Social Skydiving: Challenge Me, I Fail, You Get $500.
I almost forgot to give credit to Christina Moran (thanks to Keith for introducing us!) and Jeff Lenney for inspiring this post. They pointed out that there really needs to be some accomplishment that everyone can agree shows an enormous level of improvement. While I really would have been happy to just finish on a normal day they challenged me enough that I felt the need to go this route. Thanks!
I Need a Mega Challenge
My last day is coming and I need a mega-challenge to use as my final exam. I want to end this leaving no room for doubt that my life has been changed for the better and that I am a braver stronger person. So Im challenging you to come up with your own challenge for me. Give me something that while realistic is also something that would be enormously scary for you. Nothing that is designed to be destructive like swearing at my boss or violating some ones personal space by getting too "friendly".
If you leave them as comments we can all see what they are and we can prove whether or not I copped out on a good challenge.
I'm challenging you to break me.
Post your challenge in the comments and the person who comes up with the most difficult challenge (that's practical to be accomplished in a work day) will get a $100 Amazon gift card. If I fail your challenge on my 30th day you'll get a $400 gift card to Amazon.com on top of your $100 gift card.
I'm not joking. Start commenting. I'll have a panel of judges who hate me (ie. sadistic friends) choose the winner tomorrow night. The cut off to post is 7pm PST. You can enter as many times as you want. Do me a favor and spread the word... I want the hardest challenge we can come up with.
"You Won't Pay Up"
I can't really prove I will until I do. I have the money in cash in my savings account. I will have made your payment by the end of next week. I use ING so it takes a bit to transfer. Why would I pay? Besides just because I keep my word, there's also the tremendous social pressure involved here. I have a good thing going with this blog, I don't intend to spoil that over a lousy $500. It isn't worth the embarrassment.
"Why Would You Offer So Much Money?"
I'm really REALLY hoping it will serve as a really REALLY big incentive for me to not bitch out on your challenge. I feel fairly confident I'll hold my own but admittedly I have butterflies in my stomach. :)
Also, I pay more than that for a college class so it really isn't that much to wrap up this 30 day experiment right.
EDIT: Please don't forget to log into the comments or leave some other uniquely identifying information (like email address) so that I can get back to you if you win. That's very important.
EDIT: I can't believe I have to type this but stripping is out. Let's stay focused here people! :D
