have three or four more boxes in storage to sort through one day, but I am not ready for more of that just yet.

One minute meditation, day #6

Arms of Steel (seated), day #23

Zero Hero, day #9

1m20s elbow plank day #7

Easy abs, one and done, touch your toes day #23

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day #9

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky that I've been transported to the middle of nowhere. On the one hand, harder to find help... on the other hand, fewer enemies.

There was no way to contact Sunday from wherever I am. I guess it's too far out of range of communication networks we could piggyback off of. I had to make my way through the forest myself, with no map, no communication, no way to know where I am or where I'm going. And it's quite the forest too... never seen anything like it. It feels like endless hills of rocks overgrown with lichen and ivy.

After I figured I'd gotten far enough, I sat down under a likely tree and began to read through my spoils. The nametag didn't give me much, and it'll take some time to make sense of the blueprints I've stolen... but it's given me a lot to think about.

I booked a ticket to go see Wicked on Thursday, and I’m semi-looking forward to that.

Wicked needs a side note. The Wizard of Oz was one of my favorite books as a kid - I loved the whole series - and I do not deny that I had something of a baby crush on Princess Ozma. Dorothy was my best friend… and looking back, she might have had a bit of a headcanon crush on Princess Ozma too. So going to watch a film where the woman who enslaved Dorothy is given a redemption arc is… a bit of a betrayal.

But I love the soundtrack, and I haven’t been to a cinema in over a year… and one of my new year’s commitments was to allow myself more time for rest and leisure. So I booked the ticket and I’m going anyway.

Evolution: Oddish -> Gloom

Day #134

 

[princess_sarena]

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

Mady Morrison morning stretch (10 minutes)

One minute meditation, day #7

30 Days of LIIT, day #5

Zero Hero, day #10

HAMSTRING STRETCH

Easy abs, one and done, touch your toes, day #24

MUSCLE RECOVERY (yoga workout)

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day #10

I had a little time to think, running through the forest.

What if someone, or someones, is looking for a way out of here? To a pleasanter, less chaotic universe?

They wouldn't be alone in their goal, and I'd hardly blame them for wanting to get out of here...

...but they'd need someone with my abilities to power the portal.

It might explain a lot... but then again, I could be completely off in my deduction. Those blueprints might be what I think they are... or they might not.

My quiet time for thinking was cut short by the appearance of a helicopter and a congregation of alligators.

So my cousin had a very insightful and helpful remark, which was that my sink was disgusting. She framed it as “concern,” she was so “concerned” for me because the sink was so awful.

For context, when I was struggling with depression, the entire kitchen was a royal mess. Once the depression began lifting, it took me months of very hard work to get my kitchen to the state it’s in today. The fridge is cleaned out (which took weeks), the cupboards are organized (several more weeks), the table is cleared off most of the time (several more weeks again), and the counters are also mostly clear (that kinda sorted itself), and there are 90% fewer dirty dishes to be cleaned at any given time.

There’s still usually a day’s worth of dishes in the sink, though. Hard as I try, I rarely finish the last dish, but still, I was VERY proud of the progress I’d been making, because like… the kitchen used to be pretty bad. And if someone had told me that at the time, it would not have made it any better.

I just told her goodnight, and luckily didn’t cross paths with her again before she left. I’m getting very, very, very tired of her constant criticism - every time she visits she goes as far out of her way as possible to find something to be “concerned” about, however ridiculous her concern. So far I’ve been told my thoughts are bad, my friends are bad, my feelings are bad, and my dishes are bad.

I don’t think I’m the problem.

Day #135

 

[Saffity]

I'm sorry you had to deal with your cousin, it sounds like she needs to butt out with her 'concerns' and worry about her own life.

I am another Runner 5, and I have to say I adore your interconnected story. When I saw you were writing your journey, I went back to the beginning to read the whole thing. I would love to know what journal you used (even if it did take 3 years to complete). I'm all about RPGs, and it's one of the things that I love about Darebee.

I was a bit disappointed when ZR went from a single purchase to a subscription mode. Luckily I was grandfathered in from my original purchase, but I don't have the funds for the full app as it is now. That being said, now that I have a gym membership and access to treadmills, perhaps I will go back to Abel and see what I can do.

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Oof, that's a lot of negativity.
Sounds like you've bravely fought yourself out of the pits of depression!
Not having all of your dishes done all the time isn't abnormal.
In fact, whenever I do manage to do a lot of dishes at once I send out a picture to my partner or friends and receive praise for a job well done

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

I'm sorry you have to deal with someone like that. It definitely wears a person down.

I was raised by a hyper-critical person. As a child I did not understand this or what it was doing to me. As an adult, I do understand. Which didn't always make things any easier. One time I was even criticized for praising my dog! That incident probably more than anything made me realize that the hyper-critical person had been raised to believe that criticizing people all the time is being helpful (and that, conversely, by praising my dog all the time I was somehow hurting her.) Knowing this didn't really make being the object of the criticism any easier in the moment. But it did help me to have more compassion for the hyper-critical person (at least during my more clear-headed moments.)

I think you did great work to fight your way out of depression and then to battle your kitchen into what sounds like is actually pretty decent shape now. (Kitchens are work spaces. Not show rooms. They get messy. They get dirty. If you're managing to keep your kitchen in good enough shape that you can work in it and not get sick from the results, you're doing fine.)

 

[TopNotch]

You're so not the problem!
If you're dealing with depression - and let me just say that you certainly sound like you are trying to deal with it and not just give in - then you really don't need such negativity and toxicity in your life. Is it possible to limit your cousin's access to your life?

 

[princess_sarena]

I am another Runner 5, and I have to say I adore your interconnected story. When I saw you were writing your journey, I went back to the beginning to read the whole thing. I would love to know what journal you used (even if it did take 3 years to complete). I'm all about RPGs, and it's one of the things that I love about Darebee.

Awwwww thank you the interconnected storyline is an idea I've been working with for several years. I wanted to bring Darebee's adventures into it for a while, but never really got there until now.

The journal is called Istoria. Legend of Istoria is the first one, the one I just finished is Istoria Magic Academy. They're kinda expensive, and each one only has ninety days, but I got a bunch when I was still in school and had scholarship funding and needed the extra structure. I ended up only using them once every few weeks, so now I accidentally acquired enough to last... maybe a decade, at least

If you get any, wait for the 40% off Black Friday sale. That's the cheapest it goes, and as they're undated I just waited for cheapest opportunity and then stocked up

I was a bit disappointed when ZR went from a single purchase to a subscription mode. Luckily I was grandfathered in from my original purchase, but I don't have the funds for the full app as it is now. That being said, now that I have a gym membership and access to treadmills, perhaps I will go back to Abel and see what I can do.

Luckily I bought into the subscription back when it was cheaper, and when it was on sale. So I have a fairly cheap subscription to everything but the virtual races. Which is fine, especially as I'm still at the beginning of season two. More than enough episodes to last me... again maybe a decade

Sounds like you've bravely fought yourself out of the pits of depression!
Not having all of your dishes done all the time isn't abnormal.

Thank you! I knowwwww like... it's just weird what she chooses to pick on. One time she had a meltdown because I was talking about something that happened a few years ago. Really nothing remarkable, unusual, or even anything I'd have remembered five minutes later if she hadn't made such a big deal over it. She threw a fit that I was thinking about the past, insisting I should censor out any and all thoughts about the past because they'd take over my life and trigger depression. Another time she freaked out because I was talking too enthusiastically about my best friends and decided I needed distance from my friends because otherwise I'd get too overwhelmed and fall into depression.

It's kind of like she sees depression everywhere and can't differentiate between pushing people into it and rescuing them from it. I mean... isolating oneself socially is not exactly a recommended cure for any mental illness from any reasonably reliable source.

Knowing this didn't really make being the object of the criticism any easier in the moment. But it did help me to have more compassion for the hyper-critical person (at least during my more clear-headed moments.)

I think you did great work to fight your way out of depression and then to battle your kitchen into what sounds like is actually pretty decent shape now. (Kitchens are work spaces. Not show rooms. They get messy. They get dirty. If you're managing to keep your kitchen in good enough shape that you can work in it and not get sick from the results, you're doing fine.)

Thanks! It's weird because she's nine years younger than I am. So she's... seemingly lost in some delusion that she has more life experience than I do and thus needs to take over control of various aspects of my life, when in reality she's just spouting obnoxious and toxic self-help "advice" in a super commandeering and disrespectful manner.

As the older cousin I suppose it's my duty to set boundaries and teach her that her behavior is not okay, but I tend to have a pretty laid-back let-people-sabotage-themselves attitude... the polar opposite of hers

Is it possible to limit your cousin's access to your life?

Kind of? I live in her mom's basement, so I don't see her all the time and we rarely talk unless she's in town, but when she visits she visits. But from now on when she visits I'll be "busy" .... at least until she's gotten over this new habit of hers

 

[princess_sarena]

Thursday, January 9th, 2025

Okay, now back into the fun stuff!!!

One minute meditation, day #8

30 Days of Yoga, day #10

Zero Hero, day #11

Daily dare, day #42 (30 twists)

Easy abs, one and done, touch your toes, day #25

I was worried about days like this, where I look at the day's workout and having this sinking feeling that if this story were real here's where I'd die. But then I did it anyway, breaking it up into small enough chunks and spreading the workout throughout the day.

I also wanted to figure out how to navigate progressing in the storyline when my character SHOULDN'T really be able to do the next thing required to progress I can't actually fly helicopters or swim, and neither have come up in previous adventures, so I decided those would be good starting points to build in some weaknesses. Luckily at least one workaround was already built into the story, and the other was not so hard. Turns out, really not so difficult. There's always a way to do it anyway.

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day #11

There must be various factions fighting one another - for what purpose or goal I don't know - but some kerfuffle broke out just as I made a dash for the helicopter.

Luckily I didn't get hit by anything too dangerous, but when I reached the cockpit and looked at the controls I realized I had no idea what I was doing. Sure, I've flown the Quinjet a couple of times, but just for fun and always with Natasha or Tony helping... and it's not like I've ever needed to fly a helicopter before.

Just then I realized... SUNDAY. She was back online. I must've run far enough to reach the range of communication wires linking me to her.

It's not like she's ever flown a helicopter either, but she has access to information I don't, and between the two of us we managed to get it in the air and moving.

Progress is progress, right?

Day #136

 

[princess_sarena]

Friday, January 10th, 2025

In happy family news, I bought me and my younger sisters Powerpuff girls friendship bracelets.

I mean, I saw them, and I HAD TO - my parents bought us little Powerpuff girl dolls when we were little, one for each of us (my two older sisters got left out, but us youngest three girls were an inevitable trio due to the four year age gap between me and the next oldest).

My youngest sister was Bubbles (she happens to be blonde(r) and very sweet-tempered), the middle of our trio was Blossom (smart, down-to-earth, and practical), and I was Buttercup (temperamental, impulsive, a little bit wild).

And down to this very day none of us would ever argue over which of us is who. I still have my miniature Buttercup. And when I sent them the picture, I immediately got a “I WANT MINE” and hearts

And by the way, for context, us little ones fought over ALL OF OUR TOYS. We fought CONSTANTLY over whose were whose, who had the blue chair and who the pink. So us NOT arguing over those dolls... we decided unusually harmoniously and without contestation, for a change, who was sugar and who was spice and who was everything nice.

Man, good times.

Getting them the bracelets will be a challenge, as they live on a different continent, but it’ll happen… eventually.

One minute meditation day #9

Mady Morrison, 5 minute morning stretch

30 Days of LIIT, day #6

Zero Hero, day #12

Skipped my extra challenges, but at least I got the core workout done.

Spoiler: Zero Hero day #12

The helicopter's crash wasn't entirely unexpected. Unfortunately I don't know how to swim, but luckily all I had to do was grab hold of the nearest debris and steer it in the likeliest direction.

Why don't I know how to swim? Never learned. Retrospectively, a bit of a gap in my hero training. What hero doesn't need to know how to swim?

Maybe when I get back to base, I'll find someone to teach me.

If I ever get back to Avenger's Tower. (It may not be my true homeworld, but it sure feels like it is.)

Why don't I actually know how to swim in real life? My mother took me out of swimming lessons because I refused to put my head under water. I was somewhere between three and five at the time some skills are just WAY easier to learn when you're younger... but still, potentially rectifiable one day. It's on the list.

Day #137

 

[Maegaranthelas]

My grandmother taught herself to swim at the age of 70, so I think you have time

 

[princess_sarena]

My grandmother taught herself to swim at the age of 70, so I think you have time

Still hope for me, then for some reason I'm really bad at water. One day when I have money and time...

Saturday, January 11th, 2025

Zero Hero, day #13

Arms of Steel (seated) day #24

Easy abs, one and done, touch your toes day #26

Daily dare, day #43 (40 w - extensions)

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day #13

Things they don't tell you in Hero Training Academy: the importance of aquatic combat skills.

Another oversight in my training... but I'm sure I can mess around with Tony's OTTER settings to mimic aquatic combat and become a shark-repelling ninja. How I'll explain what I'm doing or why I'm doing it is a future problem for future me.

Meanwhile, I just splashed around a lot and hit the shiver of sharks with driftwood from time to time.

How I'm still alive is an ever deepening mystery. Not that I'm complaining... I mean, I AM complaining about the sharks...

I finally got into a smooth rhythm. Every day: Zero Hero. Every other day: add 30 Days of LIIT. Every other-other day: switch between adding 30 Days of Yoga and Arms of Steel (seated). Add a challenge every ten days, for a total of three ongoing challenges at any one time. ...we'll do this for a while and see how it works.

Sunday comment - I made a teen girl in my store VERY happy by complimenting her braids and saying they look like Princess Leia's, apparently she did them herself and was rightfully very proud

Day #138

 

[princess_sarena]

Sunday, January 12th, 2025

Zero Hero, day #14

30 Days of LIIT, day #7

1m20s elbow plank, day #8

Easy abs, one and done, touch your toes, day #27

Daily dare, day #44 (30 squats)

One minute meditation, day #10

Caught: Scyther

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day #14

RAPTORS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Been a bit moodier than usual lately because… well, I have… had… one really close friend who likes to be in and out of my life like a ping pong ball. It took me three years, but I finally decided that if she wants to leave she can leave, and I’ll no longer take the blame or attempt reconciliation. Her comings and goings are always anyone’s fault but her own, but somehow I’ve never in my life met anyone else who has a habit of telling me they love me one day… and then walking out of my life the next, without warning or explanation.

So I’ve been trying to pinpoint one source of love and happiness every day, to pull me through til my heart steadies again.

Today’s: I have an old friend. Actually, we first met around when our other friend ping-ponged into my life for the first time, and this friend's closeness to me was blamed as the reason for the pingpong out. We used to send each other… well, love letters, back and forth, all the time, but it had been a while since I last reminded her everything she means to me. I took a photo of a Snapchat letter she sent me two years ago when I was going through a hard time, that I’d printed out and taped into my book of letters and keepsakes, And I thanked her for choosing to be in my life. Because she has been a steady and steadying presence in my life since the day we first met, and I don’t want to take the love I do have for granted.

She loved it. I made happiness happen, and that’s worth something.

Day #139

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

She loved it. I made happiness happen, and that’s worth something.

It's worth a lot, I think.

There's so much negativity in our world. So much criticism. And a discomfort with--almost a prohibition against--praising adults unless we've done something huge and heroic. But it's the small things we do every day--the love and support we share, the community we build--that gives us the strength necessary to do the big things. I think it's awesome that you and your friend recognize this and make the effort to acknowledge and give thanks for it in each other.

 

[princess_sarena]

It's worth a lot, I think.

There's so much negativity in our world. So much criticism. And a discomfort with--almost a prohibition against--praising adults unless we've done something huge and heroic. But it's the small things we do every day--the love and support we share, the community we build--that gives us the strength necessary to do the big things. I think it's awesome that you and your friend recognize this and make the effort to acknowledge and give thanks for it in each other.

Thank you! You're absolutely right!

I'm trying to do something of a reverse gratitude challenge - instead of noting the things I have, noting what I've been gifted the opportunity to give.

Or it might just become a question of agency - gratitudes can be anything that just happened to happen, I want this to be moments of happiness I had control over. I can't change how I'm feeling, but there are lots of things that generate happiness that I can choose to do, like happy conversations with friends

 

[princess_sarena]

Monday, January 13th, 2025

Mady Morrison, 5 minute morning stretch

Zero Hero, day #15

Standings abs, day #1

1m20s elbow plank, day #9

Easy abs, one and done, touch your toes, day #28

Daily dare, 50 high knees, day #45

30 Days of Yoga, day #11

Caught: Cleffa

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day 15

I ran for the nearest shelter, some sort of white temple-like building.

As soon as I was inside, I'd decided I'd had enough. It was time to reactive my powers, and get myself back to my home world.

I took a deep breath - readied myself for the jump -

- and nothing happened.

Today’s happiness was sweet and wonderful. The first time Ping Pong Girl left my life, she took one of our mutual friends with her. There was no grievance between me and that friend, but we stopped talking simply because our friend group had fallen apart and we’d never had a particularly close connection.

Anyway, she’s best friends with the best friend I mentioned earlier, and we’d often exchange hi’s through this friend. I finally told my best friend to tell her to tell me hi directly, she messaged me, and we’ve been chatting back and forth since then. I even got some baby pictures out of the whole conversation. (Our mutual best friend’s two month old baby girl.)

It was really, really, really nice to talk to her again.

Day #140

Tuesday, January 14th, 2025

One minute meditation, day #12

30 Days of Yoga, day #12

Zero Hero, day #16

Not much done today. Kinda skipped a lot of things I really wanted to do, because I didn’t have as much time as I would’ve liked before work.

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day 16

I panicked just a little. I'm stuck in this crazy world ridden with raptors, sharks, aliens, and zombies, with no way out.

I did the only thing I could under the circumstances - moving forward. Until I can troubleshoot my powers, the only logical thing I can do is survive.

The spaceship took me to... the moon? But why would somebody build a faster-than-lightspeed spacecraft and just leave it abandoned in a temple for the first adventurer to find?

The longer I'm here, the more questions I might never be able to answer.

Simple happiness for today. I’ve been online, looking for new roleplay partners. It’s just the beginning of a small handful of new roleplays, and no telling which will end tomorrow and which will last five years, but I feel a little more settled and confident now that I’m actively trying to find new friends with whom I can play my favorite game (co-writing fanfiction, basically!).

There’s this Kate Bishop * OC roleplay I’ve been doing for like a week, very chill, paragraph responses, but I’m enjoying the laid back, low stakes fun, and the characters are weirdly compatible for strangers just writing together for the first time.

Day #141

 

[princess_sarena]

Wednesday, January 15th, 2025

I walked 5 km to the library and back, to pick up some books that were on hold. I very carefully returned the exact same number of books, keeping the number of books in my possession even.

And then became immediately engrossed in one of them and abandoned the one I was already in the middle of. Hi, I'm me, I read fifty books simultaneously, two at once is actually pretty tame by my usual standards.

300 jumps.

Zero Hero, day #17

54 calf raises for @Laura Rainbow Dragon's birthday!

Easy abs, one and done, touch your toes day #29

One minute meditation, day #13

15 min daily walk day #1

I'm a bit behind in these updates, but I'll double it for the next two days, and then I should be about caught up. At least I'm keeping exact records in my physical agenda, so I won't forget what got done which day even if I don't have time to post it.

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day #17

I had the option of destroying the eggs that I came across on the moon, but in my version of Zero Hero I choose to leave the poor eggs alone.

So what if they're alien monsters or whatever? Clearly they're up to nothing good, but this world has flarkin zombies and raptors and who knows what else. I ain't killing innocent baby alien monsters, this world can deal with them when they're good and grown up and have chosen evil on their own terms.

I just did a quick upper body workout for fun, then got back in the spaceship and returned to Earth.

Oh, and there are scorpions, which would be somewhat less interesting and more mundane if they weren't giant poisonous killer scorpions.

Today's reverse gratitude: obviously my calf raises for @Laura Rainbow Dragon. Surround yourself with friends who believe that becoming healthier, happier, and stronger together is a perfectly suitable birthday gift. (Or just be a Bee.)

Day #142

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

 

[Saffity]

To help you in your character's journey, do you happen to know about Solo/Journal RPGs? There's a ton of free or very inexpensive ones on itch.io one of my favourites being One Day at a Thyme you can find any genre you like, from horror, sci fi, fantasy, modern, to nice a cozy. Right now I'm working through Sweaters by Hedgehog and dying from the cute. Since your character is a world hopper, they may be fun to check out.

 

[princess_sarena]

To help you in your character's journey, do you happen to know about Solo/Journal RPGs? There's a ton of free or very inexpensive ones on itch.io one of my favourites being One Day at a Thyme you can find any genre you like, from horror, sci fi, fantasy, modern, to nice a cozy. Right now I'm working through Sweaters by Hedgehog and dying from the cute. Since your character is a world hopper, they may be fun to check out.

NO! I don't! Or I didn't! But I checked them out and they look sooooooo cool!!!

I was debating what I should do with my snippets between fitness RPGs... I was thinking of just continuing to improvise epilogues and other adventures, but this seems like a solid second option (even if it doesn't match up with the workouts, which would be almost impossible to do anyways as I prefer not to look at them more than a day in advance...)

Thanks for this, I'll definitely be looking into it further!

 

[princess_sarena]

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

300 jumps

15 minute walk (daily walk day #2)

Walking to running, day #1

One and done & touch your toes, day #30



BADGE DAY!!!!

My rule til now was that to continue my streak, I need to do at least one Darebee workout or one day of a program. I’m now extending that to include any day I go for a run, or do a day of a challenge that would be equivalent to a day in a Darebee program. “Walking to running” covers both categories.

Day #143

Friday, January 17th, 2025

One minute meditation, day #14

30 Days of LIIT, day #8

Easy abs, day #30



1m20s elbow plank, day #10

Zero Hero, day #18

Standing abs, day #2

15 min daily walk, day #3

BADGE DAY!!! (AGAIN!)

Spoiler: Zero Hero, day #18

There are... time portals here? I should have guessed, but somehow I didn't. If they have interdimensional travel, time portals should be a piece of science cake.

Unfortunately, time travel is beyond my powers, even when they're fully functional. Now there's no way I can get back home on my own, even if my powers are restored. Even if I jump, I'd land home alright, just centuries - or maybe even millennia - before my time.

For now, survival is still key. I'll never get home if I die first. I'll take a look around and plan my next steps from there.

My sister and I have this thing where she sends me songs she likes and I listen to them. Sometimes I’ll give them an arbitrary score based on if I heard it before and how much I like it. Sometimes I’ll send songs back. I genuinely don’t remember how this started, or why it’s our thing. But this time she sent me “Must Have Been The Wind” and “If We Have Each Other” by Alec Benjamin and the first one almost made me cry and the second made me cry.

Day #144

 

[Syrius]

Happy badge day x2!!!

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Congratulations on completing the One & Done, Touch Your Toes, and Easy Abs Challenges!

 

[Haleth]

Congratulations on your challenges!

 

[Maegaranthelas]

badges hype!

 

[Fremen]

Congrats

 

[TopNotch]

Well done!