Max in Alexandria is doing 40 things including…

be able to touch the floor with the palms of my hands while standing up

32 cheers

Max has written 5 entries about this goal

Bleh 11 months ago

If it weren’t for weekly yoga, I wouldn’t even be holding even. And I’m skipping tonight. :(

Nov 14, 2007, 02:27PM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments


Backsliding 1 year ago

Been fairly good about doing some stretching after runs or climbing. But on the rests between, not so much. Also have been skipping the concentrated stretching in the evening and on days off. As a result, I’m almost as far back as when I started. sigh

May 03, 2007, 11:56AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


Getting closer to this goal 1 year ago

I’ve been able to reach the ground w. the tips of my fingers for almost a week now. Not sure how to accurately measure my progress from here, so I haven’t been. But it’s heartening to have made such progress. Even with a logarithmic progression, I should be able to make my goal easily.

Feb 10, 2007, 01:52PM PST | 6 cheers | 0 comments


Got a baseline for how far I have to go. 1 year ago

Stuck a ruler between my toes last Wednesday to see how far my finger tips would go. Within 5 1/4” by my middle finger. Add 6 inches from the palm of my hand to the tip of said finger and we’ve got 11 and 1/4” (because I prefer decimals, I might change to metric later). On the next Thursday morning that measurement dropped to 3 1/4”. Yay! Then I didn’t measure for a while and wasn’t so good about stretching either (a few times, but certainly not every day). This morning I measured 3 3/4”, but after my morning stretches and run I was down to 2 7/8” (about 67mm?). Not optimal, but it gives me hope.

Now, given that I still have 330 days, why am I so eager to make strong progress now? Because I suspect it will be a logarithmic curve. Fast progress followed by slow, slow progress. The last bit will be the hardest. As the punch line a certain off-color joke goes…”Those are two HARD inches.”

Jan 31, 2007, 07:38PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


Stupid @#$@ software 1 year ago

I picked “Write more letters”. Still, for me this is the easier goal. I’d been pretty good during my xmas trip to see friends about working towards this. Was stretching everyday, but I’ve been slacking now that I’m home.

Jan 09, 2007, 12:43PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


Max has gotten 32 cheers on this goal.

 

I want to:

The world wants to...

overhaul my wardrobe learn to ride a horse Watch all the episodes of Supernatural learn Russian visit palau Sing in front of a crowd be health conscious muyo wants to Make the most of my 20's eat more donate my organs (once i'm dead) live with honor become a millionaire chorusgirl wants to meet famous people wrestle an alligator desitorrent exercise more exercise three times a week learn to draw live creatively meditate every day Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working run away for a few days without telling anybody train my dog starrlyte_01 wants to Stay married "until death do us part." I want to become a actress own my own home find a mentor be a good mother