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#7 From Ansião — Rabacal — Cernache (Day 11 & 12 — Camino Portugués)
By: Sarah Williams
Tags: Women, Challenge, Motivation, Travel, Adventure

22nd September — Day 12 Camino Portugués 🇵🇹

Ansião- Rabacal 18.9km / 11.74 miles

💤 I had such a good night sleep! I woke up at 8.30am totally refreshed and ready to go!

I had the place to myself as the French man also staying had left super early. No rain and the sun was shining, it was a nice walk out of the town Ansião crossing over the River Navajo.

🥘 I wasn’t hungry so decided not to stop for food. I loved passing through the small villages on the way. Alvorge was really cute and had a sweet cafe, where I stopped for a 2 cheese and ham sandwich and a drink €5.

🌳 It’s really nice being out of the big cities and being in more of the Portugués countryside. Which is so beautiful 😍

⛪️ I’m staying in Rabacal at the Albergue opposite the church. €10 euro for a bed (lower bunk bed) and the place also has a swimming pool & sun loungers.

🍴There is a restaurant attached to the albergue which does a pilgrims menu in the evening at 7pm — bread and soup, with a main course either meat or fish — I choose fish with dessert all for €6

23rd September — Camino Portugués 🇵🇹 Rabacal — Cernache

17.4 km / 10.8 miles

💤 I didn’t get the best night sleep last night — which was a bit frustrating, not really sure why not…. It was dark and quiet — so who knows.

🥾Today’s walk starts with a climb out of the Rabaçal valley. Lots of country roads and small villages. The scenery was just beautiful. The elevation gain was around 467m, so really pretty good going.

📸 The route is so well sign posted it really does make life very easy. I think one of the great things about sharing the journey on social media is how much attention you end up paying to the areas you are going through. I’m always looking for a good picture or little clips to film for the vlogs to try and give you a sense of what’s going on and what’s it like.

Around 1pm I came across this fantastic little cafe. I spotted the ice cream sign from about 500 yards away!

🍽The cafe is at Conimbriga. It was the most perfect place to stop for lunch.

Chicken Salad €7 with a cheeky magnum ice cream for desert €1.40. I probably stayed for about an hour. I’m not in any rush.

🦶One thing I do find is that trying to get walking again — I’m so slow. My whole body just gets super tight and the muscles lock, it’s takes me about 8 mins to get going again. The blisters are still there, but it is what it is they are covered in compeed and after a while you do forget about them.

🛏 It’s about 4 miles to the albergue that I want to stay at. Which is located in Cernache.

🙏Thank you so much for following my Camino Portugués journey!!! I’m really excited about sharing the videos with you!!

📚 My hike is being sponsored by @ciceronepress.

Cicerone has also got an awesome guide book about hiking the Camino Portugués which was written by Kat Davies @followingthearrows

#challengewithcicerone

Watch the vlog now!!!
Changing your mindset can change your life.
By: Yahya Ahmed Saghar
Tags: Challenge, Leadership, Change, Learning, Growth Mindset

Intelligence can be developed. Having a fixed mindset will not only stop your growth but will also hinder to learn new things. One must always try to be a life long learner.

Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset

The Amal Totkay (tips) to develop a growth mindset was something I can call life-changing. Someone who’s following them must be possessing a growth mindset and I believe they will definitely be the successful ones.

I do believe that I have got a growth mindset but how can I know that if I’m improving myself or not. The tips shared in the content to ask others to help is something I think will help me improve and refine wherever I’m doing it in a wrong manner. Putting myself in a challenging situation is also a good tip to get out of your comfort zone but sometimes I don’t really know how or what kind of challenge can I get into. See, it is also a kind of challenge for me. I would love to hear from the ones reading in responses if they like to suggest anything.

The last tip was to Fake it till you make it. I have already followed this in life but I don’t really think it can help you to improve but it does boost your confidence which will lead to improved competence.

The tips shared by Amal to develop a growth mindset are (for readers):

Self Talk

Get out of your comfort zone

Create new habits

Ask people for help

Fake it till you make it

I’ll conclude by quoting Theodore Roosevelt, “Believe you can and you’re halfway there”.
Don’t Choose the Wrong Balloon Challenge — Water Balloon Challenge for Kids — Belne & Didio Planet
By: Babies Planet
Tags: Challenges, Kids Playing Video, Balloon Challenge, Kids Video, Kids Fun

Don’t Choose the Wrong Balloon Challenge — Water Balloon Challenge for Kids — Belne & Didio Planet Babies Planet ·Dec 25, 2020

Belne and Didio do the Don’t Choose the Wrong Balloon Challenge! Who do you think will win this challenge?

They had lots of fun for kids!!

Balloon Challenge is a puzzle game with much in common with several of Soleau Software’s other similar EGA/VGA puzzle games, but with some unique rules of its own. The object is to get your balloons as high as possible on the game board. After choosing a balloon, it will float up the screen, and change directions based on what it hits. https://youtu.be/Y6WsGCUEoew
A miracle is on the way.
Tags: Japanese, Movies, Daily Blog, Challenge

Good morning.

My dream is to be an intern for Mr. Nishino and go to the world.

I just realized that today is December 24th.

It’s been a really fast year.

My dream was crushed, and I kept struggling, not looking down.

I finally found a new dream.

I want to join Mr. Nishino’s internship program and go to the world!

For the sake of all the people who support me.

I hope to get a job offer in the next internship.

Thank you for reading all the way to the end!

See you tomorrow!
Week Six of the 75 Hard-Outdoor Winter Workouts
By: Elena Landrie
Tags: 75hard, Winter, Workout, Challenge

Running, walking, and snowshoeing are the big ones. These cardio workouts are what I find to be a little more complicated when it comes to keeping warm and getting the best out of what you need. Over the past few weeks especially I have found what works best for me during these workouts.

Every day when I go out on the trails for a run no matter the temperature, wind, sunshine, or snow I dress in layers. You will find many people who say that you should dress for ten to twenty degrees less than the weather when you go out. My rule of thumb is pretty simple I aim for feeling a little chilly when I start off so that way by the end I am plenty warmed up. I often dress on the almost too warm side just to be safe.

I am fortunate enough to run on trails that get groomed, meaning that the snow is packed down and I have never slipped or struggled while running. In my case, my running shoes work perfectly. I don’t run at night or in the dark. When I go out I make sure that I leave a good amount of time before dark. Using common trails is for sure a go-to for me when I know I am getting close to dark, rather than going somewhere new and ending up in the dark.

Warm winter days are always a beautiful gift, but realistically even warm days are chilly, and the cold days are even worse. It’s not uncommon to feel discomfort when ice-cold air hits your lungs. I use a combination of a thin neck warmer and learning to control my breath. Breaths that are shallow.

Motivation. This is always something I struggle to answer because nine times out of ten I don’t have to hype myself up to get going because I enjoy it. When you enjoy an activity, or you learn to enjoy it, you don’t need to be motivated to do it and follow through. That is where I am at, I have goals related to my running that I can motivate myself to push harder at achieving. Doing the 75 Hard is “motivation” on its own for me.

Doing a workout with company is a huge help too. It pushes you to keep going and not slack off, not to mention it makes it fun talking, laughing, and having someone to share the experience with can take a workout to the next level. I prefer to run on my own but something like a walk or snowshoeing is always a great memory-making event.

If you can get yourself out there on even a warm winter day it will be absolutely worth it. We all have to be cautious in the winter months in regards to weather and conditions while doing workouts, but that shouldn’t stop anyone or uninspire an activity. Be safe, get those gains, and always stay positive.
Winter Workouts-What I wear to Avoid Freezing
By: Elena Landrie
Tags: 75 Hard, Workouts, Winter, Challenge

I will go over all the products I use every day and what I recommend for winter workouts, outdoors. The following article goes in part with my “Week Six of the 75 Hard” article.

All of the clothes and gear I have is mostly items I already had. There aren’t many things I have bought extra and the items I’m going to tell ya about are not all that I use just some great ones that may be helpful to those who ask.

Snowshoes

I highly recommend these snowshoes, they are great for any beginner, they have held up for me so far and at a decent price. Even in the deep fluffy snow, they keep you going and they are very lightweight. They stay secure with the binding provided and you don't need any special boots or shoes to wear with them. They sit at around $180 CAD.

Footwear

Shoes for me are pretty simple, for workouts anyway. ;) I use just a simple winter rated boot for snowshoeing. For running, I do have some options. I use my trusted go-to: Nike Downshifter 8. They are now discontinued to my knowledge which is unfortunate because they really are the best all-around running or even everyday shoe I have ever had. They have come out with new versions of this shoe.

My newest running shoe is the Nike Quest 3. I haven't had them for long but they are definitely a solid all-around shoe. I find they work really well for running or walking but I wouldn’t see myself using them as an everyday shoe.

Vests and Hoodies

My most used and versatile item would be my insulated vest. Not too hot or cold. It is easy to throw over a hoodie or a final layer over many layers on those days that make you question your sanity going out in the cold. The inside pockets are one of my favorite things about the vest, I throw everything I need in them and go without worrying about losing my stuff.

Hoodies and sweatshirts are something that I can’t go without. Any kind thick or thin is something I wear every time I go out. A solid base layer like a T-Max wool blend thermal shirt and a Carhartt hoodie is the perfect combination for me on a cold day.

Pants and Other

Pants are pretty simple for me I don’t layer pants much because running keeps my legs really warm. Most days I will go with just a pair of leggings and my latest kind would be Fabletics. They are a good thickness, and not too thin. P.S I am 5'2" and these 7/8 length are the perfect length for me.

I almost always have a toque and a neck warmer/face shield. Any toque works I just use my Carhartt ones and my face shields are from SA. These face shields work so well for me, they are light and thin but keep the cold air from bothering my lungs.

Last on my list to share but probably the most useful would be socks. Many people don’t realize how much a good sock can help. Wool blends or even straight up wool socks are the best I’ve found.

All of these items have really helped me stay warm in Canadian winters and I use them every day. This list is not a complete list of things I use but like I said they are a huge help. Check out the links for items if you want to know more about them!
50 Day Challenge Update: Week 5
By: Steve B Howard
Tags: Challenge, Writing, Goals, Meditation, The Partnered Pen

Daily Challenge 1. stretch 2. write 3. meditate 4. promoting my books and blog. An update on how my personal challenge is going.

Photo by Pietro Rampazzo on Unsplash

Well, it is my final week. And Saturnalia/ Faux X-mas Eve to boot. Always nice to have a non-celebration here in Japan though. December 25th sort has a me purpose, date night and KFC (don’t ask), lots of decorations, another reason to buy a bunch of shit you don’t need, that sort of thing.

But it’s not officially a “holy day”, thankfully. December 31st/January 1st is a different story though. On the Faux Japanese New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day (Japan used to follow the Chinese calendar) things get pretty busy at all the Shinto Shrines and to a lesser extent, Buddhist temples. I’m not a fan of crowds, but New Year’s Eve at the local Shinto Shrine is kind of fun if it isn’t raining.

This one sort of morphed into a weird rant/rambling “nothing to do” with my 50 day challenge sort of thing. Honestly, though I don’t have a whole lot to report. I’m doing my stuff and making my goals. That’s about it.

Daily Stretch

Doing it. Everyday. Um, not much else to say.

2. 500 Words a Day

Same with this one. Though, I’ve been thinking I might go back to handwriting in my journals again. I’m typing up five hundred words everyday fairly easily, but without a lot of focus. I think handwriting would help with that.

3. Daily Book Promotions

Promoting and occasionally selling. Amazon deposited about $20 in my bank account recently from book sales. Roughly equal to what I earn every month on Medium.

4. Daily Meditation

Nothing new here either. Just putting in my time on the cushion. Wish I had more to say about it. It is generally a nice short daily high though. Good enough for me.

And that’s that until I make my final entry next week on December 31st.

Steve Howard has published flash fiction, short stories, haibun, and creative non-fiction, poetry and haiku in numerous literary journals. His self-published collection of short stories Satori in the Slip Stream, Something Gaijin This Way Comes, and others were released in 2018. His poetry collection Diet of a Piss Poor Poet was released in 2019. Book One of Mystical Meat Machines was released in 2020. He currently teaches English in Japan and is a semi-professional stand up comedian. For a FREE copy of his “Best of 2020” PDF book subscribe to his blog here.

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Day 1 of 180: The Clock Begins!
Tags: Challenge, Research, PhD, Life Lessons, Commitment

Here goes nothing!

A working PhD candidate, been working for almost a year now and whilst attempting to work towards wrapping up my PhD, I have had difficulty developing commitment to have an end date. I create and post pone deadlines, I definitely have mastered that.

This is a challenge that I feel ready to start, maybe it’s close to the new year and the whole new year resolution mindset is creeping in…maybe knowing the COVID-19 vaccine is an option this coming summer and I can finally travel with some peace of mind is holding me accountable…maybe the pressure I feel from my advisor, boyfriend and manager are setting me up for this…maybe the thought of removing the Candidate next to PhD title in my email signatures is wearing me down…maybe the thought of getting publications with PharmD, PhD next to my name is sweeping by…maybe maybe many more things, the list is endless it seems! But still I struggle with full commitment!

When I embarked on the PhD trail I was full of energy, naive, and thinking that I would be done in 3 years! It’s been 5 1/2 years now and well let’s say the finish line isn’t super close. Guilt, fear, and peer pressure have been drivers of where I have got since I presented my oral prelim in June of 2019. Obviously with everything that has taken place they have not provided passion, dedication or drive in my day to day.

Today is the day that the daily commitment begins to devote at least 1 hour every day for the next 180 days to working, thinking, writing about my PhD. In the process I will trying to figure out what methods work and trying them, and/ or mixing them up for a few days before I give up on them and move on to the next technique. One technique that will be stable is daily blogging in the evenings.

Some that come to mind:

Waking up at 5am and dedicating my morning before work to PhD work 20min interval PhD work and 5 min aerobic exercises 20min exercise then PhD work then shower as reward Cooking a new recipe for dinner, making jewelry, reading a book, writing poetry or spending time with loved ones in reward for 2 hours of PhD work Drinking caffeine in am before PhD work while listening to EDM music while working

I’ve already worked for 2 hours today, should probably go to bed soon.

Here goes something!
DAILY SOI: Beat Your Comfort Zone or Be Beaten
By: Mateo Melichar
Tags: Routine, Challenge, Challenges In Life, Morning, Excercise

DAILY SOI: Beat Your Comfort Zone or Be Beaten

Start the morning with exercise. I can see your faces cringing. It’s not the most favorite activity for many, especially to start your morning like that. It’s challenging to start with the most difficult thing right off the bat when you wake up. Did you know that when you exercise, it gives you more power in the day? Mateo Melichar Follow Dec 23, 2020 · 2 min read

Your alarm goes off, and you know what is waiting for you there—a cold, unpleasant environment. You are nicely cuddled under the blanket. We all know the feeling of not wanting it to end. The story in your had is clear. It’s hard to get out. It’s hard to leave the comfort zone. It’s dark there, why should you not stay a couple of minutes more?

Opportunity or loss

The mornings are something we all understand. It’s another opportunity to do something great, and we know, when we cuddle up a bit longer, we might miss the chance and actually feel bad about ourselves and feeling like slackers. Sometimes, the voice is so strong and difficult to say no to, isn’t it?

Not today, today you know all the benefit that come with exercising:

Exercising release endorphins (good-mood feeling hormones)

Exercising makes you get in shape and fights aging and breaking of muscle mass

Exercising is a great way to be more productive and have more energy for the day

You play with these sentences in your head. You know it’s tough, but giving up is not your way of doing things.

You kick the blanket away, put on your running shoes and sports clothes, and half asleep, run out of the door. Today you have won against the comfort zone. One for you, zero for the comfort zone.

You are a challenger

You come back more awake, refreshed, get a cup of coffee and a nice shower, that you tip-off with a cold shower. Your day is ready! You are happy with yourself because you did something hard, and the rest of your day will be easy.

So, how have you started your morning today? How will you conquer the comfort zone tomorrow?
Sentience
By: Louisa Helen
Tags: Challenge, Writing, Seasonal, Short Story, Spirituality

My first time trying something new? I feel like when people think of this they think of a food or exotic experience abroad, but not me. Or maybe that’s just my ego talking. But I like to see the bigger picture, not only width wise but also in terms of depth, horizontally, vertically, and every other angle that exists. I’m interested in range and duality, I never want to leave parts out because I feel like there’s something to learn and gain from everything. In Sapiens by Nuval Harari, it it said that anything that can be done here on earth is in its essence natural. Similarly I believe that anything that can be grasped mentally is in its own right valuable, since it is information in itself even if it is just a bolt of energy inspiring someone into eloquent action. Even black, despite it being the absence of colour also implies light and its many multitudes due to the questions it raises. Why is it that certain thoughts have a taste and certain tastes have memories? I want to know the psychological reasons, is it conditioning? Is it ancestral baggage imprinted into ones DNA? Truthfully every experience is simultaneously the first time and the last time, due to the nature of our infinite universe and our shared actions being in constant flux at the mercy of our free will. Everything in our cosmos has a unique fingerprint no matter the variety or sequence, yet we are all familiar with the sense of home we feel in seeing a loved one again. As mortals we are constantly scrambling to unite our earthly experience with some greater truth, with it also being shared universally in the great collective macrocosm. Where there is love there is light, and where there is light there is infinite consciousness dying to be heard.
COMING on 24th December!
By: Sarah Williams
Tags: Women, Riding, Remote, Challenge, Goals

Gillian Larson — Thru-rider, riding over 10,000 miles through the most remote and wild places in the US with her equine teammates.

Gillian Larson and her equine partners have accomplished numerous long distance solo rides on remote wilderness trails in the U.S. Together they have traveled from Mexico to Canada three times: twice on the Pacific Crest Trail (2014 and 2016) and most recently on the Continental Divide Trail (2018).

Gillian has also completed the Arizona Trail and the Colorado Trail in 2017 and rode from the Grand Canyon across Utah to Wyoming in 2019.

Since embarking on her first thru-ride at age 22, Gillian’s main goal has been to learn how to mitigate the many challenges of wilderness riding through proper planning and preparation, and to share this information to help others safely explore backcountry trails on horseback.
2 — things that makes me happy. Ngomongin tentang “bahagia”, ada banyak…
Tags: Happiness, Challenge, Happiness In Life, Self Love

Hi! I am Diah. Congratulations you have found me and my writing here • IG : diahayuku_
This Challenging Year give us lot of lessons, Now it’s depend on us we learn from it or not!
By: Salman Amin
Tags: Challenge, Year In Review, Lessons, 2020, Covid 19

Reading other’s thoughts and Writing my thoughts is my passion. Why? Because it gets me in touch with the writer’s community. That’s my goal, to touch hearts…
OSINT Challenges
By: K O M A L
Tags: Challenge, Reconnaissance, Red Team, Cybersecurity, Osint

Scenario 1 - Understand SPF, DKIM and DMARC

Customers of secure-startup.com have been recieving some very convincing phishing emails, can you figure out why?

1st Flag

2nd Flag

There is a clue in the first half flag. SPF.

What is SPF?

Sender Policy Framework is a technique for email authentication techniques which has been superseded by DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail) followed by DMARC.

What is DMARC??

DMARC - Domain-based Message Authentication and Reporting Conformance is an email authentication policy build on SPF and DKIM protocols to determine the authenticity of an email.
【心得］ 營業用動力小船執照
Tags: 營業用動力小船, 船長, 動力小船, Challenge, 船執照

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#5 Starting from Golegã and heading to Praça da Republica Tomar
By: Sarah Williams
Tags: Walking, Challenge, Motivation, Travel, Adventure

18th September — Day 8 on the Camino Portugués

Starting from Golegã and heading to Praça da Republica Tomar 🏰

30.4 km. Total ascent 425 m — total descent 397 m.

⏰ Today was going to be another long day. There was no real way that I could see to beak up the journey. There was accommodation at about 6 miles in, which I got to at 11.45am but it was just too soon to stop! So I decided to carry on. I met up with a Germany 🇩🇪 lady Sabine — who is also walking the Camino. We had had dinner the previous night at Paula’s so it was nice to see a friendly face. I also did a mini interview with her for the vlog!

🥾There were actually 2 routes out of Golegã- the old way marks or the new waymarks. I decided to take the old route as this was on back roads and about 200m shorter! The newer routes takes you on the busy roads, which I’d rather avoid!

☕️ It was a long day! With plenty of stops at little cafes on the way! A nice cool drink and resting your feed for a bit really does makes the world of difference. After leaving Atalaia (where I was going to stay) the Camino went through an eucalyptus forest, which was really refreshing as you were in the shade for a little while.

Reaching Tomar was the highlight — it was amazing seeing the square and the castle and the town is just full of history!

🍷 We headed out for a few drinks at the local bar and then found a small Portugués restaurant for a nice meal (steak & chips/fries).

Really pleased to have made it so far! But also pleased it’s going to be a rest day tomorrow!!! 🎥I am vlogging the trip and will be sharing the vlogs on YouTube. Make sure you subscribe to the tough girl YouTube channel so you don’t miss out! The link is in the bio!

📚 My hike is being sponsored by @ciceronepress.

Cicerone has also got an awesome guide book about hiking the Camino Portugués

#challengewithcicerone

Watch the vlog now!!!
【心得】 2020 台北葡萄酒路跑餐酒會
Tags: Winemarathon, Marathondumedoc, Winerun, Challenge

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Picking Up Ticks
By: Chris Shafer
Tags: Challenge, Friendship, Beyourself, Memories, Adventure

When we were within two feet of the animals, they bolted, scattering in different directions, and then re-grouping in a corner of the pasture on the opposite side of where we stood.

Dwight and I had jumped out of the way when two of the massive beasts rushed past us. Their quickness had surprised us. They’d gone from standing still to what felt like stampede-speed in the time it took to make that one step that was too close.

“Shit, girl! We almost got squashed!” Dwight said to me as he bent down to pick up the specimen bottle he’d dropped.

I nodded in agreement, my eyes wide and my heartbeat thumping in my ears. I looked down at my hands still clenching the items they held. I relaxed my death grips, opening my hands, and noticed that my specimen bottle was cracked.

When I looked over at the weathered farmhouse, I had the feeling the old woman who owned these cows was watching us and laughing her head off. These weren’t bucking bulls or long-horned cattle, but right now I felt like a rodeo clown.
Playseat Challenge + Shifter
Tags: Sim Racing, Challenge, Thrustmaster, Playseat, Shifter

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My JavaScriptmas Journey 🎄
By: Gheorghe Madalina Eleonora
Tags: Challenge, JavaScript, Web Development, Scrimba, Javascriptmas

24 Days of #JavaScriptmas

Hi guys!

I’m starting by saying that this is my first article on a blog. So instead of just challenging myself on my JavaScript skills, I’m also challenging myself on my writing as well.

As you can already see from the title, this is about my adventure with the JavaScriptmas Challenge from Scrimba.

Initially I thought that it will be just a boring challenge with basic questions, not an entire list of little games. It was a lot of fun, “wtf is this” and “omg, it’s working”. Every day I was looking forward to the guys from Scrimba posting their solution after the challenge, to see how I can improve my code.

My favorite ones: Candies (of course, who don’t like candies), Sort by length (I didn’t know until I did this one how to properly use the sort()), Fibonacci Numbers (old, but gold) and the Carousel.
Bookended
By: Jessica Lee Mcmillan
Tags: Quadrille, Challenge, Introvert, Pandemic, Poetry

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Four Seasons of Quarantine
By: Tracy Luk
Tags: Quadrille, Challenge, This Happened To Me, Covid 19, Poetry

The pandemic froze us

with life on the rocks

lacking toilet paper

enclosed all year

separated

in a rut

desperate enough

to try a quarantine haircut

and a viral challenge like “Dalgona Coffee”

Hoping — idly

still

to melt in a huge huddle

next season
Empty House
By: Fọlábòmí Àmọ Ó
Tags: Quadrille, Darkness, Challenge, Lockdown, Poetry

I can no longer

stay in this house

alone

I feel

the ghosts

roaming the corners

I hear

the demons

crackling

in the halls

I never

seem to be alone

no matter

which room I go

Please!

break the rules

Come and save me!
I Miss The World
By: Dr. Jackie Greenwood
Tags: Quadrille, Challenge, Writing, Covid 19, Poetry

POETRY CHALLENGE

I Miss The World

Photo by Kitera Dent on Unsplash

Late last night

I put some thoughts

out to dry

A few damp words

that leaked onto the page,

nothing of importance

This morning

they were gone,

nowhere to be found

I peeked out from my cave

listless eyes searching-

I miss the world
Awful Article 14 — Keep Going, Don’t Quit
By: Hello World
Tags: Growth, Challenges In Life, Challenge

Photo by Olav Ahrens Røtne on Unsplash

There always comes a time when we are stuck. We come face to face with a challenge so difficult, that no matter how much be bang our heads, it doesn't seem to resolve.

If the challenge is from our professional life we have to handle it no matter what. We can put it on hold for few days, but as deadline starts to creep we have to face it.

But if it is a personal problem we may avoid it for who knows when. We may neglect it for days, months and maybe years. We may keep avoiding it until life forces us to face it.

By doing this we are not solving the problem surely. But somewhere deep down consciously or unconsciously we know that this is wrong. But we still keep running away from it.

Stop doing that. Start facing difficult challenges of life like a brutal tutorial. You will definitely get shit on! the first few times you face it. But slowly you will start learning from it. It will teach you things you did not know. Because if you had know, you would have already defeated the challenge.

Scarier the challenge, more rewarding is the fruit once the challenge is solved. So start facing them. Not with an intention of winning, but with an intention of failing and learning from that failure.
day 44
By: Stacy Smith
Tags: Quadrille, Life, Coronavirus, Challenge, Poetry

noon silent like midnight

as if they agreed to trade places

without telling me

streets shorn of cars

no honking here to break

the stillness of sun

songs discarded by birds

unwilling to spoil

my melancholy view

we are all of us here

alone
Thanks for That….
By: Peggy Moss
Tags: Quadrille, Challenge, Quarantine, Poetry, Sex

Photo by Joe Woods on Unsplash

Thanks for That….

Add quarantine to the list of things

We begrudge and give thanks for —



With the break-up that spared me

From a flaccid marriage and

The roadside skunk I hit

When I was drifting off to sleep…

The nightmare I wanted to weather with you.

© Peggy Moss

Thank you, Tre L. Loadholt for the challenge.
Think outside the box !!!
By: Mental. Health .Collective
Tags: Challenge, Mental Health, Outside Box, Solve, Think

Learners don't have to stay within the 'box' of formal learning. ... And when learners are able to think outside the box, they become better thinkers; they'll be better able to learn new things, come up with new strategies and create plans to implement all their new-found knowledge.

3 Ways to Think Outside the Box More Often

Question the status quo regularly. Make nonconformity the expected conversation. ...

Take a wider perspective and oscillate between uncommon content! Breakthrough thinking and creativity often come from making uncommon connections. ...

Draw a picture as a team. Draw a picture of your challenge and possible ways to solve it.
Lighting Fires in Quarantine
By: Peggy Moss
Tags: Quadrille, Anxiety, Challenge, Matches, Poetry

Photo by Gary Ellis on Unsplash

Lighting Fires in Quarantine

I forgot how to strike a match.

Instinct bailed. My hands shook.

One match head smeared across

The crushed glass strip

And popped off.

One lit, then died.

Two snapped without igniting.

Some things are not meant to move slowly.

I dream of fires…

© Peggy Moss

Thank you, Tre L. Loadholt for the prompt.
Cyber Security|Cryptography|ROT13 SECURITY |TOOLS| Challenge
By: Akash Ranjan Patel
Tags: Cryptography, Rot13 Security, Tools, Challenge

ROT13 (“rotate by 13 places”) is a simple letter substitution cipher that replaces a letter with the 13th letter after it in the alphabet

rotate by 13 places

A + 13 = N

>FBPVNY-RATVARRE GBBYXVG

-WHAT IS SOCIAL-ENGINEER TOOLKIT?

SOCIAL-ENGINEER TOOLKIT

>GPCQHZC

-WHAT IS TCPDUMP? >tcpdump

>tcpdump

tcpdump is a data-network packet analyzer cli tool for capturing tcp/ip packets.

>NVEPENPX-AT

-WHAT IS AIRCRACK-NG? >aircrack-ng

aircrack-ng

aircrack-ng is a Wi-Fi Data Capturing Cli Program

>ZRGNFCYBVG

-WHAT IS METASPLOIT?

Metasploit framework

Metasploit is a Framework Works for Attacking Target By Using Collection Of Payloads

>AZNC

-WHAT IS NMAP >nmap patelcoupon.com

nmap

Nmap is a Network Scanning Tool

>qveo

-WHAT IS dirb >dirb https://akashranjanpatel.com

dirb

DIRB — URL Bruteforcer: DIRB is a Web Content Scanner.

>Ohec Fhvgr

-WHAT IS Burp Suite

Burp Suite

Burp Suite is an integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications.

>pehapu

-WHAT IS CRUNCH? >crunch 1 3 13

crunch

crunch is a wordlist generating tool

>znppunatre

-WHAT IS macchanger >macchanger

macchanger

macchanger is a cli tool for changing mac address

>argqvfpbire

-WHAT IS netdiscover >netdiscover

netdiscover

Netdiscover is a network address discovering tool

>unfuqrrc

-WHAT IS hashdeep?

hashdeep

Hashdeep can perform an auditof hashes against a set of known hashess.

>jverfunex

-WHAT IS Wireshark

Wireshark

This Is For Creator

>NXNFUENAWNACNGRY
How entrepreneurs of social businesses can assess opportunities and challenges
By: Eric Sutherland
Tags: Opportunities, Risk Model, Challenges, Entrepreneurship, Social Business

Do a Risk Model for opportunities and another for challenges.

Then practice with a range of small ones for each type.

Tune up your Models by comparing the inputs and results.

Once you feel comfortable try a medium one and if that works out.

Do a large one.

linktr.ee/ericsutherland
10 Ways to Kick The Procrastination Habit
Tags: Habitual, Habit, Challenge

Kick The Procrastination Habit

A survey (by the University of Chicago) suggested that those who relish challenge are more likely to live up to 10 years longer than those who spend their lives inhibited by timidity.



Trying to realize our ambitions, even if we don’t always meet them, is preferable to not having the courage or motivation to take the risk.



So not making any resolutions because we fear that we’ll break them is having a defeatist attitude, as we allow procrastination to become an insidious habit that stops us from leading more fulfilling lives.

Kick The Procrastination Habit With These Tips

The following offers 10 ways to kick the procrastination habit!



1. Personal values development



Take the time to find out what you want in life, what your values are. Do you want more time, more money, better health, greater self-esteem and confidence, more fulfilling relationships, a different career, set up a business?



When we procrastinate it’s often because what we are planning to do is not aligned with what we truly want. We may be scared of our skills (or perceived lack of) or fear ridicule from others.



2. Make health and high energy levels a priority.



Without good health, we are less likely to have the energy and dynamism needed to make positive changes in our lives and it’s easier (and necessary if you’re very ill) to procrastinate.



So ensure that you have a nourishing diet, sleep well, exercise, and meditate. Incidentally, it is thought that regular meditation
Let the dead past bury its dead.
By: Abishek Babu
Tags: Exciting, Life, Challenge, Defeat, Hard Work

It’s time i’m in a storm or maybe about to enter one.

Things been rough for a while now, rough — it’s a good analogous for bad times but not the best to explain all my snowballed emotions in a single word. I remember all those good days in the past few weeks before or even days.

I didn’t put my all in my writings for the past few days; if you are my kind curious follower you might as well guessed them. Recently i lost some things which i’d never wished to; but time it is indeed a strong thing by nature. It creates storms abruptly and also prepares us for a cool autumn breeze after a while.

I can’t really say things been going all rough, they are someway sideways. This kinda not-all-rough but sideways feeling only because of people around me; my dear close people who care and show me compassion.

Well yeah, i may have lost some immaterial things that were closest to my heart or you can say somethings which have got me affected mentally. But again as i added before, time is a powerful thing. It may have got me into some unreasonable weird situations; maybe into not some things which i never expected before.

Oh boy; i’d tell you this, the same thing has the power to turn tables. And with that all my strength to overcome the worse of my nightmares are here with me to stay; my people won’t let me down and i will make sure we hustle as a team.

I don’t care anymore if the storm has started or here to stay; im here to evolve and grow into those fiercest of storms. To a magnitude of stuff which i will have never achieved earlier.

And whatever is waiting for me ahead, i’m gonna go straight through it and come back defeating my defeat.

It’s time to press my personal reset button and start stuff from scratch with all my heart and mind into it this time.

If you are reading this now, i can promise you this. Hold on to your seat belt this is going to be one heck of a journey ahead, i’ll make sure to make both of our lives sublime as we progress.

Fuck, life is exciting.
I Got Laid off during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Katie L
Tags: Goodbye, Challenge, Storytelling, Covid 19, Careers

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Unexpectedly, Layoff Knocked on the Door

It was a seemingly typical Tuesday in July 2020. A little hot and humid, but overall a typical day. It’s been a few months since the pandemic broke out and I finally started to get used to the socially-distanced way of living. Nothing extraordinary, almost nothing, except a random 8am one-on-one meeting invitation from my manager. Hmmm, rarely does she schedule early morning meetings, I thought, but didn’t put much thoughts to it. Indeed life during the COVID-19 pandemic had not been easy but I tried to look at the bright side: more time to spend with family, to pick up hobbies like gardening and cooking, and to be thankful for what I had — health, a job that suits working from home, and nice friends and family. Not too much to complain nor worry.

It was for sure one of the most weird times anyways — people had been working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis for months, and I actually had a one-on-one meeting randomly scheduled from my manager randomly earlier in the year which turned out to be nothing major but she sharing news on some organizational restructure not even close to relevant to me.

We just had our annual goals and objectives meetings weeks ago, so I recalled vividly, where I listed out details on my projects with timelines, stakeholders and step by step how I planned to accomplish each milestone. To be clear, I’m not the kind of employee that always work overtime to impress others, but I make sure I get things done. I always do, and have been a top performer in the team, bringing up my colleagues and helping out firefights. Just very recently actually, my cross-functional team members complemented openly on the accomplishments I’ve brought to the project and how nice it was to have me on the team.

Yet I was wrong.
Day 19 — Alphabet Sequence — Scrimba JavaScriptmas
By: Handhika Yanuar Pratama
Tags: Challenge, Junior Developer, JavaScript, Scrimba, Javascriptmas

So this is my solution for the day 19 of #Scrimba #JavaScriptmas challenge. This is not easy for me, because i still a junior developer. But me have a principal

If not start right now, you will never start anything.

So for this write-up, i will try to explain how the code work for this challenge. This is the source code

function alphabetSubsequence(str) { const isSequence = new Set(str); if(isSequence.size < str.length) { return false; }else{ for(let i = 0; str.length + 1; i++){ if(str.charCodeAt(i+1) <= str.charCodeAt(i)){ return false; }else{ return true; } }

} }

In the second line of the code is

const isSequence = new Set(str);

This mean i declare new variable the name is ‘isSequence’ and inside of it is an object properties of Set that has value taken from str. The ‘Set’ object has many properties inside it, but i use ‘size’ for this challenge (The same as the hint). I use ‘size’ for represent an integer value inside the object that declared using object Set.

What i mean is, if i have an array [‘a’, ’b’, ’c’, ‘d’, ‘d’] , using the str method, will give the value of 4, because inside the array there are 4 main string (a, b, c, and d). The duplication of ‘d’ is not counted. For this challenge this is useful to pass the condition that string mustn’t be duplicated.

In the third and four line of the code is

if(isSequence.size < str.length) { return false;

}

What it’s mean, is to check the value of the object.size and str.length, if the object size is bigger than the str length, we can conclude that the parameter one of this challenged doesn’t pass. So it will return false.

In the five until the rest of code is

else{ for(let i = 0; str.length+1; i++){ if(str.charCodeAt(i+1) <= str.charCodeAt(i)){ return false; }else{ return true; } }

}

The first line of it, is else statement, it was taken from the code before. After that, i use for loop, to looping around the string (str). Please pay attention with the ‘i+1’. I use it because it will be usefull later to make code more clean and readable.

Using the charCodeAt method, to determine what is the unicode from the string and make a comparison with one of string before. I mean like this, try in the console

const text = 'gcea'

text.charCodeAt(0) // 103

text.charCodeAt(1) // 99

text.charCodeAt(2) // 101

text.charCodeAt(3) // 97

text.charCodeAt(4) // NaN

What comparison mean, if the second string is bigger than first string (103 > 99) so it will return false, because it doesn’t fill the second requirements of the question. It means the string not write in a sequence. If second checked string is bigger than one string before it (99 < 101), it will return true, because the string number is placed correctly.

And so on, if we run the program, the output will be like this.

If u want to check my progression, here is the link.

Thanks, hope it can give you a bit of understanding.
#3 From Vila Franca de Xira to Quinta da Burr (beach life, pilgrim dinners, sunshine!)
By: Sarah Williams
Tags: Walking, Challenge, Motivation, Travel, Adventure

⏩Day 4 on the Camino Portugués!

Leaving Vila Franca de Xira around 8.45am ish — heading 19.5 km going past Carregado and Vila Nova da Rainha to end up in Azambuja!

🛣 Previously the Camino was along the highway — no more it has been re routed to a gravel track which runs parallel to the train tracks.

🔥 My calf’s are burning, I’m still wearing the knee support and making sure my glutes are being engaged- which is not as easy as it should be…

💥I was super organised this morning and made myself breakfast at the hostel, really simple food a cheese sandwich, plus a slice of chocolate cake and an apple. I find making lunch in the morning, when the food is there the best thing to do as it’s a super cheap meal and a great way to keep costs down. Plus it’s so nice to stop out on the walk and eat outside enjoying the view!

🐂 Azambuja is a cute little town, the albergue has got 12 beds and opens at 3pm — it is first come first served and when they are full, they are full — no more room! Therefore you do want to make sure you arrived in plenty of time. The places are simple but it has a shower, kitchen facilities and a place to wash your clothes — hand wash!! No WiFi — but that probably a good thing!

🎥I am vlogging the trip and will be sharing the vlogs on YouTube. Make sure you subscribe to the tough girl YouTube channel so you don’t miss out! The link is in the bio!

📚 My hike is being sponsored by @ciceronepress.

Cicerone has also got an awesome guide book about hiking the Camino Portugués which was written by the awesome Kat Davies @followingthearrows who has been on the tough girl podcast to share more about her walking adventures — she has done the Camino Portugués 3 times and has done the PCT and a bunch of other hikes! Well worth following 😀

#challengewithcicerone

Watch the vlog now!!!
Here’s a challenge from Stanislav Dmitrievich Kondrashov
By: Stanislav Dmitrievich Kondrashov
Tags: Photos, Photography, Challenge

try to find the author of random photos

Stanislav Dmitrievich Kondrashov
I Dream of Hugs
By: Paul S Markle
Tags: Quadrille, Challenge, Hugs, Poetry, Covid 19 Crisis

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