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Here's my revelation of the moment. This challenge is BORING.

My yoga challenge was awesome, because I was pushing myself to do something that I normally love to do. Easy peasy. This challenge is all about denying myself something that I normally enjoy. I wouldn't necessarily say that I love spending money on lots of random things, but it does give me a certain amount of pleasure in the moment.

Also, the yoga challenge provided me with instant gratification. I was calmer, and more flexible, and got to feel all proud of myself for getting up at whatever-o-clock to get some me time. This time, there's no real reward from day to day. It's actually more like a punishment, in that I am not getting something that I want. Although, I do anticipate being very proud of myself when I finish it, and I will definitely need some sort of material reward. Maybe I finally can get one of those yoga mats I keep eyeing!

I know, I know. Big picture, big girl panties, all that stuff. I'm going to keep doing it, of course. But I want the world to know that I'm doing it because it's good for me, and not because it's fun. Like going to the dentist. Not anyone's first choice, but a necessary one.

Checklist:

Jan 6-7 (Week 0): Starbucks 1/1 possible days; Lunch from home 1/1 possible days. (See what I'm doing there? I'm not counting weekends. Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater! I will have to rethink that, and either put a whole helluva lot more effort into weekends than I normally do, or extend the challenge to 30 work days.)

Jan 8-11 (Week 1): Starbucks 0/0 possible days; Purchased lunch 3/3 possible days so far, and I'm going out for lunch with my colleagues on Friday. Which means I'm not going to make my lunch goal this week.

Related Reading: Check this out! One of my totally awesome girlfriends has started her own blog, on a similar topic: Things I Did Not Buy. As the title suggests, it's about things that she thought about buying, but didn't. There must be something in the air. :)