As I started to write “My current challenge” I wondered if the word “challenge” was the right word to use.  So what do I mean by the word “challenge”. 

 

I checked out the dictionary…here are a few definitions that are in keeping with what I had in mind.

Challenge…

A test of one’s abilities or resources in a demanding but stimulating undertaking: a career that offers a challenge.

To summon to action, effort, or use; stimulate

To have due claim to; call for: events that challenge our attention

I was particularly surprised that most of the meanings and uses were of legal standing. 

 

So as I prepare to set myself a new challenge what am I doing? 

I am defining an area in my life that needs me to

            Test my abilities

            Summon action & effort  

Stimulate (thought & planning)

            Claim my (time, energy, efforts, attention)

 

This doesn’t necessarily mean it is going to be hard – it means it is a season of focus, effort, and time spent on whatever the area in my life is that needs this work.