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What is the hardest thing you've ever done?

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What was the most mentally and physically challenging thing you've ever done?

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This probably isn't the hardest thing I've ever done, but last year I went on a field trip with college to the French Alps, and we had to travel there by coach (approximately 24 hours there and 24 hours back non-stop travelling). I didn't know anyone else going so I had no one to talk to, and during the fieldwork I often struggled to keep up because of my asthma, and I got really bad sunburn.

It was mentally challenging because I didn't know anyone, I was worrying about when we'd next be able to stop and use the loo etc, and I was generally starting to go a little crazy being stuck in the same position for so long. If I didn't have music with me, I think I may have gone insane :biggrin:

It was also physically challenging as my back and legs really hurt from being in the same position on the coach for hours on end, and I didn't manage to sleep at all during the coach journeys there and back.

I was incredibly glad to get home after that :h:
this is gonna sound lame but spanish GCSE, it was so hard for me (in before 'spanish is easy') and i had to work at it so hard to get a good grade :h:
Going to court and facing the bastard who ruined my job, my uni, career prospects and friends I was slowly making and my mental health.

For what he caused me now he deserves a life sentence.


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Say goodbye to my best friend for the last time.

It was a really **** day.
Probably securing my summer internship. I was in a really ****ty place mentally at the time, was getting rejection after rejection and really didn't think I was going to get anything. Then in May a global company decided to take a chance on me and it was amazing, and as a bonus I made so many friends at the same time! It was really hard to pick myself up time and time again but I'm really glad I did. To think it's time to start all that shenanigans again for a real life grown up job!


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I once had really really bad constipation and had to do the most impossible poop of my life. Quite a bit of blood came out.
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Getting over my 'social anxiety'.

I think after a very very very long time of being nervous in public and social situations, I can honestly say now I am as comfortable as I have ever been. It's taken soooo many years to get through this but it was absolutely worth it :smile:
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A girl from the local boxing club. She's pretty but she's hard as nails, could beat up any bloke from around here.
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Reue
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Fruit picking in Australia. By far the most physically and mentally exhausting time of my life.
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It was going to my Nannas funeral, I knew if I didn't go I wouldn't have to face her passing and wished so hard I could take the easy way out, but I forced myself to go and I was right, it was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Well, my degree was pretty challenging.

However, the most challenging (and rewarding) thing that I've done led to a black belt in Taekwondo :biggrin:
Going to Japan for 11 months to live in a host family when I was 16(by choice). Had a great time out there.
Watching my best mate get beaten into the pavement and not being able to do anything about it...
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Original post by Duwsh
It was going to my Nannas funeral, I knew if I didn't go I wouldn't have to face her passing and wished so hard I could take the easy way out, but I forced myself to go and I was right, it was the hardest thing I've ever done.


Funerals are never easy buddy, only way to get closure though. Kind of a necessary evil..
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Going to Japan for 11 months to live in a host family when I was 16(by choice). Had a great time out there.


Always dreamed about doing that!! What was the best bit???
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It can be anything!

Perhaps it was school (education) related...
Perhaps it was overcoming the death of a loved one...

What was the most mentally and physically challenging thing you've ever done?


Researchin equities for ma MD
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Researchin equities for ma MD


Ah , not 99 prayer ? That **** costs a fortune.
Waking up at 6am on the weekend

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