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Glad to see you back, mate. What is the rule of this gym? Like, "food, pets and khaki pants not allowed inside"?

You got this! Keep it up!

I have little to write today. I had more free time than I expected, but I didn't use it wisely. Now I'm in a rush to not have another day without exercise. I still don't have the book advertisement I said I would put the other day. But I will have it at some point. Noticed that I haven't moved forward on some aspects. To do list is getting bigger. Wish I had spent more time here instead of youtube today. Tomorrow will be another day. Thanks for reading! You are awesome!

I have big respect for indie developers! Welcome and good luck on your journey, Crumpet!

Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on your milestone. Don't let the ball drop!

You bet! Day 67 I'm writing today in an unusual time. YesterdayI spent the whole day in a music festival. It rained all day long and the last show had to be cancelled because of the weather. Although I've been living here for almost 4 years, it is still amazes me how the weather can be dangerous. It is like the opposite of my homecountry, where weather is safe but people are dangerous, haha. Anyway, I didn't get anything done yesterday, so I woke up kind of early today and did half of my dailies already. It is nice to have habits - even when you don't plan your day, you have stuff to do that keeps you busy and moving forward. I have a class later after lunch and then I'm going to spend some time cleaning the house. My goal for today is to set an online advertisement to sell my old japanese books. It serves for two purposes: 1 - make space in my room; 2 - get experience and momentum. 1XP > 0XP. I couldn't keep up with the writing of morning pages yet. I don't want to start the day using the computer, and I also don't want to spend 30min to 1 hour writing in the morning. I've seen online a "five minutes journal" and I liked the idea very much. Still thinking on a way to adapt it to my routine. I also have over 12 affirmations that I should spread through the house so I can read the without putting effort to it.

Great job on taking a step forward. Welcome to the forum!

You're very close to two weeks! Congratulations! For physical excercise, I'd recommend balroom dancing, but it can be quite pricey, depending on where you are. Swing, Salsa, Bolero, Tango, Zouk, the list goes on. Of course, it is not something you can do at home (unless you have enough space and a partner), so you would have to have a class near you. You are kind of good looking, the ladies would be pleased to be your partner Good luck in Mexico!

Two days at home in a row, but this time I didn't feel bad about it. Well, yea, yesterday I spent too much time with my eyes on bright screens, so by the end of the day I was having a headache. Because of that I skipped my exercises (again). On the other hand, I'm on a +2weeks streak on my japanese studies. The Art of War The War of Art is just my type of book: smart, concise and to the point. Great book so far, perhaps a must read, and I'm only at the first part. Thanks for the recommendation, Cam! I think I've got the song right now, gotta keep practicing for the next days and try to record it. If I think it is good enough, I'll post it here. My first solo ever is an Angus Young solo! Gotta keep in mind to not skip scale and improvisation practice. Writing is still difficult, especially when you set yourself a goal. Yesterday I wrote maybe 100 words and today I wrote more 200. And this is all one post of my roleplay, which I'll finish tomorrow. Also, creating content is way even harder. But I think I'm on the right path. I've just came back from jogging. I can feel the improvements from last week. I can still only run for 1 minute, but I can start running again after 5 or 6 minutes, 3 or 4 minutes less than last week. Or would it be 1 or 2? Whatever, who cares!

If I'd tell my parents I'm overcoming gaming addiction, they would be surprised just as your parents were, and possibly for the same reasons. Don't make it personal.

I've programmed microcontrollers in C and it was a dream of mine to learn CPP! Unfortunately I shifted focus before I was able to learn anything. I'll be following!

It seems you anticipated this moment 61 days ago. Hang in there, Daniel!

Don't be so harsh on yourself, mate. You're doing great!

I got to the graduation day only after I opened up to people. Great insight!

Woke up at 6:30, got up at 7:30, feeling sleepy, had a shower, then BAM! - What a great day to be alive! Love this sudden changes of mood! I had 3 students today, gave one of the best classes, but two hours later, I had my worst class ever! I still can't understand this certain student well, I just wanted to open the door and run away as fast as I could. Next time I'll be better prepared (with my running shoes). I'm about to finish reading "You are not so smart", by David McRaney. It is a good read, rather long, but you get to be aware of numerous innate behaviours of the human race. My only complain is that it destroyed completely the magic beyond "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. What a killjoy. Sometimes, ignorance is really bliss. I'v been thinking of my strategy to get out of comfort by starting a conversation with a stranger. This is quite chalenging to me now, as I'm only talking to cashiers, ha. So, I'm changing it to paying a compliment to a stranger. Sounds easier and it helps me thinking positive and "always look on the bright side of life". I think I might get the solo of "you shook me all night long" earlier than I though, but unfortunately I don't have an mic input to record it. I'll check my wife's laptop later. I can't believe I'm playing my first solo ever. Can't wait to start improvising. Achievements: Jogging 3x / week - Check Morning pages - not there yet Writing practice - not there yet Guitar practice - check Japanese study - check Business work - not there yet Everyday journaling - Check Workout - Check, I guess. Skipped yesterday. Starting it now so I don't skip today as well.

I second what Cam said about growth. I have no idea when I became able to speak (broken) Japanese, but somehow I got there.

It took me over one year to get over a 3-month relationship once. Hope you're doing better! And it's been 60 days! You did it for 60 days! You can do 61!

What if you write you posts in a rhyme? happy birthday, mate! All the best!

Welcome, mate!

Today wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. I had low energy and and questioned myself as the day went by. Why I felt like that is what I'm trying to figure out. Perhaps is the lack of social interactions I had this week. I only left home to work, and I don't have anyone to talk to here in Kyoto, like, on the phone. It gets more difficult to make new friends if you don't see the same people often enough. Socializing is indeed a basic need of human nature. Anyway, I realize that those days come and go and I should come up with a strategy to get by them and make them last shot. Should I just focus on getting my dailies done? Maybe I'm also lacking action. I have some plans but I don't seem to make the first step, so it gets me depressed. Another big factor is that I'm not having enough fun lately. I believe it is an inside-out issue so I must be aware of it next time I feel blue. Writing a journal make me reflect on those things and it helps me to come out with a way around it.

In winter, maybe the average is around 2ºC (sorry, can't remember the conversion factor to ºF). Seems not much, but to me is bloody cold, like freeeeezing cold. The worst is that Japanese houses are not insulated. I don't get it, I reckon it is something related to earthquakes. You have to rely on having your heater on if you don't want to feel cold. But the good thing is that winter doesn't last long very long as in maybe Canada, Russia and Northern Europe.

Hey J, I had two low days as well. Maybe this thing is contagious.

Is today your birthday? Have a happy one!

One downside of not writing everyday here is that I often lose sight of how many days I have in. I've actually messed up with the dates before and today I'm on my Day 56 General thoughts: Level up in real life is indeed kind of slow. Everything I think about doing makes me realize that I lack some certain abilities. I've come to accept that I have very poor skills when it comes to writing, even in my own language. I have started writing morning pages (as it is called) yesterday in order to get used to writing every day. I started writing before as I have already stated here, but I couldn't make it an habit yet. Writing has became very important to me, as I want to work on the internet eventually. therefore I should move it up on my priority list. What I got done today: I have studied japanese a little bit longer today after I checked how many pages I still had left on the book I'm using. I extended my study time to one hour minimum. I'm also half way on the guitar solo of "You shook me all night long". There is still a problem with technique, I find it hard to do the vibrato, especially when bending a string one interval up. With only 30 mins per day, this song will take me another good week or two. I'm also practicing improvisation on a blues back track. Sounding better now, but still not very musical. I wrote about 400 words longhand this morning and I'm considering typing my pages from now on. I've also got 2 important items done from my to do list. Gotta keep the momentum going up. In the evening, I went for a walk outside, after thunderstorms on the last two days, the weather was quite cool. Autumm is approaching. Things to do tomorrow: Check on the book "The War of Art" to improve my writing. Write. Send a not-so-important-but-it-is-better-to-send email. Plan for next week. Write. Clean the house. And also of course working out, guitar practice, japanese study and read a book. And write. More

Hi Moe, I also love salsa and every other kind of latin dance. I've done a few west coast swing classes as well, too bad they didn't have lindy hop on my city! It doesn't matter how you go to your first lesson. If you are curious, you can check some videos before going, it might get you more interested! Ah, the first class, so exciting!