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AARPTeri
Community Manager
May 28, 2026

Social Challenge: Week 1 One Small Win!

  • May 28, 2026
  • 194 replies
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Week 1:  What’s one small win you have had this week and one thing that’s been harder than expected?  Short answers welcome! Jump in even if you’re just getting started!

 

Want to join the challenge?  Here’s the URL:https://www.aarp.org/rewards/earn/socialchallenge/ 

194 replies

Contributor ⭐
July 4, 2026

signed up got a AI class

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
July 5, 2026

Very brave @AudreyG8343 

 Let us know how it goes!

niecie62
Contributor ⭐
July 5, 2026

Spend July 4th alone in NYC, but small victory encouraged myself to go out twice for neighborhood walks.

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
July 5, 2026

That’s a great way to get fresh air, to see people and maybe even meet some.  Good exercise as well.  It turns habitual as well, the more you enjoy it.  That’s great!

Contributor ⭐
July 5, 2026

Participated in the local 4th of July parade with the local Special Olympics organization. It was a lot of fun for all the athletes involved. 

Contributor ⭐⭐
July 7, 2026

Great

Contributor ⭐
July 6, 2026
  1. Good afternoon i was able to take some computer class
Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

Awesome! 

Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

I ate healthier today.

Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

Keep up the good for your body, mind, and soul!

Contributor ⭐⭐
July 7, 2026

I agree

Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

We collect Aluminum cans and plastic bottles to stat connected talking to many struggling about:

Loosing someone very close and the decline that happens. 

Helped many just by Listening you hear so much by just Listening. 

Our Love for Nature we have done a Garden 

With Birdbaths, Flowers, Trees it's a welcoming solace place to think and enjoy. 

Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

I enjoy working in the garden too! I would like to have a larger space but for now I am working towards an indoor sprout garden. At my previous home I grew fruit trees, veggies and flowers.

Listening is the key to caregiving. I worked in my younger years as a CNA in extended care facilities and took care of my mother for 15 years after a stroke. Later in life, I studied under the Stephen Minister (SM) and provided Christian caregiving.  "By listening, reflecting, offering the ministry of presence, and giving a safe non-judgmental place to express difficult feelings, peace and comfort is provided to the care receiver in the midst of their life's storms." (SM)

Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

I celebrated my 70th birthday 🎉!

 

Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

Happy Birthday Claudette!! 🥳

Contributor ⭐
July 7, 2026

Okay, jumping in!

Hi there all. I'm Theresa living on the Central Coast of Cali.

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
July 9, 2026

Glad you jumped in!

Contributor ⭐⭐
July 8, 2026

Being consistent with attending the gym without my gym partner.  One thing that has been very hard is cutting back on fried food but I am getting there.

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
July 9, 2026

Congrats on being proactive about your health, @DeborahJ347685 Consistency kind of dominoes into a habit, which then becomes routine after a while.  Nicely done!

dCrish
Contributor ⭐
July 8, 2026

One win was at a family reunion where I mingled with members that I didn't know. One hard thing is having friends. I just don't, but trying. 

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
July 9, 2026

Sometimes putting that first step out is the hardest.  That’s great that you did that!👍😀