The days of Lent were fast approaching, enought ot strike a chord of desperation and then indecision into one preparing last moment; one who aspired to create a perfection bootcamp. This should have been the case for Maritius, but he felt gratitued instead of fear, since he had already decided a thousand times the causes he lent a sword arm to and the causes he lent his shield arm to.
  In the late hours of Mardi Gras he saw his way, visualizing- no, realizing- his way out into the desert. He would only fast and pray, except he did not possess the perfect heart, mind, and body, so he would happily adopt those endeavors too as orphans to his patronage- with the sort of loving but incredibly deliberate charity when one adopts someone, who is not naturally theirs.
   Maritius, as a broken and imperfect vessel of effort decided to charge down the fleeting and fleeing moment where one can do anything simply because thinking in terms of limits is too exhausting.
  As was his way, he made a list, mostly for the 40 days but some including the six as well, remembering that fasting is being struck by a lightning bolt of will power- for it is one's body given to understand that it could be nourished- but that the mind's authority infinitely supercedes the body in the way the heart and soul in union infinitely supercede the consequence of the mind (as they last forever and matter more).
  Maritius made the list of (six) knowing that completion would spearhead an era where one could train without experience and be numbered among the elite- something that contradicts all history and common knowledge- because Maritius would have chased perfection first. Experience is so valued among mortals because they are flawed and limited, and elite-experienced must have perceived some element of goodness through trial until little else remained.
  But one who seeks perfection before trial keeps the parts that would have been lost in trial (inevitably) and commits the salvaged parts too towards perfection under the command of the elements that had already achieved it or lived nearby.
1) No drinking unsocially
2) Willpower exercised 40+6
3) MWF workout system
4) Earlier starts
5) Full texting MWF
6) Full diet MWF, no trashing, preplan T-TH consumption
7) Fasting Fridays weeks 1-2, W+F weeks 3-4, MWF weeks 5-6.