Personal Diversions

I have all kinds of things I want to post on my blog (which is funny when I recall how reluctant I was to start this process!), most of which are related to ID - both my job and my journey through grad school. However, I have reached a personal milestone today that I just have to share.

In July, I signed up to walk in Arizona's Breast Cancer 3-Day. As the name implies, it is a walk over the course of 3 days. How far can one walk in 3 days? Well, this journey is 60 miles. I will walk 60 miles November 2-4 to raise money and awareness to fund research and early detection programs for breast cancer. I believe a cure for any kind of cancer will lead to a cure for all cancers.

My milestone? Today, my fundraising total rose to $3,800. That's three thousand eight hundred dollars. For breast cancer research. I'm stunned. I'm impressed. I'm humbled. And I'm honored. People in my life have given me their support verbally, electronically, and emotionally. And they have given this cause their financial support.

When I signed up for the 3-Day this year, I set a personal goal to raise $3,000 by September 1. It seemed like a good, tough, stretching goal. On September 1, my fundraising total was over $3,100.

That day, I set my second fundraising goal. I want to raise a total of $5,000 by October 15. That's just under a month away. It's a good goal. It's a goal that stretches me and challenges me to come up with creative ideas on how to approach people when talking about my fundraising and my story. To read a little about my story and why I walk, visit my personal fundraising page.

That's my personal life milestone for today. My next personal life milestone will be walking 15 and 12 miles in Prescott, AZ the weekend of Sept 29. Wish me luck!

For now, back to work ...