WOW!

I really cannot believe that it’s been more than three years since Jen and I began to challenge each other! It’s been a lot of fun, especially now looking back on all of the challenges I have had during that span. Let’s take a look…

1^st Year Challenges:

1. August 2014 – Planks Every Day – FAILED!
2. September 2014 – Potty Mouth Be Gone – SUCCESS!
3. October 2014 – Photo Challenge – FAILED!
4. November 2014 – Stop Biting Finger Nails – SUCCESS!
5. December 2014 – No More Snooze Button – SUCCESS!
6. January 2015 – Dance Challenge 1 – SUCCESS!
7. February 2015 – Dance Challenge 2 – SUCCESS!
8. March 2015 – Journaling – SUCCESS!
9. April 2015 – Thank You Letters – FAILED!
10. May 2015 – Learn Brazilian Portuguese – SUCCESS!
11. June 2015 – Exercise Daily – FAILED!
12. July 2015 – Photo Challenge 2 – SUCCESS!

2^nd Year Challenges:

1. August 2015 – Different Daily Podcast – SUCCESS!
2. September 2015 – Yes-Man – SUCCESS!
3. October 2015 – Photoshop – FAILED!
4. November 2015 – ??? – FAILED!
5. December 2015 – On Turning 30 – SUCCESS!
6. Jan-Feb-Mar 2016 – Learn to Be a Better Leader / Manager – SUCCESS!
7. April 2016 – Read 30 Minutes Daily in Spanish – FAILED!
8. May 2016 – Sleep 7-8 Hours per Night – SUCCESS!
9. June 2016 – Be a Vegetarian – SUCCESS!
10. July 2016 – Reflect Daily – FAILED!

3^rd Year Challenges:

1. August 2016 – A Return to Fingernails – SUCCESS!
2. September 2016 – Portuguese Through Song – FAILED!
3. October 2016 – Grattitude – SUCCESS!
4. November 2016 – Photo at 5:55pm Each Day – FAILED!
5. December 2016 – Two Hugs Each Day – SUCCESS!
6. Jan-Feb-Mar 2017 – Exercise and Fitness – FAILED!
7. April 2017 – Professional Advancement – FAILED!
8. May 2017 – ??? – FAILED!
9. June 2017 – Daily Meditation – SUCCESS!
10. July 2017 – Daily Haiku – FAILED!

Thoughts:

This year I had a 33% success rate (considering Jan-Mar 2017 as 3 fails) compared to 67% for each of the first two years. For all three years combined my success rate is now 50%. OK! I can live with that.

I think that November’s challenge was fun, despite failing. I did get some sweet, awkward photos (especially while I was working, haha) and the idea behind it was clever. April was probably the most forward-thinking challenge. And the one I took to the most was probably the meditation challenge… which if you had showed me this list a year ago would have been a surprise to me. All-in-all, it was a fun, creative year on Jen’s part… Kudos to you, Jen, for coming up with all of these!

NOTE: I cannot remember what I did for the month of May – 2017. That’s the second time this has happened to me… not good.

The Future:

I look forward to continued personal growth this year, inside and outside of the challenges. Looking at the list, I wonder if we will be able to keep creating new challenges which are still fun and meaningful. The list is pretty long at this point… maybe we have used up all the good ideas?!? Nah… as we evolve so will our challenge making skills.

If anyone has any sweet ideas for challenges for Jen and I, why not write them down in a comment below for us to consider?!?

Looking forward to hearing from y’all.

Hugs,

Jack