How To Put More Challenges In Your Life

"WTF are you talking about?" You may howl. "I don't want or even need any more challenges or problems in my life!"

Challenges are the call to action for your spirit. They stir something within us. They key up our energy and make us feel more alert and alive. They force us to take action in ways we may have never thought of before and in so doing, forces us to grow.

Recall the happiest moments in your life and you will appreciate that most of these times were when you overcame some sort of challenge. Remember how you felt when you...

• Graduating high school: Four years of surviving the social and educational system is a huge challenge met and overcome.
• Asking for a hand in marriage: I know ladies this is not supposed to be a challenge but for some of us guys, we can get a little weak in the knees at this momentous occasion.
• Child birth: Nine months of carrying a growing baby followed by birthing pains is a huge challenge. Afterwards we call it a labor of love but truly it is a challenge met and the joy you experience is beyond words.
• Getting a raise: Not just a yearly raise but something that you worked for and earned. The pride in your accomplishment is a challenge well met.
• Getting a new job: All the researches done, resumes written and interviews gone out on seem worth it, when you finally get the call from the job you wanted asking. "When you can start?"

These are just highlights in most people's past that they remember forever because it was a challenge to overcome. You feel as if you had taken a giant leap in the road of life. If these moments had been handed to you without any trials or tribulations the moment would loose it's flare.

As I review some of the greatest moments in my life...

• My first 100 mile bike ride when I was 15.
• Becoming PADI Diver certified at 15.
• Graduating High School.
• Graduating Navy Boot Camp and Submarine School.
• Becoming a Navy Diver.
• Completing a triathlon.
• Surviving 4 years on a Navy Submarine.
• Marriage, Birth of My Daughter

I realize that each of these moments were when I overcame some sort of challenge either mental or physical.

When we get into the routine of life we get into a rut that has very few challenges. Things that interrupt our daily life are problems that we complain about.

So look back through your own life. Write down the challenges in your life that you have overcome. Recall how you felt after overcoming those challenges. Fell those moments, let that reawaken that passion for life that may be hiding.

So what challenges have you been avoiding? What challenges can you take on? You don't have to jump back in to the joy of challenges with both feet. Start small. Take small victories and enjoy how they feel. Soon you will be looking forward to the next challenge.

Make sure to look in all areas of your life for these challenges. Health, Career, Family, Finances and Spiritual each area comes with their own challenges. Go for it...You can do it!

As you start overcoming more and more challenges you will get on a roll. People will see a change in you. With each challenge met you stand a little taller, breathe a little deeper and your belief in your own abilities grow exponentially.

So my friend...

WTF Are you waiting for?