Friday, November 25, 2011

30 Day Challenge Goals and Intentions

As I've mentioned (What Makes a Challenge a 30 Day Challenge?), I'm not doing these challenges just to do a challenge--I actually hope to gain something positive from each one.
And I think it's important to define those intentions ahead of time--this will help me understand where I'm going and at the end, understand if I've gotten there.

In her book The 30 Day Vegan Challenge, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau offers questions to guide readers to set their goals and intentions and I plan on using these questions for every challenge.
Before the challenge:
  • How do I feel now? Physically? Emotionally? Spiritually?
  • What are my intentions for doing the 30-day challenge?
  • What goals do I want to attain by the end of the 30 days?
  • What am I most afraid of or anxious about?
  • What am I anticipating being the most challenging aspects of these 30 days?
  • What am I anticipating being the most exciting aspects of these 30 days?
After the challenge:
  • How do I feel now? Physically? Emotionally? Spiritually?
  • Have I learned anything about myself during these 30 days?
  • Have I learned anything about my friends? Family members?
  • Did I stay clear about my intentions throughout the 30-day process?
  • Did I meet any of my goals?
  • If not, how I feel about that? Are these goals I can return to now and again?
  • Did the fears I had come to fruition? How did I handle these situations? How would I want to handle them in the future?
  • What did I find challenging about the 30 days? Is there anything I can do to make it easier moving forward?

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