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The challenge season has come round again or did it ever go away! I am taking part in the Ultimate Blog Challenge where I challenge myself to write 31 blog posts for the month of October. There are many different blog challenges that take place throughout the year that helps get you kick started to new routines, regimes and lifestyles, so it is worth taking a look and seeing which one fits with you.
You can choose what you want to blog on or the hosts might give you a prompt for the day for you to post on. There are so many things that you could post about; it could be something that interest you, hobbies and pastimes, interesting facts, it can be anything, but you have to show up each and every day.
I took quite a long time in finding the thing that I wanted to share, and I am also running a day late, and then October came upon me so quickly, that is no excuse really, at the end of the day you are doing it to challenge yourself and hopefully along the way others are blessed.
I have taken part in many of these challenges over the years my very first one was with Blogging from A to Z challenge, this currently happens in April. I have also created a series of different challenges for myself over the years that have ranged from a 7 day, 26, 31 day challenges, 52 week challenge, 365 day challenge and one that took me over a year and a half writing about the things that I was grateful for.
It is always a sigh of relief when you complete the challenge and speak about what you learnt about yourself over the challenge.
For my challenge this October I will be reviewing and reflecting on some of the challenges I did over the past few years and the nuggets of learning that came out of it for me and what I might decide to take forward and create from them. I feel that it is vital that you learn something about yourself from taking part in a challenge and when you share your insights you are able to help someone else.
I will also be sharing a snippet about myself and by the end of the month you can get to know me and my work a bit better.
The challenges are a time for growth and enable you to see things from a different perspective. I will be sharing 15 challenges that I have done over time, how they impacted my work, my favorites of the challenges and what I might do as a follow on with the information that comes from the challenge.
Day 1 and 2 Insights
- I like creating and taking part in challenges for myself. I find a work better if I have a schedule and know what things that I need to be doing. This also works well for me with the challenge, it is almost like breaking things down into manageable chunks and then you keep working away until you finish, I find that the challenge help me get specific things created or help me process information - like being able to create Tips for Carers I was able to see the things that I did in my role as a carer for my mother.
- Whilst challenges need to be planned to get the best out of them, sometimes you need to just begin, stop making excuses and jump in! I have been known just to start a challenge, and half way I begin to flag because I have become overwhelmed. Where possible plan ahead and get all the information or tools that you need ahead of time and this will make it easier to stick with it and not start stressing about what you need to do for that day. You also need to take things at your own pace if you start to flag - but that is where the planning ahead comes in, it is better to keep going rather than stop because you are a few days behind. That said on some of the days I will do two posts so that I stay on schedule.
Why not join me each day for the rest of October as we dive into to some exciting challenges and look at ways in which they can impact on your own life and possibly challenges that you might decide to do.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow, let me know if you decide to take on a challenge, it can be for as long or short as you want, if you have never done one before start with a 3, 5 or 7 day and see how you get on. The main thing is to start and do something that you find interesting.
Stay blessed and be a blessing.
