Category Archives: Challenge

Trying Snowboarding

I’ve lived within an hour of some type of ski hill for almost my entire life and yet I’ve never tried to ski or snowboard. It isn’t something the ever interested me, the thought of attaching sticks to my feet … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 41 seconds

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What I Learned From My Holidays

Holidays 2011 has come and gone, and so has 2011 with them. And I have learned something about myself with them and the year. First of all, I don’t like, nor care for News Years Resolutions. Setting goals with expiry … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 37 seconds

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30 Day Challenges

30 day challenges are something I’ve tried already, a couple times, and I have failed at some of them. But it is now something I am going to do again. In the past my challenges have been a little too … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 9 seconds

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Early Riser Challenge

My Challenge for February is to be an earlier riser. I’ve always figured myself as much more of a night person, and I hate getting up in the morning. I often find myself pushing the snooze button on my alarm … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 10 seconds

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2011 Challenge: a book a week

My challenge for 2011: To finish a book a week, every week, for the year. That is fifty-two books, in 2011. This isn’t quite like a new year’s resolution to simply “read more books”, it is a challenge – I … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 31 seconds

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Weight Lifting Challenge – Conclusion

Well, it has been a month since I began this challenge, and I can say I’ve seen some noticeable improvements in certain areas. I sometime missed the odd session either due to other commitments or just trying to heal, I still feel like … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes, 5 seconds

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Weight Lifting Challenge

I haven’t been doing any weight lifting in the past couple months, mostly due to my own laziness and time constraints. Weight lifting is important to any work out routine, regardless if your goal is to loss weight or to … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 50 seconds

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Dealing with Failure

It seems fair to say, both challenges I’ve tasked myself with, have failed. Whatever the reason, a new job or illness and lack of motivation, they have both failed. To me the reality is that the most successful people fail, … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 34 seconds

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Updates Updates Updates

It has been a tumultuous time for me, with so many commitments and changes coupled with only so much time. Some things have suffered because of it, including my commitments to self projects. As August rolls into September, and we … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes, 5 seconds

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Cutting Weight

I am attempting to cut weight as a challenge. I have no intention of this weight loss really sticking, as a lot of people can a test, rapid weight loss hardly ever does. This would be the most drastic weight … Continue reading

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes, 11 seconds

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