April 6, 2008
SO HERE’S THE DEAL!!! I need you to hit up http://www.sojournals.com/group/rtdchallenge and there you be able to join our official group and be proactive in journaling your RTD:Challenge Experiences!!!!! You’ll have to join the Sojournals, but it only takes a sec and is really the bomb!!!!!
Meanwhile, APRIL CHALLENGES SHOULD BE ROLLING IN…. (rolling with the homieeeeess!!!) So I’m happy about it!!!
Aiight.. laterz!
live.life,one.love!
-m!
April 6, 2008
So, we are up to an easy start, but I’m happy to say, we are on our way!!!
I keep getting lil’ message from folk who are totally excited about the challenge and what the entire project represents!!
Here’s some of the first notes I’ve gotten:
Dominique: yo, I’m ampped for this project!
Tia: oooohhhh! that’s a great idea! i love it! …brilliant idea!
Diallo: I love it 
i’m down…not sure what my activity for April will be yet. Ummmmmmm, need inspiration…will let you know.
Yvette: I love what you are doing with RTDC. Count me in.
Aisha: Cool! I actually have a seasonal list… but maybe I can up the quantity of items on it.
Amy: This is a dope idea. I’m Down!!!
Neil: Sounds Brilliant…This should be exciting!
David: verrrrrry interesting concept…this is intriguing. thank u so much for the idea.
Nikita: I forgot to tell you that I’ve thought about this almost everyday since you first told me about it…I’m well on my way!!!
Monika: I love it!! How can I be down?
Kelli: I’m excited, and ready to meet the challenge!
SO YEAH!!! FOLX ARE HYPE ABOUT GETTING THEIR CREATIVE NEW EXPERIENCES ON AND STUFF!!!! LOL
As of now, I gotten about two or three submissions for the April Challenge, so if you haven’t sent me yours yet, drop me a note @ rtdchallenge@gmail.com so that I know what’s coming up on our (still in progress) schedule!!!
I want to thank you all for being INVOLVED… and, UNTIL THEN!!!!!
live.life,one.love!
mai!
April 2, 2008
Peace all!
So I’m excited to announce that as of today, 12 people have agreed to participate in the RTD Challenge!!! Also, I got an email from a friend of mine (and fellow HU Bison) Kelli Anderson, founder of urban social network The Sojournals, inviting me to use The Sojournals to host the official Road To Discovery webcontent!!! It’s such a wonderful opportunity to bring people together this way, and to have the support of your peers! Everyone that I tell the project to thinks that it’s pure brilliance, and I really can’t wait to see how people are going to get involved…
Well, it’s late, but I will have more of an update on who’s down with the GET DOWN, and the inspired plans that are coming into play!!!! so STAY TUNED…………..
live.life, one.love!
mai!
ps Please hit me @ rtdchallenge@gmail.com with any questions and/or ideas!!!!
April 1, 2008
So!! I shared the whole Road To Discovery Challenge idea with a few of you earlier today, and the question came up, “Is this something that’s in development or what???”
Here’s the backstory!
A few weeks ago I was chatting with the honorable Ralston Smith, founder and co-owner of GlobalEyes Productions, and he told me how he’d made a new year’s resolution a few years back to do ONE NEW THING PER MONTH for that entire year. He said he ended up doing so many cool and interesting things (from sky-diving to seeing Jordan play with the Wizards) that it left a significantly meaningful impression on that year! So I DECIDED that even though NYE’08 is long gone, I totally wanted to challenge myself to do one new thing per month, from April 2008 to March 2009! Ralston said he would do it again as well, and suggested we get a group of people together who would be interested in doing this year long challenge, then chronicle it by any means, and have some great content to turn into a television series!!!
AND SO! It was from this wonderful conversation that RTDC came into fruition. As of now, there aren’t any immediate plans to start off producing this as a show. HOWEVER, I’m am going forth with my own year’s worth of challenges, and want to invite you all to get down as well!!!
I figure if we get enough people across the country/globe to commit to doing one new thing/experience per year and effectively document it along the way, this will turn into an awesome movement that can really BECOME (……fill in the blank!)
RIGHT!! So, heres the deal: If you are DOWN WITH THE GET DOWN then get your April Activity on deck, and once you’re ready to EXECUTE make sure to have a camera ready (video/slr/digital/phone/disposable/whateva!) and journal the whole experience as it unfolds!
Let me know what you’re planning to do and when it’s going down! IF I can be there, then I’ll totally come to be a part of the experience!! If not then send me your photos and stories and I’ll post it up to a Road To Discovery Challenge website (a blog/myspace/etc that I’ll set up for us)!!!!!
So tell your bestfriend or your brother or your moms or mentor or whoever, and let’s see where the road ends up taking us….!!!!! (For my 29th birthday this month, mine is finally taking me to the top of Pier 40 to the FLYING TRAPEZE SCHOOL!!!)
April 1, 2008
Road To Discovery//Lifestyle Challenge
Life is short for some people, unfortunately, and long and miserable for others. In that vein, it’s not uncommon to hear the statement, “I’ve ALWAYS wanted to…” emerging from lively conversations amongst people of all ages, in all walks of life. It’s a universal statement that can be heard from the customer service agent who has always dreamed of being a graphic designer, the mother of four who has always wanted to learn how to swim, or the indie-soul singer who’s living out his dream as a musical artist but always dreamed of learning a martial art. Desiring something more than what we know to be reality is as natural as breath itself, yet we often think that there’s no way to ever acquire all of the random experiences we dream about. And perhaps there isn’t, but WHY is that reason to sit back and let the POTENTIAL of gaining those experiences fade into an illusive daydream just out of reach? No matter what point we’ve reached in our lives, professionally or personally speaking, there are a few desires and aspirations that lay in the periphery of our minds waiting to come into fruition should we just decide to take ACTION.
Road To Discovery//Lifestyle Challenge is just the vehicle to drive our participants to reach their desires one month at a time. Birthed from a past new year’s resolution to experience one new thing per month that “you’ve always wanted to do,” the challenge is that our participants will commit to experiencing one new adventure per calendar month. The foundation of the idea is that through these twelve experiences within a one year period, each participant will inevitably be on their own personal road to discovering a new reality of who they are in the world in which we live. There is so much to be gained just by trying something new, so there is no limit to what each person may chose to experience each month; it can be as big as traveling to a destination they’ve never been, or as simple as growing up in New York City yet never having visited the Guggenheim Museum or Statue of Liberty. Only you can decide what new experience you’d like to take on, and why it will be significant in your Road To Discovery!
Naturally, as this journey is being played out, the means by which the journey is reached is just as important as the journey itself. With each participant deciding to take on the challenge of creating and attaining the new experience, we invite [car brand partner] to be the official means of transport on our Road To Discovery. Whether our participant is going to take a flying trapeze class, taking a cross country trip, or going to meet a long lost family member, it will be necessary for them to reach their destination by way of [car brand partner vehicle]. With film crew on hand to document the entire experience from Point A and en route to Point B, the compelling and exciting story will partially play out within the [car brand partner vehicle], making it a unique and irreplaceable component in the complete Discovery experience. The Road To Discovery begins in the [car brand partner vehicle], and where the journey leads is up to you.
