Wednesday 2nd August –

Well this is it! The end of my challenge – although I suspect it’s really just the beginning of my venture into augmented reality.  I got off to a slow start.  For some reason I couldn’t quite think what I wanted to do this morning. However, I know I’ve still got quite a long way to go so I need to find some motivation from somewhere.

As I suspected I didn’t finish everything that I wanted to do. My back got progressively worse and I had to ‘give in’ – I’m now writing retrospectively.  My back continued to decline over the next two days to the point that I could not move from the floor!  Friday 4th August was particularly severe.  Having laid on the floor for around 2 hours I could not stand the pain any longer.  I managed to speak to a GP who said I was suffering with a severe bout of sciatica.  He prescribed me morphine!  This did at least help me to get off the floor! For this reason I reluctantly decided to write off the final day of my challenge.  My plan is to try to recover over the weekend (it’s Saturday now as I write this).  On Monday I plan to wrap up the project as long as my back is okay.

What Did I learn?

I learned that I’m not invincible and sometimes you just have to admit defeat.  Although, to be fair I did battle my bad back right up to the point of needing morphine to get off the floor. There’s no crime in taking time out. The world won’t stop turning if I don’t meet a personal deadline.

What Did I Actually Achieve?

Sadly I didn’t achieve much today, but with morphine and rest over the weekend I’m hoping to bounce back on Monday to complete what I started.