Challenge Invitation

The 1st of December already. Where did this year go? Did your year pass as quickly as mine? Or was I zapped by a lightning bolt and locked in a deadly sleep induced coma fo the year ?

It seems to me the older I get the quicker time passes. I have come to realise that the bucket list grows ever longer but the time to complete even one of those dreams seems to get shorter and shorter.

That said, I came up with this bright spark idea. In an effort to put to bed some of my personal challenges, to complete some of my bucket list dreams, what if I challenged myself for 30 days. Each month I create a new challenge and document my journey. And who knows if you're reading this perhaps you might want to join me.

I always have ideas and the old "one day" moments but that is as far as it goes. Sometimes I'll go all in for a day or two but that slowly but surely fades, my excitement decipates, my get up and go seems to get up and leave and I'm left right back at square one complaining that this or that didn't work, or feeling guilty for not following through.

This time that is not going to be the case, inviting you to follow me or even join me is a way to keep myself accountable. If I don't follow through, not only will I be letting myself down but I will be letting you down too and I could never do that, so thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support.

Rumour has it, that it takes between 21 and 28 days to break an old habit or create a new one, so lets put this to the test. 30 days for each challenge. Will we continue after that with our new improved habits or will we report back back into our old ways?

I am hopeful that this is an adventure to a new lifestyle. Changes that = a new better version of me. So that when I look in the mirror I can be proud of my achievements.

As with all changes no matter what they are, we need to ask some tough questions. Such as why? why are we doing this? What do we hope to achieve? Why is that important? Who are we trying to please? Is that important and if so why? what is our final goal? and have we set a realistic target to reach ?

If we make the target to unrealistic to reach there is every chance we will not reach it and that may lead to overwhelm and frustration and prevent us from continuing the journey.

My challenges are personal mostly, they are not ground -breaking scientific genius. They are parts of my life that I want to change. They are challenges that I have struggled with, challenges I hide form and have expected to miraculously resolve themselves. The ostrich effect - if I bury my head in the sand long enough they will just disappear.

Unfortunately this has not been the case, I did not find my fairy godmother, the genie in the bottle evaded me and as for prince charming - so far he has not galloped into my life on his white stallion to save me. So that leaves yours truly to step up and take responsibility for my own life. For my own dreams and desires and this is a stepping stone on that Journey.

Why now ? Believe it or not, I am not 20. I am in my 50th year on this amazing planet. I am grateful every day for the life I have . I have come a long way since I was 20. My soul screams 20, my body whispers 50 and my mind says age is just a number.

However, there are many parts of my personality and character that I am still working on. I do not want to have an early exit from this life, so I feel that my reason for these challenges is to work towards a better version of myself. To fulfill all the dreams I had as the younger me, to create the future I desire as a gift to my future self and to enjoy the adventure of getting there as a challenge to my present self.

They say that life happens for us not to us - Thank you Tony Robbins . I believe that is true so I am looking forward to the experience that my life provides me on this journey of self discovery.

xx Lei

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