My friend and Life Coach guru has been on at me for about 21 days to take the 21 day challenge. I have finally succumbed (it takes 21 days to change a habit) and my 21 day challenge is to swim 30 lengths every day which started yesterday.  Just to give this a little context, most of my life can feel a bit like a challenge. I am a single mother to two charming and hideous children in almost equal measure, I have a dog who while lovely, can’t get the hang of weeing in the garden, two businesses which take up about 70 hours each week, a house to run and a wonderful assortment of women to nurture and be nurtured by in my life (thank god for facebook!!!). I complain not though, I must add, as everyday I am thankful that I have such a full and varied life. The description was merely to labour the point that another challenge isn’t really required.

However, Kirsten probably wants an experiment to write about in her own blog and I am happy to oblige. Today was Day 2 and the highlights of this challenge were brought to the fore when I realised why I had picked it as a challenge – when am I supposed to fit this in? Two children to collect from their dads by public transport on a scorching hot Saturday afternoon (we live 60 miles apart), one child to get to a party, one to get to a friends, a dog to walk, food to prepare, order to deliver, blah blah blah! I was finding all of this rather stressful until it rather slowly dawned on me that that was the point of having a challenge….it’s meant to be somewhat challenging.

It’s necessary to say, that I wouldn’t swap my life for anything. I am blessed and feel gratitude daily for my gorgeous children, my scrumptious Westie Lulu, the wonderful people that I am lucky enough to call my friends who are in essence my family, (somebody tells me they love me everyday – what a blessing!), the fact that I have the courage and stupidity to be self employed (even though it makes me cash and time poorer) and the fact that there is a pool very near by that I can go and swim 30 lengths in. Day three, tomorrow, I think will be easier…..the children are coming with me so we can race each other!

For more info on Kirsten go to www.aspiringchange.com