New week, new challenge! My fiancé is off-island so I have all these little projects and challenges to keep busy. So far, so good! I do miss my goofball, though. What's on the table for this week? A Color Run on the Naval Base for Guam's 75th Liberation Day anniversary this weekend! Here's what I know: It's a 5K and the first 400 finishers get a t-shirt. The showtime is 6 a.m. I'm going to have fun! I haven't done a 5K since last September, so it'll be interesting. I am not a distance runner. I prefer the exact opposite. When I was a kiddo, I loved to sprint. Feeling the air rushing by ...
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Challenge 1
Let’s dive right into my first challenge. I’m not shy about discussing my mental health. I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder, coupled with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and a few other things that we’ll get into another time. I have a fixation onfeeling safe and un-stressed at all times. If I don’t, I have panic attacks. We’re talking the sweating buckets, racing heart, unable to breathe, feeling like the world is closing in on me kind. I end up staying home a lot and sometimes missing big events in other’s lives because I simply can’t handle the stress of being in a loud or crowded ...