I am attempting the Wego Health Activist Writers’ Month Challenge. A post each day in April. So, now that I told you I am going to do it, I oughta follow through, right? Today’s prompt is to write a recap of your experience. What was your favorite prompt? Least favorite? What have you learned?

Well, I can tell you that I wasn’t exactly sure that I could pull this off. I have tried (and failed) many times to write a post a day. And this wasn’t exactly the ideal month to go for it – I had major surgery scheduled for the middle of the month.

But I did it. And it made me get my act together (I never had a resources page before this challenge, can you believe it?!).

Here are the highlights:

• I shared why I write, and it was the first time I had stopped to really think about it. Plus, it was an excuse to share a Spice Girls music video.
• I talked openly and candidly about CRPS and my struggle with chronic pain – and not because I felt I had to defend myself (which is how I felt when I shared my disease the first time).
• I talked about living a life with a chronic condition and truths that apply to celiac sufferers, food allergy sufferers, CRPS sufferers, etc. And some secrets to living a full life despite your condition.
• I shared some aspirations and a letter to my future self (on the occasion of my 30th birthday) that might have been one of my most revealing posts.
• Sometimes I loosely interpreted the rules to suit me. I had a point though – I was sharing some bits about an upcoming project.
• I shared my personal philosophy.

All in all, I learned a lot about myself and a met community of bloggers that I don’t often include myself in – health activists. I might do it again next year, but if I do, I will plan in advance and not decide at 10pm on April 1st that I should take on a month of daily posts.

Particularly when I have other posts that need to be written that don’t match up with the prompts (like my Gluten-Free Jammie Dodgers and my Snack it to Me series. I wrote 36 posts in 30 days.

I guess I can do {almost} anything. Thanks for sticking around and learning about CRPS, chronic illness and a positive life.

This week we will return to regularly scheduled programming with some more gluten-free snack mixes and this month’s Relish!