When I originally told Stacy I would do this walk with her, I wasn't intimidated by the distance (never mind that in logging my steps via Fitbit, I average between 7K - 8K a day), nor the training (never mind that typically, I'm active about... let's pretend it's 3 days a week).
Nope!
What completely freaked me out was the commitment to raise $3,600. To me, that's a lot of money. And with this walk, if you don't raise it, you don't walk. So all that training would be down the drain. Then I texted a friend who pointed out that we simply needed 72 friends to support us with $50 each. That actually didn't sound so bad. Surely between Stacy and myself, we know 72 people willing to give $50. Or 92.3 willing to give a dollar per mile that we'll be walking in May (I'm not sure which of us knows .3 of a person, but I'm sure we can find one).
Much like that saying about a journey of a thousand miles beginning with a single step, our fundraising journey begins with a single dollar. Or, in this case, our goal of $400 by the end of the year. Any donation is greatly appreciated - much like the walk, which we'll tackle step-by-step, we'll tackle the fundraising dollar by dollar (or penny by penny if we have to).
Anyway, I'm sure that we'll make it - both physically, financially and mentally. Breast cancer is an important topic to me, but more on that for another post (oh, the cliff hanger!).
PS - I may also find the idea of blogging to be intimidating as well, but didn't realize that until I actually started writing. It's kinda like listening to your recorded voice - yikes, who wants to hear that! Anyway, bear with me while I work through this blogging thing as well.
PPS - Fitbit friends, watch out! I should be top of the list once I start training!
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