Goal One: Get working on the YouTube backlog. Two videos per week (one per day off). These videos are already recorded and just need editing and uploading, and that’s two videos from any one of three different channels so I shouldn’t be spamming anyone any more than when I was focusing on the gaming channel.

(Edit to add: There’s also a catch to this goal. See, I’ve already got a folder on my computer with edited videos that are just waiting for my serial procrastinating self to upload. We’ll say there are ten videos in that folder for sake of argument. The catch is that there must always be at least ten–I can increase the number of videos in that folder if I edit multiple videos at a time, but I don’t allow myself to decrease the number–not until the backlog’s finished off. So right now there’s the ten, if I edit two videos in one day that means that folder has to always have eleven in it, and so on; I’m not allowed to just upload a video from that folder and decide I’m done for the day without editing another one to add to it.)

Goal Two: Lose weight/inches. No specific number here, though I’d really like my next purchase of work pants to be a result of losing a size instead of wearing holes in my pockets again. You’d think something as expensive as Duluth’s Firehose Flex would be durable enough to withstand damage from my wallet poking into it… it does last longer than anything else I bought but I’m still on the lookout for cargo jeans to see if they do a better job.

Goal Three: Working in conjunction with the above, get my room decluttered again! I can do Beat Saber in there but I’m not as confident about some of the bodyweight workouts in Zombies Run. And of course there is the need for a clearer space to refocus on the fitness games for my channel.

My non scale victories? Well, I have one victory and one related goal besides those listed above:

The victory is noticing that, after working an on-my-feet-all-day job for over eight years (after previously being an on-my-butt-on-my-pc sedentary college graduate), I can actually crouch down–and stand back up again from that crouch–without needing to grab something to brace myself. Actually the standing is easier as I’m more likely to grab something on the way down just to make sure gravity doesn’t have too much influence on where I end up. I don’t know when I started being able to do this, I just noticed it a few months ago. Still can’t do it for long because balance issues and I’m pretty sure our joints aren’t made to endure the position, but the fact that I can do it at all is still a victory.

And a related goal? Well, if you’ve ever seen those tests that correlate your ability to stand from a seated position without using your hands (or anything else in the more advanced varieties–I guarantee I’d fail every one that docked points for losing your balance) with your longevity, I’m kinda debating on if it would be worth adding a monthly short of me attempting the maneuver to my YouTube channel in the same way I’d been doing the before and after photos here to (hopefully) showcase any change in body shape.