As you all know I have been neglectful of these challenges for a while. Sometimes life happens, sometimes it teaches you things. Every now and then we need to sit down and re-evaluate our lives. Being sick really knocked me sideways for a while and made me realize what my priorities are.
I’m loving doing these challenges and intend to continue with them. Some won’t get done. At the moment my knees are preventing me from even training for the half-marathon but I’m going to lose weight and get fit and see what happens from there. The 45lbs weight loss is still something I intend to acheive.. I’m heading in the right direction.. slowly.
I’m not sure the horse-thing is going to happen, sometimes life gets in the way of the person who challenged you too. I know Maritza has become incredible successful and busy (and engaged) and it may be something we have to do another time. I know we will end up doing something together, probably speaking. She is a dynamic presenter.
I did complete most of the talk to strangers for 45 days challenge, I just couldn’t keep bringing myself to write the blog posts. I felt increasingly like I was betraying my conversation. I wondered how those people would feel if they read about themselves online. I did learn a lot from it though – I learned that starting a conversation with anyone, anywhere is quite easy if you are geniune. I learned that if you look for the positive in people you always find it. Ok, maybe I didn’t learn that, but it was reinforced. I’m going to count this challenge as complete. I have notes on all the encounters if you want to check. If I ever get to write the great American/British novel I already have a great character list.
There are a few other things happening at the moment. I’m going to meet with the people from Camp Bon Couer soon and see about fundraising. I am also going next week to give a speech at the local hospice. I am working on some of the others, getting closer to the meditation goal (post coming up on that sometime soon).
So this week I’ll look at all the goals, re-evaluate where I am and what I can do. If you have new goals for me I’d like some fun, but quick ones. I’m 100% committed to writing my new book at the moment and have to put that first, so any challenges that take a short time and bring some fun would be welcomed. I will commit to posting more. I know many of you are following along with this journey. Maybe this is a chance for us to all take a step back and look at what we’ve done and what we intend to do.
Thanks for reading and I look forward to getting a challenge from you. I challenge you.
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Just keep going
I believe you’re going in the right direction….I even suspect
No.4 has a “in progress status” even though I’ve not seen it yet.
Re: the people you meet, you could do an off site micro-blog (like on posterous)
with a simple quote from each as and when you meet them….changing the name
to protect the innocent/with permission. Might help you record “the juice” of the encounter.
Thanks Craig
Your words mean a lot. No 4 actually nearly has a completed status but I’ve been too busy putting the plan into action to update it. Will update all status’ this week for sure.
You’re absolutely right. Life gets in the way sometimes. But I think you’ll feel just as accomplished at the end of the year even if you have to make some adjustments.