---
title: Challenge Accepted
slug: challenge-accepted
published_at: 2020-11-06 00:00:00 +0000
updated_at: 2024-07-27 21:59:26 +0000
summary: In this article, you will learn how the author undertakes various mental and physical challenges to foster personal growth. 🚀 From fasting to daily exercises, each challenge is a step toward change. 💪
tags: [Goals]
author: CJ Avilla
url: https://www.cjav.dev/articles/challenge-accepted
type: article
---

# Challenge Accepted

*Published: November 06, 2020*
*Tags: Goals*

Periodically, I'll create random mental and physical challenges
designed (or not designed?) to create change within
myself.

This post is an attempt to catalog several challenges
and some of the memories from each.


## 2020

I started doing some intermittent and even a couple longer
fasts this year. I also tried the keto diet for a while.

My brother JP challenged me to a 100 squat per day challenge
in September which snowballed into a few more months of random
challenges with the goal being 100 reps of some exercise per
day.

Each day, we'd text an iMessage thread with a timelapse video
of us doing our exercise.

**September**: 100 squats/day

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="/images/squats.mp4">
</video>

**October**: 100 push-ups/day

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="/images/pushups.mp4">
</video>


**November**: 100 sit-ups/day

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
  <source src="/images/situps.mp4">
</video>


## 2019

- ✔️  Eat zero French fries
- ✔️  Pay off truck (don't buy a new car, worst financial decision)
- ✖️  1300 MEPS (Myzone Effort Points) per month
- (37/40) 40 books
- ✖️  Remove PMI from rental mortgage


## 2018

- (49/30) 30 books

## 2017

- (38/30) 30 books

## 2016

### Simplify

- *January* – No TV (including youtube/netflix/hulu/streaming/video)
- *February* – No Facebook
- *March* – No Alcohol
- *April* – Only buy food/gas (not things, no clothes, toys, tools, games, furniture etc.)
- *May* – Run every single day
- *June* – Swim every single day
- *July* - No Coffee
- *August* – No Sugar
- *September* – No eating out
- *October* – No Meat
- *November* – Wake up and get out of bed before 6AM every day
- *December* – Give away something or donate money every day

### Improve

- 30 books.
- 24 blog posts.

## 2010

Run 210 miles.


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