Where the End Meets the Beginning

Welp, it is now March 1, 2011 and my February challenge has been officially completed. I am not going to lie, I am pretty bummed out that it is over. I have done some awesome things and I know I made some great memories during February that I wouldn’t have made if I didn’t do the challenge. Some highlights of my February were going swing dancing, making tooth paste with first graders and kindergarteners, spending time with my teammate Sammie (she took on the Try New Things challenge with me), and meeting my now boyfriend Jeremiah.

It is crazy how a simple thing like this February challenge can impact your life. I have learned so much in the four weeks of February. I learned that doing a silly little challenge can really wake up your life, that I shouldn’t be afraid of the unknown, and that sometimes the little things will make you much happier than doing amazing in the classroom. I also would have never met Jeremiah (well not yet anyways) without this challenge.

I wanted to say thank you sooooooooooo much to Jennifer for planting this idea into my head. I think you came across something that is worth it to try for everyone. This is the first time in a long time that my life never really got boring for a solid month. For one of my days my friend suggested that I write a message, put it in a bottle, and throw it into the river. This is actually on her bucket list. I thought this was a great idea. In the message I challenged the finder to do their own challenge similar to the February challenge we have done. I really hope somebody finds the bottle because this challenge has truly been wonderful.

So for March, I think Sammie and I are going to do a RAK challenge. RAK is simply random act of kindness. Instead of doing this month for our benefit, we would like to basically just be nice to others, even if we don’t know them. So for anyone who reads this post, I challenge you to figure out something you can do for yourself that will help you to really live.