Social Challenge: Week 1 One Small Win!

[AARPTeri]

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/ 

[GeraldineM929296]

Walking 10,000 stops a day. Going blind in my left eye.

[SereneSeagull]

Congrats on your steps, @GeraldineM929296 . Thats great!  Wonderful sense of accomplishment too!  Endorphins are released, and you feel good.

I know someone that had a blindness in an eye.  While disconcerting, they were able to overcome the challenges and did well adapting.  Definitely a blow, but was quite interesting how well they were able to deal as if it hadn’t happened..  I think our bodies are amazing how they do that naturally sometimes.  Keep on keepin’ on! 

[DeniseM153174]

One small win today was to set up boundaries with certain individuals that are not capable of being authentic and caring friends. 

[SereneSeagull]

I applaud that @DeniseM153174 !  It’s your life to live, and we don’t have to accept or invite anyone into our lives that causes an unhealthy, unwelcoming environment for us that we don’t want.  Nicely done!  

[gw7821]

I asked and was added to a chat thread for one of my gym classes. If our teacher is absent the group entertains meeting anyway to work out together. 

[SereneSeagull]

Proactive involvement and then inclusion!  Congrats on reaching out to do this, @gw7821 !

[chrysgoodell]

I set up an extra therapy session.

[SereneSeagull]

Awareness of our own needs, is a positive approach, nicely done, @chrysgoodell !

[AmandaM216150]

My win is going out for lunch twice. 

[SereneSeagull]

I totally enjoy taking myself out for meals!  A wonderful, peaceful, gloriously justified self love.  Enjoy every minute, @AmandaM216150 

[AletaM448736]

Wins: Learning to embrace AARP, learning to play online games, and easing into retirement.  

Hard: All of the above! Seriously!  🤣

[SereneSeagull]

Time to chillax, @AletaM448736 , and enjoy!

[SandyJ15397]

Practicing mindfulness meditation 

[SereneSeagull]

@SandyJ15397 , Nice!!

[Boddy53]

Enjoying my daughter’s company day by day;

never taking one minute for granted 

[SereneSeagull]

@Boddy53 , what we all should be doing in life, but sometimes forget to do.  That’s great!

[ShirleyG400414]

10k daily walking challenge has been fun but very challenging! I love it.

[SereneSeagull]

Fantastic @ShirleyG400414 !

[StefonR804160]

Win: Spending time with my daughter 

[b338051c]

I also was able to spend a couple of hours with my daughter and granddaughters age 6 and 1. They all went on a week trip with her husband's family and had a great time. It was a bit difficult for me to hear. Kept fascinating from feeling gratitude that she married into a close family and feeling a loss of not having the same with her and her girls.

[StefonR804160]

Walking in the morning 🌄 

[KrisV644040]

Getting those 10,000 steps in daily!

[SereneSeagull]

That’s great. Keep it up!  And enjoy it, and the goals.  I bumped my step goal to 11,000, always need something to shoot for.

[ThernS867738]

I was able to pay off some bills.

[judurant]

Last weekend I drove 2 hours to visit my friend in another state. Even though I did it a few months ago, I still had some anxiety about going, because I'm chronically ill. But I asked her to keep her expectations low regarding what activities I may or may not be able to do, and it worked out great! 

[SereneSeagull]

Great that you did that.

[CarolS115]

Walking the dog I sat down for a rest on a bench and a woman joined me. We had a nice 20 minute chat. 

[SereneSeagull]

It was meant to be!

[c892301w]

A neighbor saw me out walking the dog and asked if I would like to walk together. I said yes, which was a bit uncomfortable, but it was an enjoyable walk and talk.