Ch ch changes in the challenge

I haven't been on this board in a while but I've been continuing with my challenge and am now on my sixth cycle. It's interesting to see how my gifts have changed over time and how they parallel what I've read and heard from other people. I wonder if there's a pattern?

When I first started, for maybe my first two giving challenge cycles, the things I gave were much more dramatic. Paying for someone's lunch, leaving flowers on a doorstep, making charitable donations. I put a lot of thought into it but I was also somewhat more focused on the other person's reaction than I am now.

As time has gone on I've incorporated giving into my daily life much more fluidly. I no longer wake up thinking about what I'm going to give that day, and trying to come up with ever more creative ways to give, but the end of the day comes and I go through the ritual of reminding myself of what I have given. (I keep a list) It's rare for me to have gone the whole day without giving a gift - and when it happens that's usually a wake up call that I've gotten too absorbed in whatever it is I'm working on, or whatever's going on in my personal life, and it's a good time to write a letter or call a friend and just focus on living as much in the moment as I can.

I wonder if anyone else has experienced similar evolutions as they've gone through this cycle.

All the best,

Leslie