Healthy Pony Here We Go! LAST CHALLENGE!!!

[Crowning_Glory13]

Got my walk in...woot! 20min. Making a list of what I need to do today. Sigh...my hope is piano. I would love to move the piano to my room, but it is too small:( I just have a hard time feeling confident even when people can't hear me. If I just practice more I could do more accompanying and make way more money...but darn that fright.

Here is a hint.
1. Started at age 8, teacher told me my recital was bad, because I am horrible at practicing...yes that is true, but there are better ways to tell an 8 year old. My sister took piano too, but since she was old she always told I stink.
2. Quite aND started to self teach at 14. By peers I was told too dumb to play.
3. College went for music. Had to pass a piano exam. It is performance based. I started to struggle and tried to get back, ended up repeating. Professor threw his copy of the music on the floor stormed out if room and I failed the exam.
4. Played piano for a student singer. She did not win, I was blamed for the student singers loss.
5. Played a random gig who fired me after my shift was over. They made me quit my job for this gig.

So that's what a battle each time. I know only my husband an in laws are around me, but I hit those keys and remember all of it.

I did have a thought, after watching MLP EG Rainbow Rocks. I could see if I could learn the key guitar like Rarity. I would use it for traveling gigs....but I have to get piano up to participate for that.

Sorry for the long story. Thanks for reading.

[Artemesia's Garden]

Awww I really feel you on the insecurities about music. I think I finally got my confidence by recording on my own at home with a digital recording unit. I sent a song to my bf after we broke up and we got back together within a month. I knew it was good objectively but only by recording I convinced myself that I could perform. Still haven't done a studio session with him though :eep:

My Dad always discouraged me from singing but only when he heard Col's studio mix he admitted it was good

[Crowning_Glory13]

I just found Coloratura song online, so I hope to learn that as inspiration...just have to have the time to print it out.

OK. Challenge #4: reward yourself. But tell us how. It does not need to be a purchase. It can be simple like, I went for a walk today, so I let myself more relax time.

[Harmonie]

Funny, like Artemesia Floc, I have gravitated toward recording. I have problems concentrating, so I can practice and practice and have it completely under my fingers, but mess it up. I can not play consistently enough to be a live performer. Once I discovered that decent recording is not too expensive I bought myself a microphone. But then recording has its own unique problems - You have to be very precise, but I believe that is much more possible for me than running through entire pieces perfectly/near perfectly.

Now I'm in school for music again. I'm going for Musicology, but due to lack of undergraduate Musicology programs in my area I'm currently in a Musical Arts degree, which requires me to me to take lessons and be a part of a major ensemble. I'm the only oboe player at my school. And my lessons instructor is wanting to put me in a trio and have a recital in April.

Needless to say, I'm frightened. I don't even know how to handle it, because if I say no the trio can not happen, and I'm not sure I *can* say no. *sigh*

[Crowning_Glory13]

In my experience sometimes you just gotta go for it. If you fall, you caneed always build with. Maybe you will be great. If not obeisance just might not be your instrument.

[Loona]

Huh, I'm super sorry for disppearing, everyone! I did not forget about Healthy Pony, and still tried to keep up with it, but work and life got pertty busy recently, and I just did not manage to get here...

Toothbrush adventures are going fine, I managed to brush my teeth 2 times 7/7 days all last week. I still hate it, and I doubt this will ever change (I still get the gag reflexes and choking), but I've managed to pick up a mindset of "it's only about 5 mins a time, I can bear with it for so little time".
We got spoiled with fruit gums and jelly last week (first my husband came home from a business trip and brought home some, then a shop that sells a bigger-than-usual variety of veggie gums had a weekend sale on everything), so I eat more of that recently, and less fruits, but I still substitute at least one snack time with fruits instead of candy/chocolate per day.
Working out still hasn't started, I'm horrible first it was super extra overtime for days, then I did not feel well (flu-like symptoms - luckily I got out of it quickly and it did not worsen, but with all those limb pains I did not feel like doing anything but sit or stay in bed, working out was just not an option), and after that I got hit with some monthly recurring, ahem, lady pains but that also ended around mid-last week,  so I do not have any other excuse for the second half of last week/beginning of this week other than being lazy... the one thing I did was digging out and printing a set of exercises I memorised and typed up back when I was prescribed therapeutic exercise because of my hurting shoulders, caused by office work.

I did to other things I feel happy about, and some of them were also candidates to be included in my goals, so I do not feel completely wasted. For instance, I did some organising, housecleaning, and finally managed to get a hold of a wardrobe with shelves into which I can finally pack my clothes that were sitting in boxes (which were in the way, scattered around the flat) ever since we moved here last May. It's not yet finished, and my husband still isn't really able to see where the freed-up spade is,  but I can already see it and know what needs to be put where. Hopefully in a few days the flat will look a little more clean and spacious.

[Harmonie]

Loona, that's interesting. I have a gag reflex, but it doesn't seem to bother me when I'm brushing my teeth. It does during dental services, though. =/ It mainly prevents me from eating a lot of foods because they can't get past my gag reflex. Even foods I typically like, if they're made just slightly off I won't be able to eat them. It's so embarrassing.

I'm happy for you, being able to brush your teeth when that was an issue. 

In my experience sometimes you just gotta go for it. If you fall, you caneed always build with. Maybe you will be great. If not obeisance just might not be your instrument.

Did you mean oboe?  Was that an autocorrect deal? 

Oboe is the third instrument I've played in school. It isn't the instrument at this point.

[Crowning_Glory13]

Oh yes my beloved auto correct. I do a lot on my phone...sigh. mine likes to correct things even when I spell them right. I just need to take the time and proof read again...and yes I meant oboe. I had to correct oboe 3 times to get my phone to take it...arg.

Short walk today on my break. Stomach is not doing well so I did not want to go to far.

Loona I am with you. I have yet to do my piano. I was all excited last night, but chicken out:(

On a good note is my crafty sales are going up. If I can find a studio, I can start teaching...I am so close to going part time for work.

[Ponyfan]

Crowning_Glory 13 , don't give up on playing the piano even if other people tell you can't do it. A lot of people didn't think I would accomplish a lot but they were wrong.

I need some help staying motivated. I thought I could do this but getting sick really threw me off and now I find my motivation to work out and not drink a lot of extra Coke is severely lacking. I also can't seem to find a reward that works for me. I know it doesn't have to be a purchase. I thought at first that telling myself I could watch a new movie or something would work but it didn't.

Ponyfan

[Crowning_Glory13]

It's hard to self motivated. My reward is staring at me. I have some ponies that need cleaning...I love to do. I keep them in view so I can reward myself.

I have also put candy in a jar. I taped a note that said my weight at the time and this is for a job well done. I made myself get on the scale. If I lost or prove I did good with goals I got to have a treat.

I love blind bags. I used to use them. I had a choice. Go and get fast junk food, or run into the store for blind bag.

I would also track on a calender. I would make short notes of what I did. It is also why I pop on here and mention my walks and lack of piano. I physically see if I really tried, and I can give myself an award, or maybe show some better effort.

Hope this hepls:)

My hubby and I walked this evening, so bonus:) working on my big knitted blanket...well that's going slowly. Won't hit piano tonight, but I am getting excited to do so. So maybe I will over come the shy:)

Post Merge: February 22, 2017, 09:11:45 AM

So far I got my walk in, and I am working on my knit project. So I am feeling good. I already have my reward so nothing for this 3 day track record:) I am OK as I got the reward early. Still need to get the piano in...not today as I have to work late...but I am rewarding myself once I do play

[Crowning_Glory13]

So walked 3 days so far this week. We are in a winter storm, so no walk today. I am trapped with 9, 3 year olds...for work. My sanity is broken. I want to cry and scream all at once. Sadly I should not be on my own, but my managers like to cut corners. Blah. I have been working on a large knitting project so that is a plus. I have more crafty things to finish, but feeling very stressed and unmotivated.

[Ponyfan]

Thanks Crowing_Glory13. I am still having a really hard time getting motivated now. I think part of the reason is I'm so tired in the evenings that I just don' t have much energy for working out. I know I need to be healthier but I didn't think it would be this hard to stick with it.


Ponyfan

[Artemesia's Garden]

I don't really have much to inspire others with this week, I've not done a good work out for a while just gentle exercise. I've been getting very anxious but putting my energy into stuff like sorting out utilities, sorting out paperwork, cupboards and storage and trying to get on top of the garden. Those are good things but it feels really lonely doing this stuff alone. Doing household stuff really draws attention to the fact that I'm not sharing it with anybody.

Bf just told me he is working till Monday. I had assumed he would be around over the weekend but no definite plans, so now I'm at a loose end. No one's fault. I know i need to think of it as a good opportunity to work on myself. I'm getting flabby around the middle again in spite of all the 'everyday' exercise, must be stress and what I'm eating as well. Will run tomorrow but haven't been for 2 weeks so it will hurt! Will at least get out of breath and clear my lungs.

I nearly forgot, how will I reward myself? I have some ponies to clean so I might try and have a bit of a pony day

[Crowning_Glory13]

I think we all hit a slump this week. I guess that will just get us moving and reaching our goals.

[Miniature Sheep]

I've had a bit of an up-and-down week as well, just about managed to keep up with my goals but I had to really make myself do it because my motivation was pretty much through the floor.
I got my eyes tested despite my desire to put it off (bad experience with a previous optician) and even went there on the day through a storm that broke my umbrella, but the plus side is that my eyes haven't gotten any worse, so there's no need for new glasses just yet. The new optician was really nice as well!
I also got another job interview, which would've been great if the interviewer actually had a professional approach. I got shunted from office to office, handed over from one staff member to another. When someone finally saw me, he only asked me about 4 questions, none of which were the essentials like 'What do you know about the company?' or 'What can you bring to the job?', he didn't even ask me if I had any questions for him at the end. Considering the sheer amount of preparation I put in, it would've been nice to be given more than a couple of minutes to show what I have to offer. It's a good job I have a lot of other irons in the fire, really. :/
I'm going to take the weekend off to relax as my reward, there's a coconut face mask and a hair treatment that are looking very appealing right now!