Challenge Within a Challenge AKA My Brain and My Wallet Hurt

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This Saturday, I will be embarking on two challenges with in a challenge. The overarching challenge is my effort to do 101 new things in 365 days. Most of those things are one time events, but a few are challenges that require some long term self control and motivation.
The ones I will be starting are #62 (no new clothes for 6 months) and #72 (save all change for 6 months). I thought it would be great to start them both at the same time, because that way it is harder for me to mess up the start and end dates.
These would seem like fairly passive challenges, but they pose a specific challenge for me. Mostly because I lose change like its my job (I think it's with all my missing socks?) and I love clothing. I don't just "dress to impress," but as someone who loves to sew, I'm obsessed with fabric, cuts, perfectly turned seams and well placed darts. Alas, a six month break from that might do my wallet good. (I'm not starting until Saturday because I have some clothing shipments coming in Friday. Okay, I admitted it!)
I recognize that these challenges wouldn't be great for everyone. They really play on my personal weaknesses that I want to improve on in a fun way. What kind of six month fast would you do in the name of self improvement?
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I Want to be Awesome When I Grow Up

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When we’re kids, we often talk about what we want to be when we are adults. Doctors, fashion designers, astronauts, they’re all part of what we’ll be when we reach that far away “adult land.” Where we are grown up and responsible, and living out our childhood dreams. There were no shortage of  children’s movies that showed a young hero overcoming all the odds to become a baseball player or another sort of fantasy career.

Then we grow up. We become adults (legally, if not mentally) and many of us realize that we probably won’t be famous actresses or discover the cure for cancer. And I’m okay with that. I personally always wanted to be a popstar or a chef. I can neither sing nor cook.

I think that growing up does have its disappointments. But I decided to rebel against the idea that you grow up, and then you are there. You’re still alive, you’re still a person. There’s no reason to act as if you have nothing to aspire to, as if the present is all the potential you’ve got for this lifetime. I find that incredibly depressing.

I thought about what I would want to be in some far off fantasyland, perhaps “real adulthood.” I struggled with this a little bit, and then realized: I just want to be awesome. All kinds of awesome. I wanted to travel, I wanted to read, I wanted to quote Woody Allen movies, I wanted to make friends and rollerskate. All those things that I’ve always wanted to do? That’s my version of awesome. The best part about it is perhaps, just maybe, it will take a lifetime to get there. That sounds much better than “growing up.”

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101 in 365 Challenge

Hi everyone! I have some goals to accomplish. I've decided that I've been a little lackluster lately. So I'm giving myself a brand new challenge: one hundred and one new things in three hundred and sixty five days. I'm going to do exactly what it sounds like: one hundred and one completely new things in a year.

I love having new experiences, and I don't think there is a better way for me to spend my senior year of high school than trying to accumulate them. I like challenges that can be quantified, so this is perfect for me. I'm going to record and post about each item that I complete. Some are big, some are small, but they are all things I want to experience. So you guys are keeping me accountable!

I've always wanted to do a big challenge like this. I'm very proud to say that I am starting! It works out to about two challenges per week, so I can do it in small pieces.

Here is the list of one hundred and one new things that I am going to do (the challenges that I complete will be linked):