Personal Challenges are action$-$based initiatives performed by students that include preparation and reflection. The goal is to enact the rethinking and unlearning process through active learning.

Preparation: Imagine how your challenge will go$.$ Write any fears, thoughts, goals, or plans that will go into the challenge.

Action: Complete the chosen activity over the course of days, weeks, or months $($depending on the activity$).$

Reflection: Report back the details of the activity and provide an analysis of your thought process, activity process, feelings, goals, outcomes, etc. How can you use this new experience to your benefit?

Upload your Personal Challenge response $($at least two paragraphs, based on the above three sections$)$ to Blackboard Learning Assignments in Week $1.$ Feel free to write more about anything that interests you and is not listed above.

Ideas for Activities

$1.$ Choose your own adventure. Consider something you$$ve wanted to do for a while, big or small. Or something that has recently caught your interest.

$2.$ Take an ice$-$cold shower or bath $($see benefits of cold exposure; consult with your doctor$)$

$3.$ Perform live music or a reading at a local open mic

$4.$ Re$-$experience a food you think you dislike

$5.$ Start a conversation with someone you haven$$t talked to in a long time

$6.$ I wake up at $5$ am every day for a week.

$7.$ Get out of your $$comfort zone$$

$8.$ Volunteer once $($or more!$)$ at an organization of your choice

$9.$ Overcome a fear

$10.$ Train for a $5$k$,$ race, etc.