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As am I, but you never know. Sometimes it is something simple. Relatively.
Thank you though.NickD
It’s been a while since I posted an update here. In that time I completed my 5th Nerd Fitness 6-Week Challenge scoring perfect marks. Of course, I set the goals to be achieved and keep them achievable for the most part. I am one speech away from completing my first Toastmasters manual. I’m a couple leactures short of completing Force 101 and Meditation 101. I’ve hit just about every goal in my PLP since I created it. I think I need to update it.
To effectively rewrite my PLP, I plan to post my status in several areas, then set some goals to achieve noting benchmarks and milestones. I’d like to plan it out for all of 2013. This will take some time to complete, so look for it in a couple weeks.
Well done!
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Nick wrote:It’s been a while since I posted an update here. In that time I completed my 5th Nerd Fitness 6-Week Challenge scoring perfect marks. Of course, I set the goals to be achieved and keep them achievable for the most part. I am one speech away from completing my first Toastmasters manual. I’m a couple leactures short of completing Force 101 and Meditation 101. I’ve hit just about every goal in my PLP since I created it. I think I need to update it.To effectively rewrite my PLP, I plan to post my status in several areas, then set some goals to achieve noting benchmarks and milestones. I’d like to plan it out for all of 2013. This will take some time to complete, so look for it in a couple weeks.
Almost 4 years ago… Time to dust this space off so I can update my PLP again and set my sights for future success.
Personal Learning Plan – UPDATE 2016-12-29
Name: NickD
Advisor: RiddleNox (Do I need a new one?)
Date: December 29, 2016
Rank working toward: NoviceIntegrative Practice Hours
Date Completed by: Number of Hours:
Activity 1: Personal Physical Fitness – December 29, 2016 55 hours in last two months (10 hours count)
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 2: Karate – December 29, 2016 14 hours in last two months (10 hours count)
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 3: Individual Jedi Lessons – December 29, 2016 8 hours in since February 2016
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 4: Volunteer Service – December 29, 2016 6 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 5: Toastmasters Leadership – December 29, 2016 5 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 6: Toastmasters Communication – December 29, 2016 8 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 7: First Aid Training – December 29, 2016 0 hours in last year
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 8: CPR/AED Training – December 29, 2016 0 hours in last year
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 9: Training my Padawan Learners (daughters) – December 29, 2016 2 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 10: Attending Christian Church with Family – December 29, 2016 5 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerTotal Hours = ___52___
Institute Courses
Course: Intro Course.
Completed on: 2012-03-08Course: Meditation.
Completed by: 2013-01Course: Force 101.
Completed by: 2013-02Course: Communication 101
Completed by: 2014-01Course: Creed 101
Completed by: 2014-01Course: Spirituality 101
Completed by: 2014-04Course: Personal 101
Completed by: 2016-12Course: Jedi Studies 101
Completed by: TBDCourse: Warrior 101
Completed by: TBDCourse: Situational Awareness 101
Completed by: TBDAdditional Goals:
CPR Certification: _Expired__ if none: Date of Completion:
First Aid Certification: _Expired__ if none: Date of Completion:
Personal Goals:
[ul]
[li]Reading[/li]
[ul]
[li]Read for a minimum of 4 hours a week[/li]
[li]Use at least 2 of those hours to read strictly Jedi Training material[/li]
[li]Use at least 1 of those hours to read strictly IJRS Course material[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Writing[/li]
[ul]
[li]Take notes as I read[/li]
[li]Write up reviews and essays about books I read[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Courses[/li]
[ul]
[li]Complete last three Novice IJRS Courses by 2017-12-31[/li]
[li]Complete a First Aid Course by 2017-12-31[/li]
[li]Complete a CPR/AED Course by 2017-12-15[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Toastmasters Communication[/li]
[ul]
[li]Complete two speech projects a month[/li]
[li]Complete one training presentation project every two months[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Toastmasters Leadership[/li]
[ul]
[li]Complete one High Performance Leadership project a year[/li]
[li]Complete one major club officer task a month[/li]
[li]Mentor another Toastmaster once a month[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Blogging and Vlogging[/li]
[ul]
[li]Establish and Maintain Jedi Training Website/Blog[/li]
[li]Establish and Maintain Coaching Website/Blog[/li]
[li]Practice Vlogging[/li]
[/ul][table]
[tr]
[td]Obstacles you face in achieving those Goals:[/td]
[td]Solutions to those Obstacles:[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]First Aid training will cost time and money outside of work. [/td]
[td]I must discuss with wife and schedule in advance.[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Laziness and Procrastination[/td]
[td]Create Incentives and Consequences in Nerd Fitness Challenges[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Skills and confidence to create and maintain website and blog[/td]
[td]As a Toastmasters District Webmaster, I am learning a variety of these skills. Keep practicing and accept that it will be a work in progress.[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Fear of exposure and embarrassment[/td]
[td]Keep doing things I’m scared of and be proud of who I am and what I do.[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]And the DOCX version of my PLP.
Sunday 2017-01-08
- FITNESS
- Cardio = 0 minutes
- Exercise = 10 minutes
- Karate = 0 minutes
[*]DIET[/*]
- Healthy Meal Choices = 1
[*]LIFE[/*]
- Speaking =
- Leading =
- Webmaster =
- Mentoring = 1
- Charity =
- Jedi =
- Self =
- Reading = 1
- Church = 1
- Work =
- Projects =
- Chores =
- Yard =
- Animal =
- Home =
- Auto =
- Family = 1
- Adventure =
[/LIST]
This looks rather dated… Time for another update!
Nick wrote:Personal Learning Plan – UPDATE 2016-12-29Name: NickD
Advisor: RiddleNox (Do I need a new one?)
Date: December 29, 2016
Rank working toward: NoviceIntegrative Practice Hours
Date Completed by: Number of Hours:
Activity 1: Personal Physical Fitness – December 29, 2016 55 hours in last two months (10 hours count)
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 2: Karate – December 29, 2016 14 hours in last two months (10 hours count)
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 3: Individual Jedi Lessons – December 29, 2016 8 hours in since February 2016
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 4: Volunteer Service – December 29, 2016 6 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 5: Toastmasters Leadership – December 29, 2016 5 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 6: Toastmasters Communication – December 29, 2016 8 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 7: First Aid Training – December 29, 2016 0 hours in last year
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 8: CPR/AED Training – December 29, 2016 0 hours in last year
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 9: Training my Padawan Learners (daughters) – December 29, 2016 2 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerActivity 10: Attending Christian Church with Family – December 29, 2016 5 hours in last two months
Evidence: NerdFitness.com Challenge Posts, Excel Spreadsheet Challenge TrackerTotal Hours = ___52___
Institute Courses
Course: Intro Course.
Completed on: 2012-03-08Course: Meditation.
Completed by: 2013-01Course: Force 101.
Completed by: 2013-02Course: Communication 101
Completed by: 2014-01Course: Creed 101
Completed by: 2014-01Course: Spirituality 101
Completed by: 2014-04Course: Personal 101
Completed by: 2016-12Course: Jedi Studies 101
Completed by: TBDCourse: Warrior 101
Completed by: TBDCourse: Situational Awareness 101
Completed by: TBDAdditional Goals:
CPR Certification: _Expired__ if none: Date of Completion:
First Aid Certification: _Expired__ if none: Date of Completion:
Personal Goals:
[ul]
[li]Reading[/li]
[ul]
[li]Read for a minimum of 4 hours a week[/li]
[li]Use at least 2 of those hours to read strictly Jedi Training material[/li]
[li]Use at least 1 of those hours to read strictly IJRS Course material[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Writing[/li]
[ul]
[li]Take notes as I read[/li]
[li]Write up reviews and essays about books I read[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Courses[/li]
[ul]
[li]Complete last three Novice IJRS Courses by 2017-12-31[/li]
[li]Complete a First Aid Course by 2017-12-31[/li]
[li]Complete a CPR/AED Course by 2017-12-15[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Toastmasters Communication[/li]
[ul]
[li]Complete two speech projects a month[/li]
[li]Complete one training presentation project every two months[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Toastmasters Leadership[/li]
[ul]
[li]Complete one High Performance Leadership project a year[/li]
[li]Complete one major club officer task a month[/li]
[li]Mentor another Toastmaster once a month[/li]
[/ul]
[li]Blogging and Vlogging[/li]
[ul]
[li]Establish and Maintain Jedi Training Website/Blog[/li]
[li]Establish and Maintain Coaching Website/Blog[/li]
[li]Practice Vlogging[/li]
[/ul][table]
[tr]
[td]Obstacles you face in achieving those Goals:[/td]
[td]Solutions to those Obstacles:[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]First Aid training will cost time and money outside of work. [/td]
[td]I must discuss with wife and schedule in advance.[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Laziness and Procrastination[/td]
[td]Create Incentives and Consequences in Nerd Fitness Challenges[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Skills and confidence to create and maintain website and blog[/td]
[td]As a Toastmasters District Webmaster, I am learning a variety of these skills. Keep practicing and accept that it will be a work in progress.[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Fear of exposure and embarrassment[/td]
[td]Keep doing things I’m scared of and be proud of who I am and what I do.[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]I have some great accomplishments the last few years. I’ve been tracking and posting about my hard work and progress at Nerd Fitness, but it looks like this log could use a little dusting off.
Here’s an update from September 2019 of my Epic Quest goals:
https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/16806-jedinickds-epic-quest/&do=findComment&comment=2528067Karate
I am testing for Black Belt Shodan on SUNDAY! It has been quite an amazing journey to get here. No way I would have thought I would ever get to it in 2015. In high school through college, I thought martial arts as too long and too difficult for what I would want to get out of it compared to my interests and goals at the time.Toastmasters and Coaching
Toastmasters is helping me transition towards my coaching aspirations. I am always practicing coaching and mentoring other Toastmasters through speeches or one-on-one. I am working on my issues with speaking on video, which I feel is the strongest way for me to influence and inspire people in the digital age. One of my TM projects is to “write a compelling blog”, which is one of my Epic goals.Epic Hiking this Summer
Hiked Mt. Whitney again (2000 ft elevation hike and about 9 miles total in under 4.5 hours). Definitely considering the summit next time (6000 ft elevation and 10 hours each way). Mt. Mitchell was a breeze two weeks later, but we didn’t hike up, just hiked about 2 miles around the trails near the summit. The view was pretty awesome as the clouds moved around the mountain tops.Extra Life Fundraising
For 4 years, I have been participating in Extra Life, a charity raising funds for Children Miracle Network Hospitals to support kids with life threatening illnesses as well as those in financial dire straights. Through Giving Tuesday this week and a few key friend donations, I was able to break my fundraising goal for Extra Life! Made it to $1000 for the first time. I can’t wait to get that gold medal in the mail. I have my two silver ones hanging in front of me at work to remind me of what I was working towards this year. I’m slowly getting over my issues talking on camera. That gold one is going to push me far next year. I’m planning to record more video throughout the year. That way I can practice my video editing skills putting together short highlight videos to post.IJRS and Jedi Training
I completed all the Novice courses and started working through the exam and essay. I’m probably going to write entirely too much for these, but I want to do my due diligence. I had to put them on hold September through December with the other things going on, but after this weekend, I’ll be focusing my writing efforts into those two projects and my coaching website and blog.Life
I turned 39 in November. 10 years ago I could not have pictured how I have changed mentally and physically, but I had an idea of how I planned on changing with raising my kids, growing my marriage, progressing my career and education, and accomplishing or experiencing amazing things. Through it all, I’ve been setting up this second life for beyond 40 partly for myself, but mostly for my family with my kids growing into young adults, and the new and exciting adventures my wife and I will take them on, lessons we will teach them, and experiences they will have which will shape their young lives. By my 50th birthday, hopefully, they will both be in college or a career, out on their own, making their own way. That’s 11 years away, which sounds like a lifetime, but right now, reflecting back, it feels like it is coming all too fast.I have done so much to grow myself, but that growth has an incredible impact to those around me. If you want to change the world, then start with the one in the mirror. When you share your experience and growth, then your change will influence others to change at an exponential rate. It is absolutely amazing.
Personal Learning Plan
Name: NickD
Advisor: RiddleNox
Date created: December 29, 2016
Rank working toward: Novice
Last updated (date): December 05, 2019Integrative Practice Hours
(see Introductory Course, pp. 37–38)Activity Hours Completed by (date) Progress
Personal Physical Fitness 10 December 29, 2016 Completed
Karate 10 December 29, 2016 Completed
Individual Jedi Lessons 8 December 29, 2016 Completed
Volunteer Service 6 December 29, 2016 Completed
Attending Christian Church with Family 5 December 29, 2016 Completed
Toastmasters Leadership 5 December 29, 2016 Completed
Toastmasters Communication 8 December 29, 2016 Completed
Hours completed to date: 52 / 50Institute Courses
(see Introductory Course, pp. 5–6)
(Only the first three are in order; the rest of the Novice courses can be taken in any order you like, although we do suggest that Meditation and Force be taken early in your training.)Course Completed by (date) Progress
Introductory Course 2012-03-08 Completed
Creed 101 2014-01 Completed
Jedi Studies 101 2018-07 Completed
Force 101 2013-02 Completed
Meditation 2013-01 Completed
Communication 101 2014-01 Completed
Personal 101 2016-12 Completed
Situational Awareness 101 2019-02 Completed
Spirituality 101 2014-04 Completed
Warrior 101 2019-01 CompletedAdditional Goals:
(see Introductory Course, pp. 39–42)
CPR Certification: __ expires Jan-2021___ If none, est. date of completion:
First Aid Certification: __ expires Mar-2021___ If none, est. date of completion:
Personal Goals:
Here we would like for you to set at least four goals for yourself to work toward as you progress through the Novice curriculum. These are in addition to the integrative practice goals and your coursework at the Institute. You may wish to consider personal development goals; family goals; work, school, or career goals; financial goals; etc. These goals may be clearly and directly related to your Jedi Path, or they may seem unrelated – but remember that one of the objectives of your training with us is to learn how to integrate your Path into every aspect of your life.
1. Reading
a. Read for a minimum of 4 hours a week
i. Use at least 2 of those hours to read strictly Jedi Training material
ii. Use at least 1 of those hours to read strictly IJRS Course material
2. Writing
a. Write about my reading
i. Take notes as I read
ii. Write up reviews and essays about books and articles I read
3. Toastmasters
a. Communication
iii. Complete two speech projects a month
iv. Complete one training presentation project every two months
b. Leadership
i. Complete one High Performance Leadership project a year
ii. Complete one major club officer task a month
iii. Mentor another Toastmaster once a month
4. Website, Blogging, and Vlogging
c. Jedi Training Website/Blog
i. Determine Objective
ii. Find proper format based on objective
iii. Establish Website/Blog
iv. Maintain Website/Blog
d. Coaching Website/Blog
i. Determine Objective
ii. Find proper format based on objective
iii. Establish Website/Blog
iv. Maintain Website/Blog
e. Practice Vlogging (Facebook Live, YouTube) for Website/Blog content
i. Jedi
ii. Toastmasters
iii. Coaching
iv. Fitness
v. Extra Life CharityObstacles you face in achieving those goals:
In this section, please identify what you think might stand in the way of achieving the goals you’ve identified anywhere in this learning plan, and then begin to identify ways you can address these obstacles.
Obstacles Solutions to those obstacles
1. Time Management My free time is limited. I need to plan and schedule in advance and according to my priorities. Make sure I leave room for fun, or else I will procrastinate on the harder tasks.
2. Procrastination Use Incentives, Consequences, and Penalties in Nerd Fitness Challenges. These are monetary at the moment.
3. Skills and confidence to create and maintain website and blog Keep practicing and recording content. Work on editing video. Write often.
4. Fear of exposure and embarrassment Keep doing things I’m scared of and be proud of who I am and what I do.
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