Postponed

The Great American Freebie Challenge has been postponed indefinitely due to personal reasons.

So when are you gonna do America?

“Not gonna happen. Ever!”

My answer never changed, no matter how many times I was asked the question. It just wasn’t something that I would even consider. The days of me putting myself out there, attempting to complete ridiculous time-consuming – and some would say pointless – challenges, in aid of charity, were behind me. But still the question kept popping out of people’s mouths.

“So, you’ve done Europe. When are you going to do America?”

The assumption seemed to be simple – After successfully bringing the Great Euro Freebie Challenge to its conclusion, the logical progression was to go on and achieve a similar feat across the pond in the States.

“They’ll love you in America,” I was told repeatedly. Usually by Americans.

“They might. But I don’t think you grasp just how hard the five and half months I spent completing the Great Euro Freebie Challenge were. How hungry I was; how tired; how lonely; how completely drained by the end of it. I completed what I set out to do, and for that I am proud, but I wouldn’t put myself through it again, and I wouldn’t recommend anyone else going through it either.”