Benjamin Franklin Neo Classicist Challenge (Rumination)

For the final part of this assignment we are to write a single page of how we think we did. Taking into consideration how we think Benjamin Franklin did doing this. First, off Franklin did this challenge not for a couple days, or weeks, not even a couple months, but in fact for a whole year. Yeah, Uno year. I can't begin to imagine what kind of changes I would have undergone within a year. But going back to Franklin for him to set his goal and map it out must have been long and tedious but like for myself once you get the swing of things documenting as getting the feel for this it becomes way easier to bare. Almost like a natural rhythm..that sounded weird. Although that is how it felt to me. Addressing the first question of this Rumination is What was your biggest challenge? My biggest challenge would have to be back on the first day when I got home and systematically wanted to go onto Tumblr. And the days after that until like the 3rd day and I had forgotten about it until at the end of each day I put NO in the box under 'went on Tumblr'. What was it for Franklin? When I think about the way he went about doing this, achieving his goal compared to mine. I think that he set various high standards for himself to practically live day by day on. And to that extent he would chart it and write down his progress more vigorously. Alongside if he slipped up at anytime during this year he would go back to the last conquered mark he got and go again from there. That in itself is amazing. Before this 7 day challenge I was thinking 'Oh boy this man must have had no life...to be doing this kind of thing..' Now it's more like 'there was a meaning behind you madness' However for Franklin his goals we impossible to establish for that long period of time. In his auto biography he stated this. That doesn't mean that along the way he didn't take away from this experience something valuable and worth keeping within himself. Finally, What was the value of such a task? Where do I begin.. I've taken so much from this experience it baffles me. (I was not expecting such a worthwhile response from assignment mind you.) Within this short time I was able to come to terms with myself, who I was, who I'm becoming as I grow up. Not only that but I set my priorities straight. My convictions for the future to come. I mean this is my senior year, after this and I'm on my own in the big ol' world. That's daunting to say the least but now I have this ambiance that I'm ready to take it on. That's what has been the coolest part of this largely small journey.