So, on week 5 I decided to tackle #19: No texting (except my therapist) for a week!
I have to say that this was more of a challenge than I thought that it was going to be. I actually had myself convinced that this was going to be a cinch. In a world where we primarily communicate via text or email I should've known that it was all too easy to think this would be a cinch.
You may be wondering why I left my therapist as an exception to the rule on this challenge. I can assure you that it is nothing that would grip headlines like a breakdown or any sort of emergency. She is very busy and often times things come up where we have to switch times or locations or have to reschedule to another day altogether. I am very flexible and am more than willing to flex when needed so that we can both accomplish what we want and need to for the day or the week. We primarily communicate outside of sessions via text and so if something came up I needed to be able to communicate with her.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday passed and I was almost 1/2 way thru my weekly challenge. I had been slightly moved from my comfort zone having to answer texts via phone calls or facebook. Wednesday hit and there was a weather induced emergency early in the morning that called for a text. Thursday and Friday came and went and I was on a roll excusing my text due to the weather and to my therapist I hadn't text all week.
Saturday came... and in a sleepy stupor, half way awake I answered a text from my mom letting me know that my precious nephew, whom I relish spending Saturdays with, was at her house if I wanted to see him.
BUMMER!!!! I didn't make the challenge so I will be doing it again in the same week as another challenge attempting 2 comfort zones in one week!!
Have any of you ever gone a week without texting? How hard or easy do you think it w/b?
Let me know if you have ever made this attempt and the results or why or why not you could or could not possibly go w/o texting for a week. I would love to hear your feedback!
Blessings as we head into week 6. I am moving this week so.... it's going to be quite a week. I am very attached to the home I am in now, but it's time for me to have my own home. It will be difficult to keep up with Motivational Mondays since I will not have internet, but I will figure it out. I will also be w/o cable.... AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Yes... system shock! Back to watching DVD's for a bit until I can get both again. I need to stand on a corner with a sign that says "Will work for cable and internet" ha ha!
Alright, later gators! And remember to get up off your duffs!
So, @ the end of the 5th week of Motivational Mondays I am proud to say I have achieved my goal and can cross it off the list.
Just 48 more to go... Here's what's left:
1. Do not sit in the back row at church.
2. Do not sit alone in the back row at church.
3. Introduce myself to someone at church I don't know.
6. Do not eat in bed for one day.
7. Do not eat in bed for one week.
8. Go one day without getting on the internet.
9. Post NO STATUS UPDATES on Fb for a week.
11. Use of the computer is restricted to the dining room downstairs for one week or if I move.. anywhere in the house except the bedroom.
12. Sit in a chair instead of being on the comfy sofa for one week of therapy.
13. Spend one evening watching TV downstairs.
14. Spend one week watching TV downstairs.
16. Eat lunch at work in front of my peers.
17. Go out to eat with someone (non family) and not ask to be hidden away in a booth somewhere.
18. Go w/o nail polish, even clear, for one week.
20. Do not stay in bed past 9 a.m. on a Saturday.
21. Hug a stranger.
22. Invite someone over to my place and cook them dinner.
23. Make a dessert from scratch to share at work.
24. Go one week eating nothing from a can.
25. Go one week eating nothing purchased pre-prepared.
26. Try a new seafood.
27. Cook a meal for Mom and Mike.
28. Iron clothes for an hour straight
29. No FB for a week.
30. Go one week w/o eating leftovers
31. Wear something leg revealing
32. Go to work one day with no make-up on
33. Write left handed for a day
34. Give $20 to a stranger
35. Pay for the persons order behind me at the drive thru
36. Bless someone I know with at least $100
37. Cook dinner for my pastor and his wife
38. Go one day w/o using the microwave
39. Go 1 week w/o using the microwave
40. Wear my rings on opposite fingers
41. Get another piercing
42. Get another tattoo or get mine fixed
43. Dress up on dress down Friday
44. Use no emoticons for one week
45. Use no abbreviations or special characters when I journal for a day
46. No abbreviations or special characters when journaling for a week.
47. No use of color for one week
48. Have lunch in the cafeteria at work for 1 week
49. Take a local unfamiliar road and see where it leads
50. Have lunch with a co-worker
51. Consume 20 grams of protein everyday for a week
52. Eat fruit everyday for a week
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