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I Dare Allie – Update # Two

As you may know, I have embarked on a year-long journey/mission to do something new, every day, for a year.  You can read all about it in my first I Dare Allie post, along with my list from the first three weeks.  My inspiration was Lu Ann Cahn’s book, I Dare Me.  You can learn more about her year on the I Dare Me blog.   Some firsts are simple, for which I catch a lot of heat from my spouse (but as I tell him – I can’t jump out of a plane every day!)  Also, “firsts” that I haven’t done since childhood will count (the same as in Cahn’s book).

March 13, 2014 – I went to my first track meet.  My second son is on his middle school’s track team, so I went to watch him (of course).  Believe it or not, I’d never been to a track meet before.  They’re a bit long and it’s a chilly time of year, but it’s fun to watch the kids as they cross the finish line.

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I Dare Allie

I Dare Allie

I recently read a really fun memoir, Lu Ann Cahn’s I Dare Me, that chronicles the year during which she did something new, for the first time, every day.  That’s 365 new things! She did big things:  the Polar Bear Plunge; she ate a scorpion (no way Jose!) and enrolled in graduate school.  She also did little things, such as:  learn to say the alphabet backwards, organize the pantry and bake a cake from scratch.  The latter group may not sound like much, but if you’ve never done these things, than they aren’t little.   Why did she do the whole experience?  To reboot and recharge her life – and it worked.  I think it’s just so cool.  The book doesn’t cover all 365 days, but her website does, with videos.  Check it out. I had fun exploring.

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