Doing the Happy Dance - Day 31!

Doing the Happy Dance - Day 31!

Yippee! It’s on the calendar - day 31! For all those participating in the challenge we made it to the END! What a great feeling it is to accomplish 31 days of blogging. My hat is off to those bloggers who make it a practice of blogging every day. I am not there yet but the challenge pushes me closer.

The personal satisfaction one achieves far outweighs the points one receives. Although the points do have their place in the scheme of things. They give us the motivation to get started and help to keep us blogging. They serve as a unique visual or meter, if you prefer on how we are doing. We all like to see our numbers and ranking go up.

One plus for these types of challenges are all the fellow bloggers you can connect with along the way. There are 462 members in the 31 Days of May Challenge 2011. I don’t know how many of the bloggers will actually complete the challenge. I think it would be fair to say that the majority will finish. One fellow blogger said it best - we are all winners. I would agree. Activerain, the bloggers and our communities that we blogged about all gain from our efforts.

This is my third challenge I have participated in. I can share with everyone new to the blogging experience that these challenges will strengthen your blogging abilities and confidence level. Especially if you are out there sharing with the other bloggers and leaving your comments behind.

I really am glad the challenge has come to an end. I can relax. There are always the days you wonder how you are going to get your blog posted. I was pushing the midnight hour more than once. I have read some interesting posts on the personal challenges others faced with this round. For me, I was worried that Raincamp in Dallas might be a detractor. It wasn’t. Now I can take a deep breath and look forward to the next one. There will always be another one. In the mean time, I am doing the happy dance.