CAUTION THIS BLOG MAY BORE YOU BECAUSE ITS SUPER LONG!!!

I have not blogged in about two weeks. Yes, I know.....Shame on me! so I decided to just write one big blog and list all the challanges and my expirences/observations about the challange.

Challenge #1: Saying Hello....
   Saying hello to someone isn't necissarily the easiest thing to do and believe it or not I found this one of the most awkward challenges. I read an article recently about a person who was having a really hard time and decided to commit suicide. When the police found the body they discovered a not in their pocket that said "if no one smiles or says hello to me today, I'll kill myself". This just proves that a smile can save a life and I now understand why were givin this challenge.

Challenge #2: Picking up litter
   Everyday I walk to school,everyday I see litter and think nothing of it. Until the 30 day challenge began, I wouldn't be caught dead picking up litter because, well, its gross. During these 30 days I can honestly say that I picked up forgein litter each day and I am very proud of myself for accomplishing this. One day while walking to school I picked up a can and my plan was to throw it out once I got to school. It didnt come to my attention until I was half way to school that it was a beer can. if a 13 year old shows up to school with a beer can, people are going to talk and it won't be nice things being said. So, me being the idiot that I am dropped the can in the grass and actually RAN....not walked.....I ran. I am still confused on why I did this.

Challenge #3: Reading
   Reading was by far the easiest challenge because I love reading. Although I didnt read everyday I think it was probably harder for the other students in my class.

Challenge #4: Turn the lights off
   Turning the lights out before after leaving a room has been a habit since I was young but for my family not so much. They probably spend an extra 300 dollars each year on electricity caused by their own stupidity. Its so simple but apperently not simple enough.

Challenge #5: Water
  Throughout the 30 days I should have draken at least 200 glasses of water. Yes, I did the math. There is a 99% chance that this challenge was a sucsess for me but I was not nerdy enough to count the amount of glasses of water I drank. Sorry folks..

Challenge #6: Turtle time...Yikes
  I loath turtle time. It was the longest ten minutes of my day. I only did turtle time four times over the 30 days because it took a lot of effort to keep my brain focused,when all I wanted to do was sleep.

Challenge #7: To the right of the hallway
   This was a great challenge and I was constantly reminded because of the signs all over the school. I strongly dislike when 7 people commit themselves to walking beside each other in the tiniest hallway. Seriously people, be considerate. When walking in the mall, I now find myself walking on the right all the time. Thanks to this challenge my mom now believes I have OCD but whatever works.

Challenge #8: compliment
   If I like something about someone I will usually tell them unless they are a complete stranger or I hate them. I find myself complimenting people on their clothes and secretly wishing i had found it first. Haha im funny. Anyways I noticed how some people react to this whether it be happy, surprised or sometimes angry because they think I'm using sarcasm. Come on people, I'm not that mean.

Challenge #9: No technology....Funny joke Mme. Fuhro!
   I love my phone and getting text messages because I am a teenager. Its normal, Mom! Anyways when I tried to do this challenge I didnt deal with it very easily. Normal people would have gone on with their lives but nope not me. I isolated myself in my room and accomplished nothing. Its quite sad how I could not complete this challenge and i am going to blame it on socitey simply because I can't admit I have a problem.....

Challenge #10: Genorosity.
    To complete this challenge I would purposly knock the binders out of my best friends hands and pick them up just to say "Done that challenge, whats next?". But just a few days ago i was on the plane (by myself) and yes I was the lucky child that got stuck sitting beside the dying old lady and infront of the little boy who liked to kick my seat and scream dragon everytime he looked out the window. i was overjoyed when i remembered " I have my earbuds!". The old lady beside me was having a lot of trouble getting off the plane so i just grabed her bags and helped her get to the woman who had her wheel chair. I think thats genorosity..Im'm not really sure...

Challenge # 11: No pop
   I drink way to much pop. I drink so much that my mom seriously thinks my teeth will fall out at age 17. I almost did it. But I failed. One day when i had the flu we didnt have any gravel in the house and i was so sick I wanted to shoot myself but I didnt Yay! I drank ginger ale to settle my stomach. I am mad at myself for this because I believe that with motivation and determination I could have done it.

Challenge #12 : Eating Breakfast  
    I get yelled at everyday for not eating breakfast but the only reason I don't is because im always in a hurry. I started waking up earlier and eating my bowl of frosted flakes every morning. Except one day when I forgot to set my alarm.

To conclude my journal I would like to say that I really enjoyed this project even though it took a lot of effort. Hopefully one of these challenges will stick with me even after the 30 days is over.

New challenges

Saturday: Saturday there were no new challenges. I only made it 30 minutes without technology because well, I just can't help myself. My phone looked sad. I drank all the water I needed to but I also had a lot of sugar so I think it might have cancelled it out.

Sunday: Sunday Kady and I went for a walk and we both picked up a piece of litter. I read for about a half an hour that morning because I found a really good book by Jodi Picoult.

Monday: Monday's challenge was to do something generous for someone and not gaining anything in return. My mom asked me to do a load of laundry so I did otherwise I would never hear the end of it. When it was done I chose to fold it because that was the challenge. I never would have done that if it weren't a challenge because I'm quite selfish.

Tuesday: Todays challenge was no carbonated drinks. I have a strong love for soda and I usually have at least 5 cans a week. Recently we did a project in science class and we found out that there are 42 g of sugar in just one can. YUCK! I still love pop dearly but I think that I can do this challenge in hopes that it will benefit my health.

No technology...No life

Today's challenge was to go one whole hour without the use of technology. This was tremendously hard for me because my iPhone is my life. So for the first half hour I decided to kill to birds with one stone and read. As you may know comic books are quite short so when I finished reading them I didn't want to read anymore. As a result of having no social life outside of school and the "play dates " that my mom sets up for me I didn't really have anyone to hang out with. So me being the loser that I am,I threw a bouncy ball at my wall and screamed the lyrics to Bohimien Rhapsody for about 20 minutes, until my mom yelled at me to shut up. I do not like this challenge but hopefully it will help me in the future.

Complement

Yesterday's challenge was to complement someone. That being said it can't be " I like your hair" the later on whispering to your friends on how you hate it. I find myself always complementing people on their eyes. I know, I'm kind of a freak. As the other challenges go some are becoming a constant habit. I will update later on about today's challenge.

I'm back!!!

So as you may know I haven't really been journaling the past few days. I can honestly say its because I'm very lazy.

Monday:
There wasn't a new challenge on Monday. I completed all the challenges except for saying hello to someone new because I didn't leave the house. Clearly Netflix is the one at fault. I defiantly find this challenge the hardest one because it's probably the most awkward.

Tuesday:
Tuesday's challenge was turtle time. Turtle time is where you take 10 or 15 minutes at the end of a day and reflect on your day, how you behaved and what you could have done differently. I found this difficult because my mind kept straying and at the end of my 10 minutes I was thinking about zombies....

Wednesday:
Today's challenge was to walk on the right side of the hallway at all times. I think this is a really good idea and I hope people that aren't doing the challenge also do this because life would be so much easier. Once again turtle time was a blur but I think I made progress from yesterday.

Day 7 March 3

So far all the challenges are going exceptionally well. Yesterday I read for about 2 hours, picked up an empty Slurpee cup, said hello to a time keeper while in the penalty box at yesterday's ringette game, stayed hydrated with my 8 cups of water and turned off the lights.
I will update later on how today went with the challenges and I can't wait to get some more challenges this week.

Day 6

Saying Hello....
      Today my step mom and I went to visit my great Nana at park manor. It always makes me sad to see her in there because she no longer knows who I am. Anyways, I was sitting beside this lady and she just kept whistling which i found REALLY weird. So I turned to her and said hello because she looked really lonely. She was so surprised and had he biggest grin on her face. She started talking to me and although I didn't understand her very well I tried to communicate with her. This goes to show that the simplest things can put a smile on a persons face. It made me feel happy to know that I put a smile on her face.

Other Challenges
          As far as the other challenges go, its becoming a bit of a habit to pick up litter. As for hydration I've been drinking a lot of water (more than 8 cups) because I just like the taste of water. Can't wait to read some more tonight!