Challenge Accepted

Who would have thought that a reference from How I Met Your Mother would have such an impact on society? Whether it be for a funny internet meme, a challenge to pick someone up in a bar, to do something incredibly stupid that is worthy of Youtube. However, it can also be for those harder challenges in life, running a long distance race, joining the military, skydiving, anything that involves some "testicular fortitude" as a MAJ Sincere used to say. 

The thing about those challenges, the ones that push you to your limits and maybe even past them, is that they improve who you are as a person. Just in the past year, hell maybe even the past 6 months, I've done things I never thought would be a possibility for me....Run 2 races longer than 3 miles and actually be motivated to do so, attempt to skydive (I got on the plane at least), got a slot in the 82nd Airborne, got a slot to Airborne school and I'm actually starting to look forward to it.. I'm doing all these things, that if you would have told me were gonna happen... I would have laughed at you and told you that there was no way on earth any of that was going to happen, but here I sit, and here all of it is happening.

When you start to accept the harder challenges in life, you gain a little bit of motivation, a little bit of strength, and a little bit confidence. I'm not saying that I'm willing to go Running with the Bulls, but I'm certainly willing to start trying things i never thought I would. I look back to who I was and how it was easier to stay on the safe side to now where I'm willing to put it out there on the line.

So what's your challenge? What's gonna be the challenge that pushes your limits? What's gonna get you to say "Challenge Accepted!"?