Challenges

9. triumph [CREATE]: How were you challenged by a project or goal this year? What did you learn from it? http://www.weverb12.com/prompts/

Blogging and my twenty goals kept me busy this year. This year was my first year of blogging and the first time that I wrote my goals down and made them public.  I have managed to complete 13 goals so far.  I really enjoyed blogging this year.  Blogging has helped me be more self reflective, move out of my comfort zone, learn new ideas and meet new people.

My computer skills improved a little bit as I learnt to use Blogger. It was fun designing layouts (the current layout is the fourth layout for this blog) and choosing apps. I am positive that my skills will improve and the blog be better when I have more experience.

I think blogging helped me to express my opinion more articulately. I find that writing reviews for books and movies helped me be more detailed and analytical in my writing which is a good skill for someone studying.

My goals challenged me in different ways.  The ‘draw two pictures per month’ was quite a challenging one. The reason I had that goal was to take some time out for myself in my busy day and do something relaxing. Although I mostly completed my pictures in a rush to tell you the truth.  I know I only drew little bears but it was challenging because I had to remind myself to do it, sometimes I did not have the time and sometimes I did not know what to draw. In addition, I knew my drawing skills were limited so it was hard to draw some things and I could see the flaws in the pictures but didn’t know how to fix them. For example, sometimes it was hard to get the perspective right or draw body movements. Maybe I should have joined Deviant Art and had someone to help me with my questions.

I really enjoyed drawing the pictures despite my limitations. I’m glad that people wrote kind comments about them and I especially liked how Jon Bear liked them.

The next challenging project was when Jon and I decided to bet on the Olympics. We decided to gamble on the Olympics by betting with each other who would win events. I supported Australia and Jon supported America. In some events there were no Aussies or Yankees so we chose different countries .Music was our currency and  a win equaled one song. I lost overall.  I would have owed Jon at least three albums but we settled with me buying him a book instead.

We went a little over our heads with the Olympic bets. The bets involved a lot of research and time. For starters, we picked too many events and divisions. We picked 7 sports, bet on both men and women and different divisions.  For example, we picked wrestling and we bet on men and women and different weight ranges. 

I mostly chose athletes by their names or countries. Jon has an interest in sport and made more educated guesses than me which is why he won.