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