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It is time to pass on to the new journal. I had this golden journal since november 2024 and it has been such a journey to learn how to journal and what kind is the one that fits me better and now it is time to continue that path to the new black journal.

The golden notebook was from leuchtturm1917 (a gift from my sister) and now this new journal was from a shop in the Uk when i used to live there, and since my time in uni is ending i thought it would be a good ending of this phase of my life.

So the first day went bad. Perhaps I didn't choose the right day to start but hey if I don't do it now, I will never start. There is never a perfect time to start anything.

I had lessons, and meetings with friends and then errands to run from picking up newspaper to running to the post office in time (twice because the first time it was closed for lunch time, even though the schedule online said they closed later). I did the mental tasks early in the morning cause I was aware of the running and finally as I'm writing this I have finished the physical part, both the walk and the workout bit.

I did 15 min workout for the first day, drank 1.5L and I know it's not the 2L i said i should do but taking into account i barely drink a full bottle daily this was amazing to me. I read 10 pages from "As long as lemon trees grow".

Apparently there is three versions of the 75 challenges, hard, medium and soft. I did not know about this has I always heard my friends mention only the hard 75 challenge. I decided to take a look at it just for the curiosity of it, I thought it was like a diet and workout based challenge, which wasn't far off but still there were some elements that made me think about it. Currently I am debating doing the medium one because it seems like a soft start for someone who has a bit of discipline but needs the check list in order to know what to do.

The 75 medium challenge for me and if you want I will leave the list down here for you if you are interested:

15 to 20 minutes of exercise, and personally I count any physical activity as exercise so if you want to practice either cardio, volleyball or running you can do as you please

drink between 2 to 3L of water

Go for a walk 4 times a week, sometimes the weather and work don't really allow for walks so i lower the amount of times

Read 10 pages of any book you desire

Meditate for 3 minutes in the morning, sometimes a break to take deep breaths is a good start

Write your progress down and if you want you can take a picture as to keep the progress visual, I find it a good idea but nonetheless it is fully up to you

This is my version of 75 medium challenge, today is just the first day so maybe later on I will add if I have completed all of these tasks or not. I do want to keep a routine so I will try to use this platform as the report log of the challenge, if you guys don't mind.

A funny term with a lot of implications that are not so funny. I had many of these posts written up and ready to post but then the brain goes why don't we clean up the pantry and the fridge, yeah sure, because a productive person can't start in a messy space. Well, in that case let's also clean our room like it's spring cleaning all over again. Procrastinating what should be done with things that look like work but actually are not the main priority.

I have a lot to do for my main project for uni and then i procrastinate with house work, with the idea of self progressing by taking take care of small habits assuring myself that it's the best course of action, finding even more things to do on the idea that I need to make an effort to make my mark. All with good intentions but not a priority right now.