In the course of writing On Track Daily, we have always made it a point to try and create small daily missions that are easy to accomplish in a single day. Believe it or not, this is a lot harder then it seems! If you pick up any "365 days to ..." book, you will notice that not all of the 365 daily missions are easy to accomplish. If you are following 365 days to a greener planet, and it is suggested to "purchase a hybrid car," while well intentioned, it's not very easy to do. Same with an exercise routine, reading a goal of "running a marathon" may be inspirational but not very probable for a daily activity.
With this in mind, we added one mission each month that is a bigger goal to achieve in addition to our daily missions for the year. These are missions that are easy to do, but may take more time and planning then say, "smiling at strangers." This will be the first month where we offer up a monthly mission.
This month we are donating blood for Heart Health Month. We've done this in the past and have found it very rewarding. What a great way to directly impact your local community! We donate at LifeShare blood bank in Elyria, Ohio and are always excited to know that our donations move about 3 miles down the road to Elyria Memorial Hospital. By taking 1 hour every 3 months out of our week, we can literally save a life -- 2 if we do a double red donation!
Not only does it energize your soul knowing you are helping those most in need of help, but it can actually replenish your body. I always feel amazing after donating and especially after donating a double red, because they separate the platelets and put saline back into your body, which for whatever reason makes me feel really good. In addition to that great feeling, you also get free cookies and juice when you are done! I know that's not really in line with On Track Daily's lifestyle of making smart daily food choices, but hey, if you save a life you deserve a cookie!
We will be donating this Saturday and encourage anyone reading this blog or our Twitter/Facebook pages to try and make time to donate this month. You will feel better and sleep better knowing that your action has saved a life. Take my word on it and enjoy the cookie -- you earned it!
On a side note, each month when we put out a monthly mission, we are going to put our money where our mouths are, per say. Anything we are asking you to do, we are going to do too (like we do on the daily ones!). And we will post the pictures to prove it and hopefully inspire others to try and do that same. We'll post some pictures next week of our blood donation, so please keep an eye open for them. Also, if you are inspired or encouraged to do a mission, please take pictures and post them on our Facebook or email them to us at Ontrackdaily@gmail.com. We will post them and hopefully start a chain reaction of inspiration that can encompass the globe! Thanks and keep on track with us!
B.M.
You guys are doing a great job finding small missions to do every day. Even if I come across one that's not for me, just seeing the daily challenge that you post reminds me to think about what I can do. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Samantha! We love your support! We really believe that we can make a difference with small, daily changes!
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