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#ATOZChallenge 2015 @AprilA2Z | Theme Reveal

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Finally! It is the day of the Great Theme Reveal for the A to Z Challenge 2015. For those who are new to the A to Z Challenge –  it is a daily blogging challenge during the month of April. 26 posts for 26 days, that match the 26 letters of the alphabet (April 1 – A, April 2 -B and so on..), with a break every Sunday. There can be a theme for the month or it can be random – as long as it matches the letter of the alphabet for the day.

I came across this challenge through a blogger I really enjoy reading – Shailaja. She had posted about #AtoZchallenge – Lessons from the Past. The post piqued my curiosity enough to hop on to the A to Z Challenge Blog and read up all about it. In less than an hour, I had signed up.

There are times you need to think things through, and times that you need to jump right in. I am glad I did the latter with this one. As I am sure if I had even considered this for a day, I would have been intimidated  enough to add this to my “One Day..” list. We all know what happens to most items on THAT list. 🙂

Once I signed up, I had this vision where I had finished writing ALL the posts by March 15th, and was even visiting the other participants in advance to get to know them better. I was so confident in my vision that I even volunteered to help one of the co-hosts of the challenge – Susan Gourley (Did you notice my shiny dragon soldier badge in the sidebar? 😀 ).

Clearly, my ‘visions of the future’ department doesn’t function too well , as I am still writing my way through the posts. Nonetheless, I am glad I am a part of this, as the challenge hasn’t even begun, and I am throughly enjoying the process of planning the posts, writing them, looking for images to go with them etc.

Coming to the theme for the challenge, My THEME for The A TO Z Challenge 2015 will be ‘Positive & Inspired Living A to Z’. This was an easy choice as I am a huge fan of positive/ inspirational quotes and stories. On a good day, they bring a smile to my face. On a not-so-great day, they are my pick-me-up. During this challenge, I will share some such quotes/stories and personal experiences, which brighten my day, in hope that it will brighten yours.

If I am able to bring even a hint of a smile on your face, and brighten your day the slightest bit, I will consider this month well spent. 🙂

Are you participating in the #ATOZChallenge this year? Do you have a theme? What is your theme?

P.S. Thank you Shailaja for introducing me to this challenge, and Susan for giving me a chance to further contribute to this challenge.

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  18. Another million thank yous for helping me as a dragon soldier. I recently discussed your last post with my daughter. I’m sure I’ll enjoy your theme. There are many days I need picked up.

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  21. If it weren’t for you I wouldn’t have know about this ‘Challenge’. Thank you so much telling me about it. I’ve been a subscriber to your blog since almost day one. And I’m really looking forward to reading all of your posts during April.

    This is our, http://www.thechinesequest.com first #AtoZchallenge and we are excited to participate!

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  24. Wow. That’s an interesting theme. I have not scheduled my posts yet but hoping to complete the challenge. My theme will be short story in series 🙂

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  29. Positive and Inspired Living? You have my attention already, girl 🙂 I love inspirational quotes. Looking forward to your blogging series and I agree with your vision completely. Except that that isn’t the fact. Ha ha ! 🙂 But we will get there. All the best !
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  32. Nice post shantala, glad to connect with you and happy to know your experience, I have been participating for the last 3 years continuously and there’s been a lot of learning; and at the end of the 30th day I am so motivated; as I pick up only positive and inspirational posts to keep me going. This year I preferred to do a smaller post on travel as there are other aspects I need to look at my work place… and also decided that I will visit more number of blogs when I keep my post small. Thank you for sharing

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