TopNotch said:
I get you. ASD and ADHD are two very different creatures. Mine fortunately responds very well to routine, though I do struggle with overcoming the inertia. But for me, linking things to stuff I'm already doing has been invaluable, which is why simply bringing the dishes in to the kitchen triggers the whole washing thing, and then that morphs into the rehab and other exercises. I'm hard to get going, but once I do, I keep going. Embodiment of the First Law of Motion, I guess.
But that's me, and you gotta do you. Whatever works best, but don't settle - keep trying incrementally to improve things.
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I like the idea, even if I can't implement it in full. I'll experiment with doing exactly just one load of dishes after dinner and see where that gets me. I'll report back 🫡

I'm hard to get going, and once I get going I immediately forget where tf I was going 😂
 
GarStormbrand said:
Dishes (and laundry!) are such an unforgiving struggle. Best of luck finding what strategies work best for you and your typical spoon allowance!
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The eternally renewing chores... thank you very much :cute:

A while ago, I decided to start doing again Darebee programs I'd already done before. I'd had a hard rule against it before. And I'm beginning to realize I make up dumb, restrictive rules that are AGAINST my best interests.

When I was a kid I'd play the same pokemon game over and over and over. I never got to the end; I enjoyed best the repetition of it. I never wanted the game to end. I just wanted to replay my favourite parts over and over and over. And starting old programs again unlocked a little of the best of who I'd used to be. The kid who played for love, not for points or trophies or endings. I love unlocking badges, but I love unlocking myself even more.

In a few days will be my birthday. I'll have completed a whole straight month of fitness for the second time in my life. And I'll have learned one of the best lessons of all: yes, I want the experience of doing things I've never done before... yes, I want to complete my pokedex, yes i want every darebee badge there is and will ever be...

but it's okay to return again and again and again to old favourites too. it's okay to play with a charmander every playthrough. it's okay to spin in circles, never getting anywhere, because the music is good here, the vibe makes you feel like dancing, makes you feel like you're everywhere all at once

kay okay i'm being weird and i really don't know why, i've been writing a lot recently, and it's like... anyway yeah it turns out the reason i was struggling to maintain a fitness streak was because the workouts were above my paygrade. go figure.

i donated twice as much as i usually do to darebee for my birthday. twice very little is very little but just a little bit more. but it's what i can give.
 
I did a Zumba dance, roughly half an hour. It was a lot of fun.

Because this is my log and because I feel like it, I'm going to include a fantasy retelling of my fitness adventures. It'll incorporate what I really do in real life into a fictional retelling of ✨ epic ✨ proportions.

It's impromptu and random, and it'll end when I get bored.

It's not spoilered for any reason other than - oh yeah, a reason. It'll reference any actual Darebee programs I'm in the middle of, but I'll list which one(s) so they can be easily avoided by anyone who doesn't want Darebee specific spoilers. Also, to clearly separate fact from fiction.

Oh, and thirty days unlocked.

Adventure Log, Day #1

I’m in my bedroom, dancing my heart out to Zumba songs. It’s another ordinary night, but it sparks with promise. Tomorrow is my thirty second birthday. It’s not a special birthday by any means. I haven’t heard a single happy birthday from anyone yet, no talk of parties or celebrations or gifts. In a way I’m relieved, because the parties aren’t usually about me. So here I am, the night before, nothing tomorrow to go to bed for now, up late dancing. No one watching - no one -

I pause. I look. I see her. Watching. It’s hard to describe to anyone who hasn’t, what looking between worlds looks like, what being watched from another world feels like. It's like looking at someone in a dream, but you're awake and the dream isn't. It's like a fog parting through what's really there, a hazy vision of what isn't. I’ve been graced with a blessing, a secret - I can hop between worlds at ease. And people with the same skill or the right tools can find me in any of them. And I can sense them, watching.

I know where she's watching me from. In Themyscira’s deepest caverns, the mystical, mysterious Magic Mirror. All places, all times, everything and everyone visible.

I know why she’s watching me, too.

She wants me to come home.
 
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TopNotch said:
Congrats!
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graoumia said:
:birthday:
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Anek said:
:birthday:
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neilarey said:
Happy Birthday :bcake: :bcake::bcake:
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CODawn said:
Happy Birthday 🎂
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TopNotch said:
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LiteraryMatcha said:
Happy belated birthday!
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GarStormbrand said:
Happy belated birthday!
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Ah that's everyone. Thank you all!

The nice thing about having an English birthday and a Hebrew birthday is that it's very hard for a happy birthday to be belated. You'll likely be on or in between one or the other of them. My thank you is belated. But I got around to this, in the end...
 
Struggling with some depression. It's tempting to be like "I just gave up." But I didn't actually give up: I scaled back, which is what I need right now and that's going to be okay. I'm sticking mostly to yoga workouts because that's what my mind and heart feel most comfortable with right now. Not entirely. Maybe once or twice or even three times a week I go out and get a little cardio in, some walking or dancing. I haven't broken my streak - I'm in the early forties. But mostly it's pretty gentle workouts. I find that "do at least a little something to continue a streak" is a helpfuller attitude than aiming for more than I'm capable of. And uh. Yeah. That's my update for now.
 
Today's workout (so far)

Zumba, burn it up (15 min class)

Mady Morrison (10 min yoga cooldown)

I plan to do a little more when I get home from work today, will update

Day #1 (restart streak)
 
I'm on day #6. I runned a bit, I did vitality a bit, I walkeded a bit.

I really wanna do just a LITTLE BIT more, like the workout of the day, or a challenge or something, but I always forget.

I got a bed shaker alarm clock because I can't wake up in the mornings. I dunno if it'll help. But a friend suggested it so why not. At least I have to get out of bed to turn it off because I've a loft bed and the base clock doesn't reach.
 
A NEW PROGRAM.

I've been going for very long walks the past week, which I love, but I don't wanna give up my workouts and I don't really have time for both so that's something to think about.

Uh, yeah, the seven day starter thing looks good. I'll give it a try.

Met these kids on my walk. One of them was very concerned that her friend called me a bad word, so I deducted ten points from the friend, they gave me slime, and when I was walking again the other day I saw them again and now we're besties.

I'm on a streak of some sort, but I haven't been doing anything to count the days or track my workouts. In a way I prefer not keeping notes, because I can just do my workout without further homework, but I do like to have the record. I just don't enjoy the journaling, but I enjoy having the journal.
 
Time for my once-in-a-while update.

I finished The First Seven Days program, which is my first new badge in a very long time.

Since it's my second badge since restarting all the programs, I get to pick from my prize figures. I bought a bunch of Wonder Woman and Supergirl figurines from work, and I get to pick one every other program I finish (even the small ones). Since I finished two shorter programs, I picked a tiny Wonder Woman figure. It's a great one to start with, because it's one I plan to carry around with me, to remind me of who I am. (I'm Wonder Woman.) Picture attached.

Day 1 (cardio): love cardio

Day 2 (strength): don't love, but good for you

Day 3 (abs & core): don't love, but good for you

Day 4 (stretching): love, but feels like a cheating workout if that's all I do

Day 5 (circuit strength): don't love, but at least it's kinda quick and easy

Day 6 (yoga): love, but also a bit of a cheaty workout

Day 7 (hiit): LOVE LOVE LOVE (one of my favourite type of workouts, no counting, yay)

I'm halfway through the 15 minutes of walking a day challenge. Also halfway through the PowerPose challenge, I better get back on that.

Only a few more weeks until my next new badgey. The walking has done a lot to boost my energy and mood (I track).
 

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