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#ADENAMADEMEDOIT Day 24

Challenge #24 means we only have ONE WEEK LEFT of the 31 day challenge!

 

And guess what? TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY!! So the next 2 challenges you're gonna hear some stories from me, I hope you don't mind.

 

When I turned 40 (2 years ago for anyone doing the math), I decided to commit to doing 40 new things. It was such an interesting challenge for me because if you know me, you know I'm a rule follower, I like to stay comfortable, I get stuck in my ways. So to shake it all up and say that I'm going to do 40 things I've never done before was EXCITING and pretty freaking TERRIFYING haha!

 

Some were easy (I bought a scratch ticket, I got an autograph, played pickleball), and some were like realllll hard (I hiked my first 14er, I mastered pelvic floor physical therapy). Some made me cry (seeing Hanging Lake in person), laugh (my first burlesque show...90s themed), proud (a 5k AND the incline), thankful (tea at the Brown Palace), and really just realize I was making forever memories the whole time (the accidental dine & dash in Temecula, getting a piercing with my daughter). I could go on and on but my point is, something that felt out of reach and kinda scary ended up creating one of my favorite years. And there are still things I didn't get to! Can you believe I've never done karaoke? I want to go in a hot air balloon (I think) haha! And I would really love to spontaneously photograph a complete stranger.

 

SOOO your challenge today is to commit to something new. You can learn something new (I now know how to poach an egg almost perfectly, you could learn a new language or instrument), you can try something new (a little hint: pole dancing classes are a BLAST, but hey maybe its pottery), you can go to a new place (the hikes that I took that year left me absolutely speechless, have you heard of Lake Haiyaha in RMNP?). This is such a beautiful challenge because again, you get to listen to yourself and then show up for you.

 

So, what's it gonna be?!

 

(Here's a photo of my cutie little notebook that I kept track of my 40 things in, adorable!)