Optimity Fall Bucket List Challenges
January 12, 2024
Sweater Weather
Fall Bucket List Challenges
Fall is a season of celebration, as communities come together for festivals and gatherings to revel in the beauty and
bounty of the season. It's a time for hayrides, pumpkin picking and corn mazes. It encourages reflection and gratitude for the gifts of nature and the simple pleasures of warmth, comfort, and togetherness. Fall is a season that captivates the senses and nourishes the soul.
GBU Life Optimity members were challenged to celebrate every little facet of fall with a daily challenge from October 16 to November 16. Members who completed ten challenges got to select a 501(c)(3) non-profit for us to support with a $50 donation.
Some challenges included:
- Share the bounty: donate non-perishable food
- Journal your blessings
- Scarecrow spotlight
- Sweater weather: wear your comfiest sweater
- Rake it forward: rake your neighbor's leaves
- Make a DIY fall craft
- Share your Halloween candy haul
- Bake a pumpkin pie
- Carve a pumpkin
- Share your Halloween costume
- Light a fall-scented candle
- Watch a scary movie
- Enjoy a hot fall beverage
- Take a fall foliage road trip
- Make a s'more by the fire
- Donate used cold-weather clothes
- Make your favorite fall soup
- Declare your favorite football team
- Take a pretty fall photo
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