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:

  1. Share the bounty: donate non-perishable food
  2. Journal your blessings
  3. Scarecrow spotlight
  4. Sweater weather: wear your comfiest sweater
  5. Rake it forward: rake your neighbor's leaves
  6. Make a DIY fall craft
  7. Share your Halloween candy haul
  8. Bake a pumpkin pie
  9. Carve a pumpkin
  10. Share your Halloween costume
  11. Light a fall-scented candle
  12. Watch a scary movie
  13. Enjoy a hot fall beverage
  14. Take a fall foliage road trip
  15. Make a s'more by the fire
  16. Donate used cold-weather clothes
  17. Make your favorite fall soup
  18. Declare your favorite football team
  19. Take a pretty fall photo

Join Optimity at inside.gbu.org/optimity.

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