The 30 day Respect Challenge is officially over!
You have until February 15th, 2015 to share your experience of the challenge in the comment section on my blog (not facebook) for a chance to win a $20 gift card!
How did it go?!
Was it harder than you thought it would be? Was it easier than you thought it would be? Did your husband or those around you notice? Did it affect your relationship, good or maybe bad? Were you able to start catching yourself before you would say something disrespectful? Did you apologize if you messed up? What were some of the benefits of the challenge for you?
These are some helpful questions to get you thinking as you prepare to share.
There is no right or wrong answer. I think we can all learn something from each other.
I will go first.
The 30 Day Challenge was fun for me! I am a quietly competitive person, and I often compete with myself to get better at a task, or do something more effectively etc.. So, of course I translated that into the Respect Challenge. I would give myself mental check marks for every day I completed without being disrespectful or dishonoring. Then I would start seeing how many days I could string together. I did pretty good!
I think the biggest benefit I noticed in this challenge was not my relationship with my husband, though it was good; but the relationship with my 14 year old. When I started treating him more and more through the lens of a young man instead of a child, both in how I listened and responded to him, he opened up more, was more willing to listen in return as well as being more helpful around the house.
It was a great learning experience and one that I will continue to reflect on as my younger two start heading towards their teen years.
There you have it!
Now it's your turn.....
