Here I'm just dumping ideas. Just wondering how I can use the foundation to work towards some sort of community/board game center in Ventura.

Sometimes the journaling process can see mundane, but when looked back on as a whole, certain things start to pop out.

This page and exercise just builds toward that type of illumination.  

Boring on it's own, but important in the grand scheme.

Love this game, and the developers turned it into a fun campaign where you are forced to replace hero's with new ones that you have unlocked.

One must carefully use the powers of the hero's to skillfully take out the "line" of creatures descending on your campsite.

Plus, after each game, you've got to remove ONE hero, and use it's "boon" that is used between quests to make things better for the company.

Hero's can also die,. and if you don't have enough heroes in your company to fulfill the necessary 4 slots, you lose.

I believe I lost the first run (or I grossly missed some rules and started over).  Second time was a charm, I got through it all.

You can keep going by implementing harder rules, but I'm done and it was time to move on.

Great solo journey, picking away at this over the weeks while it sat on the table. :)

Just continuing the journey, almost every day. Today, listing out my personal traits and areas of expertise.

Then, connecting the dots.

What traits related to what areas of expertise.

Then, on the next page, list out as many ideas as possible for activities, pursuits, hobbies, whatever, related to each of the connections.

I'm definitely working in a mold here. I feel like my breadth of experience has been confined to a few areas.  I guess like most people.

My traits and my expertise are there, unchanging. How to find pursuits I'm passionate about in order to apply them in a way I enjoy?

This is the task.  This is this part of my journey.

It's the first time playing this awesome game "HEAT: Pedal To The Metal".  

Since PBC wasn't an option due to moving into a permanent location, we pivoted to Bink's workplace, Tifa Chocolate and Gelato.

Kevin couldn't make it, so it was Me vs. Steve.  Mano a Mano!

I love the mechanic of this game. 

The icons are a bit off kilter, but make sense after reading the rules.  It's been a complaint for sure.

Anyway, it's a hand management game.  Based on what gear you are in, determines how many cards from your hand you can play.

Going too fast around corners forces you to spend "heat" cards from your engine.  If those heat cards are over gone, and you need to draw one, you spin out.

Huge setback that is hard to recover from.

In addition, there are "stress" cards that simulate a driver getting stressed out.  This introduces speed variation into your hand, which cause spinouts, slowdowns, and you just never know which one!

Several people came up during our 2 games and thought it was cool.

Even cooler, I won both games. :)

One of those long Zone 2 runs I have learned to enjoy.  Pop on a podcast learn something, look at the trees drifting by, and all the sudden it's over and you've burned like 700 calories or more.

DAY 3 — ZONE 2 RUN
Warm-up
Walk/jog — 5 min
Walking lunges — 10 total
Air squats — 10
Relaxed strides — 2 x 20 sec
Walk-back recovery
Workout
Gradual ramp — 10 min
Steady run — 45 min
Cool-down walk — 5 min
HR target
126-132 bpm
Hard cap: 133 average
If Walt keeps pushing pace, use short control resets:
every 10 minutes, walk 30-45 sec if HR drifts too high
Finish
4 x 15 sec relaxed strides
Full walk-back recovery
Daily goal
This is truly aerobic
Better to undercook it than drift into gray-zone work
RESULTS: 135 bpm 55 minutes.

I couldn't be more proud of Squeak.  She's been at this since she was 7, almost 10 years, and now she's doing tournaments.

She's competing against women older and bigger than she is, and she's winning.

Sure the tournaments are pretty small, comprised of a few studios around Southern California, but it's impressive to see my girl winning.

I'm not proud because she wins.

I'm proud because it matters to her, and she focuses on it and wants to do well.

She cares.

That's what truly matters.

I believe in this tournament she got first place in board breaking (her specialty), first place in forms, and second place in sparring.

Her movements were crisp and clean, and the high difficulty she attempts in her board breaks gives her plenty of cushion, especially when she breaks them.  (Which is almost every time.)

I just love going to watch her, and I love to see her enjoying the experience with her TKD sisters.