Challenge Accepted

Periodically, I'll create random mental and physical challenges
designed (or not designed?) to create change within
myself.

This post is an attempt to catalog several challenges
and some of the memories from each.

2020

I started doing some intermittent and even a couple longer
fasts this year. I also tried the keto diet for a while.

My brother JP challenged me to a 100 squat per day challenge
in September which snowballed into a few more months of random
challenges with the goal being 100 reps of some exercise per
day.

Each day, we'd text an iMessage thread with a timelapse video
of us doing our exercise.

September: 100 squats/day

October: 100 push-ups/day

November: 100 sit-ups/day

2019

• ✔️ Eat zero French fries
• ✔️ Pay off truck (don't buy a new car, worst financial decision)
• ✖️ 1300 MEPS (Myzone Effort Points) per month
• (37/40) 40 books
• ✖️ Remove PMI from rental mortgage

2018

• (49/30) 30 books

2017

• (38/30) 30 books

2016

Simplify

• January – No TV (including youtube/netflix/hulu/streaming/video)
• February – No Facebook
• March – No Alcohol
• April – Only buy food/gas (not things, no clothes, toys, tools, games, furniture etc.)
• May – Run every single day
• June – Swim every single day
• July - No Coffee
• August – No Sugar
• September – No eating out
• October – No Meat
• November – Wake up and get out of bed before 6AM every day
• December – Give away something or donate money every day

Improve

• 30 books.
• 24 blog posts.

2010

Run 210 miles.