The Birthday Challenge 2019

The idea for my exploration of fear began with my month-long birthday fear challenge for myself in August, 2019. Each day I did something that scared me and then talked about it openly with the my community. For anyone who didn’t know me then here are links to all the original posts as they appeared on my Instagram (@dreverybody).

The Challenges

Here we go…

Day 1 - Hip-hop dance class

Day 2 - Eating an avocado

Day 3 - The singlet

Day 4 - Open mic poetry

Day 5 - Speaking to a counselor

Day 6 - Driving the speed limit

Day 7 - Russian literature

Day 8 - Silent time

Day 9 - Letting my hair down

Day 10 - A facial

Day 11 - Birthday plans

Day 12 - Nail clipping

Day 13 - Asking for space

Day 14 - The doctor

Day 15 - Fasting

Day 16 - Spicy food

Day 17 - Ridiculous dive

Day 18 - The audition

Day 19 - Aging

Day 20 - Scraping cardboard

Day 21 - Getting rid of stuff

Day 22 - Scary movie

Day 23 - Race prep

Day 24 - The race

Day 25 - Drinking coffee

Day 26 - Limited time

Day 27 - Committing

Day 28 - Acupuncture

Day 29 - Snakes

Day 30 - Eating alone

Day 31 - Talking to strangers

There you go, all thirty-one days. Really fun to look back at these. I was reminded by the pictures how often doing something I was initially uncomfortable with ultimately left me smiling. Feels good to confront a fear!

Dave