Chapter 4 - The New Plan

Hello again. I missed a day. My humblest apologies. It was a wonderful and busy day for me with the Bachelor/ Bachelorette party. The fabulous party was put on by Dave's best man, Billy. Billy set up a blind beer tasting of 12 different beers and ordered amazing pizza, at our apartment. I got to play food critic (and I was critical  After the beer tasting we headed to Sweeny's, a great little bar about a half a mile from our place. 



With all the fun and games yesterday I did still manage to complete several of my challenges. I took my cold shower, read a chapter (I re-read part of "Skinny Bitch" and remembered why I am not on that diet), and watched my documentary ( National Geographic: Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty). 


Even with all this productivity I am finding that I bit off more than I could chew with all my challenges. So here is the new plan:

• Write someone an I-like-this-about-you note each day. (I will give myself a C for note writing.)

• Take a 30 minute walk each day. (I need to step it up - haha it's punny!)

• Watch a documentary each day. (I have been really enjoying this one.)

• Read a chapter each day. (Sadly I think I'm looking at a solid C in reading right now. However, I am confident this will improve in the next two weeks as I prepare for teacher re-licencing tests.)

• Take a cold shower each day. (I'm doing surprisingly well with this... but it has been really hot... cheating?)

• Keep a journal. (You may be the judge of this.) 

• I am also working on a weight loss/ getting shape for my wedding/ be more healthy challenge. I did not include it in "the list" only because it started well before the Thirty Day Challenge began and I intend for it to go well beyond the challenge. Still, it is all about bettering myself. 

Today's challenge checklist: I have now kept up my journal and taken a cold shower. Being as it is a little before 3 on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, I think I am in good shape for the rest of my list. 

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Day 2

Cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. I have spent almost all of today making our apartment shine for the joint Bachelor/ Bachelorette party tomorrow. Whew! It is looking good and I am tired. Admittedly, some of the things I did today did not have to happen before the party (it could be argued that I did not need to organize the cleaning supplies under the sink... but now I know what we have.

But on to the challenges! I have watched my documentary of the day, "6 Days to Air: the Making of South Park." I was trying to get Dave into my 30 day challenge. While he was definitely into the film today, I think it will be a day by day, or more specifically (selection by selection) if he will join the challenge.

Yesterday there were many of my challenges that I did not fulfill. I may end up changing my list. For now, it is 6pm and I have the whole night ahead of me to rock through my challenges. Wish me luck. 

Round 1

Today has been a lazy day. I have had too many lazy days. This is where the challenges come in. I need to take action to be the person I want to be. To begin day of the challenges I have:

1) Picked my challenges.
2) Watched my first day's documentary "Cave of Forgotten Dreams." Its a film about the oldest cave paintings in the world. I was not overly impressed, the experts seemed to go beyond the reach of their expertise and it was frankly a bit boring.
3) Emailed my mom. I would like to upgrade this part of the goal to mailing people notes, but one step at a time.
4) I took a cool (I know, I know, not quite cold, but baby steps).
5) My first journal entry is here - TA DA!
5) I am going to go on a night walk short and I will be bringing my camera.

I have also been watching the cartoon version of "Avatar." It is wonderful! Good characters (not black and white), good plot and good morals. Its the full package - a true family show - good for adults and kids. 

My Challenges

I have been inspired by 30 Challenges for 30 Days. I also have 31 days till my wedding. The timing is perfect. My first step is to pick my challenges.