I am a sucker for challenges. I would almost go as far as to say I am a challenge addict! If life does not give me enough challenges, I challenge life to give me a challenge.
So it seems no challenge life can throw at me is challenging enough, driving me to the point where I now challenge myself. This new 3-month blog-writing will be a documentation of my latest craze - 30 challenges in 30 days.
Now the 30 challenges do not relate to one each day, as some days will be challenge-empty, while other days will be challenge-full. I have not set myself any rules except that by the end of each month, all 30 challenges need to be completed.
I chose my challenges like other people choose their friends. There are the nice ones, the ones you just love to be with - they make you happy. This is the biggest bulk of my challenges, as I LIKE to be happy. (as you can see from below, knitting makes me VERY happy!!)
1) Knit one scarf
2) Knit a cushion cover
3) Knit a teddy
4) Start and finish 1 complete handmade outfit for myself (AND wear it)
5) Read one fiction book (Something silly, scary, funny or full of suspense)
6) Bake a cake (Actually, I need to bake all the cakes contained in one volume of the "Baked and Delicious" series)
7) Do something for somebody
8) Host one dinner party
9) Work through a volume of "Fyn Kookkuns" - these are cookbook series from the 70's - when fine dining was something you did at home.
10) Reconnect with an old friend
There are friends you do not enjoy so much, but it is necessary to keep them close to you, just in case they become nicer one day and you need them during a crisis. I only have a few of these challenges.
1) Lose 3 kg every month
2) Take a step to bring me closer to my long-term goal (To have alternative and passive income streams)
3) De-clutter something, anything!!
Then there are the solid, stable, practical friends. The friends who has always been around and you know will always be around till you die. Or they die. Or we all die. (I am on the better side of 50yrs, so the possibility of dying is increasing exponentially!)
1) Recycle something old into something new
2) Fix one broken item
3) Get rid of something I do not need
4) Keep to my new, strict budget
5) Take and complete 1 step to reach short-term goal (to have NO debt)
Some of the best friends are the dangerous ones. They scare the living daylights out of you, as they act impulsively, push boundaries, often get you into trouble, but hikes up the adrenaline and make life an adventure.
1) Get something for free
2) Complete one big frugal activity
3) Make one new friend (and no, Facebook does not count)
You also get friends who are such fun to be with in the beginning, then it becomes a chore to continue the relationship. They are demanding, easily hurt if you do not call/see them enough, whiney and needy - shouting for attention when you have other things to do.
1) Finish one of my many unfinished needlework project lurking around the house
2) Up-cycle one piece of old furniture into something amazing
3) Read one non-fiction book for self-development
4) Organize an area in my house/life
5) Save towards my wish-list
There are friends that are bigger than life! They are loud, they are intimidating, they achieve so much that they make you feel insignificant and a bit like a failure. But you admire them for their drive, their passion and dedication. They inspire you to strive for the impossible.
1) Take one room in the house and redecorate the WHOLE room - basically with no budget
2) Take one area of the garden and make it so beautiful that I would want to be there all day
3) Take one area of the plot and turn it into a money-making opportunity
4) Herbal focus - take one herb, learn it, eat it, (or smoke it?), plant it, harvest it, make stuff with it!!
So if you are ready for the challenge, I am MORE than ready. And even if you are not ready or interested, you will be entertained by my adventures and experiments in this 90-day plan. (ps - have already completed 1 challenge, but more about that in my next blog.
Lovies
Lizette
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