Here I am on October 1st, 2020. A year ago today I began a 30-day challenge of maintaining a Carnivore style diet. For 30 days I ate nothing but meat, eggs, and a little dairy. Completing the challenge, I decided this would be the way I eat for the rest of my life. I was feeling good, sleeping well, enjoying energy levels, and mental clarity I had never before experienced. It wasn’t an easy month, but at the end of those 30 days, I was better because of the journey. Something had changed within me and I liked it so much I decided to keep it.
Now, one year later, still eating carnivore and down an additional 50 lbs from where I started. I’ve been trying to think of a way to celebrate and commemorate the beginning of that initial 30-day challenge that has now changed my life so much. I thought about posting one of those side-by-side pics to my Instagram account, but chasing likes for dopamine dumps is a dangerous game. I’ve become more and more put off by social media these days. So instead, I've decided to do something different.
If I have learned anything in all of this it is that long term changes require long term commitments. Rather than taking and posting a bunch of pics of myself and my newly visible abs, I've decided to start in the same place I began one year ago. Today will mark the beginning of another 30-day challenge. This time around I am going to follow the lead of Seth Godin and try a 30-day blog challenge. For the entirety of the month of October, I intend to write one blog post per day.
I don't plan to follow any premeditated formula. If you Google "30-day blog challenge" there are countless tips and topics for posts. I may use some of them when I encounter writer's block, but I like having the freedom to chose my topics day-by-day. Additionally, I plan to include some video for a vlog post occasionally.
It is hard to pin down specifically what I hope to get out of this challenge. I know there will be benefits to getting my thoughts out there, as I already do some journaling. Perhaps the consistency of the challenge will increase those benefits and a year from now I will be blogging about my next 30-day challenge. Hopefully, by that point, at least my writing skills will have improved, and I'll know how to better end a blog post.