A little over a year ago I was feeling stagnant in my life. I felt like I was not growing in many aspects of my life. Physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. So I decided to start a Radical Year Challenge.
I want to do things that scared me. So I wrote out a list of things I wanted to challenge myself to do
Start a blog about my life.
Change the color of my hair
Get a tattoo
Get a new wardrobe
Lose 25 pounds
Change my name
Move out of Dayton Ohio.
So I sought out to mark things off my list. I took the month of June 2017 to make a plan for doing a blog. I did tons of research and set the date to start my blog and the rest of the challenge on July 1, 2017.
It scared me so much to know that I would be sharing my life story with the world. But it was my dream to reach other people that had similar struggles to my own. I wanted to give them hope and love through my words. So that is exactly what I did. I began to share my life story in hopes of reaching others with similar life journeys.
I spent 6 months completely working on my blog and sharing my life story. Then on January 1, 2018, I decided to include other of my challenges. I began by coloring my hair. I had never truly changed the color before. it had always been so type of shade of brown.
I decided to change my hair color to pearl grey. I went to get it done and found out that I would need to first change it to blond and then come back a second time to get it to pearl grey. I felt so exhilarated after it was done. I was so proud of myself for doing it. I have done a good job maintaining it.
Next, I got a tattoo. Again I did research for a tattoo artist and also for the type of tattoo I wanted. As I have shared in a previous post I woke up the morning of my appointment in a slight panic realizing this was a permanent change, It would always be on my body. But I knew there was no regret. I knew I wanted to do this.
The BIG challenge was moving out of Dayton Ohio. I wanted to step outside of my comfort zone. I decided on moving to Charleston SC. My lease was up June 30, 2018, So that was the date I decided to move. I began telling people so that I would be set accountable. This was so scary for me because I had lived in Dayton for 17 1/2 years. But I knew I needed to do this.
Yesterday was the day the I made the move. Leading up to that day it began to get real. Especially when I turned in my 60-day notice to my apartment and then 3-week notice to work. I got through it. I came up with a new word SCITED. Scare yet excited.
Moving is and was scary. But I knew I needed to do this to make me a better me. I know this is going to be a process and an adventure. Having GOD on my side is what makes me reassured that I am making a good decision.
I can’t wait to see the plan that GOD has me on for this next year. Hope that you are able to follow and go on this journey with me. To GOD Be The Glory. Much Love
