There haven’t been any updates on the 40 bags in 40 days challenge in a while. There is a reason for that — maybe not a good reason, but a reason nonetheless. I failed. That’s right, I said it: I failed.
I really thought I could do it–I mean, how hard could it be to fill a grocery bag of unnecessary items around the house each day?! Well, apparently, harder than I thought. I kept forgetting and then doing a bunch of days at once and then I just forgot for so long that it didn’t make sense to try to run crazed around the house just to complete the task. I was just stressing myself out focusing on the task which seemed very counterproductive to the challenge’s purpose.
So I gave myself some grace and put the empty grocery bags back in the pantry–well, the ones that didn’t get used to hold dirty diapers before getting tossed in the garage trash. I know, too much info.
I’m trying not to beat myself up.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. ~Ephesians 2:8-9
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Please don’t beat yourself up! Seriously, at least you tried! I’ve tried so many “X days of X” challenges it’s crazy. Some I even followed for quite a few days, and then I realized, this just isn’t for me (for whatever reason). But I always try to see if I can take something away from it. For instance, the 365 Days of Pictures for me was a crazy failure (in hindsight, what was I thinking??!!), but it did help to remind me to at least take pictures more often of the little things (not just the big events). Now of course I am addicted to Instagram and I am getting braver and braver posting picture of me and my life (but of course still plenty of my cats too)! So, yeah for you for trying! If you don’t try, you’ll never know!