One hundred and what?!

As the messages of support and encouragement began to come in, they brought with them such exhilaration and drive in me. My project is coming to life and the call I've put out has been answered. But the positivity is often accompanied by exclamations of taking on such a monumental task. These resolutions are all aids to a fuller and happier life and doing even just a few of these challenges would improve our world. So am I really taking on too much of a good thing?
Inspiration turned to fretting. What if I have taken on too much? What if attempting ThirteenSquared will only bring further stress to my life? What if I fail in front of the entire blogosphere? What if...?
Those two words may in fact be some of the most powerful in the whole of the English language. When put together, they produce fear enough to reduce even the most capable and confident into someone who would rather sit within their comfortable bubble. Someone who would settle, someone who would simply accept what is placed in front of them, anything to not risk having to complete that sentence. I can be guilty of that very thing numerous times in a single day.
Yes, my task is great. ThirteenSquared, that's one-hundred and sixty-nine resolution to complete in a single year. 169!!! One-hundred and sixty-nine opportunities to laugh and bring joy to those around me. One-hundred and sixty-nine challenge formatted ways to bring order and fulfilment to my own life. And one-hundred and sixty-nine moments where I get to defeat the "what if...?" fear and find out what really happens on the other side of courage.

One woman. One year. 169 resolutions.