07 Jan Blog Challenge Responses Round Up #1

It has begun!

On January 1, bloggers living around the world embarked on a six week adventure in blogging with us. We have over 100 folks living in about 40 different countries signed up, with more joining every day. Roughly one week ago, the first prompt was sent to them via e-mail, which challenged them to create a blog post dedicated to their “Why.”

The Prompt

Challenge #1 = Your Why ... Why are you are abroad? What led you to pursue your current adventure?

Along with the prompt, Challenge participants also received a number of creative ideas for different ways to approach their response. Over the past week, their posts have been pouring out into the blogosphere and we’ve rounded them up for you here.

Highlights

Everyone has a unique, compelling version of their “Why.” Today, we want to highlight a few posts that were particularly creative and effective:

• Katey-Red in South Africa wrote a letter to her 10 year old self
• Marcus in Mongolia shared a photo of a pro/con sheet he created (with venn diagram!) that eventually led to his choice to do Peace Corps
• Lianne used easy-to-follow headings and engaging pictures to depict her various stages of life and reasons why she’s living and traveling abroad long-term
• Brooklynn in Peru boiled her ‘Why’ down into themes with clear headings, pictures, and quotes in 4 Reasons Why I Love Living Abroad
• Colin in Cameroon used the 5 Why’s methodology to uncover his core motivations

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We invite you to take some time to get to know more of our Blog Challenge bloggers by checking out the Round Up links we’ve included below. You can also find their posts on our Boot Camp Blog Challenge pinterest board.

Join us!

Want to participate? If you’d like to join the Blog Challenge and get the remaining blog post prompts in real time, sign up here and check the “more information about Blog Challenges” box. 

Posts:

• Reflections Over 2015 By Sarah Lickfold
• Past, Present and Future By respitia14
• Reflecting on the past By danig
• Why Did I Do This? By Justin Rickey
• My Why By Rebekah
• Blogging Abroad Challenge By Justin Rickey
• The Why, not the Whats Revisited By siobhanneelastock
• Our Why By mastuckey19
• Blog Challenge Day #1 By Caitlin Rahn
• 4 Reasons Why I Love Living Abroad By nosleeptillbrooklynn
• Why I joined Peace Corps Morocco By sarahgoestomorocco
• My Story: The reason By Jamie Torres
• Why travel? By lang679
• Two years and a lot of chili peppers later By Fiona
• Hello, we’re Adam and Lianne.
• #BloggingAbroad: Why? By Cat
• 6 MORE MONTHS TO GO!! By peacecorpscaitlin
• Why I’m Abroad By Lianne Bronzo
• The Journey to Colombia By Michael Owen
• Why We’re Here: Peace Corps Personal Statements By Julie Feng
• Why did I join the Peace Corps and move to Moldova?  By shoy03
• Why in the world? By amysage17
• WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY By Mongolia
• Adventure of Beth: About the Author By Beth
• Reflecting on my decision to serve as part of Blogging Abroad’s… By mongoliamarcus
• Dear 10 Year Old Katey, By Katey-Red
• Why The Peace Corps? By Working The Soil
• So I Joined a Blog Challenge By Elizabeth Gomes
• The one with #BloggingAbroad Challenge
• New Years and a time to reflect By SA
• The Why? By Julie Gregg
• Why the Wanderlust? By Jessica & Donovan Gregg
• New Blogginings & The Peace Corps Third Goal By Jeanne Parrent and Antoine Cabrol
• Año Nuevo! By Kara
• Looking Forward by Looking Back: The Why By Carly Jacque
• Why Did You Join the Peace Corps? By ashlynrenae14
• Peace Corps Cribs: Ngota, Maewo By jostaniak
• Fewer Than 100 Days Left By Jett
• Education, Gender Equality, and Cultural Ambassadors… By TheNilsens
• My Why By Genny Lewis
• Peru Uncut | About By Roxy
• My Why… By cpopp5
• Here I sit eight months out… By Maryangela
• About Me By Gabriela Ortiz
• Why I Decided to Join the Peace Corps By Olivia
• Michelle: Why Am I Abroad? By Michelle Harper
• Street Smarts & Special Brownies By Taylor
• Why Peace Corps? By Kate
• My Why By Elizabeth