This year I achieved the impossible - getting the Apple Watch Monthly Activity Challenge badge every month for the full year!

This is an achievement not so much because of getting the badge each month, although that does deserve a big pat on the back. These badges vary month on month so can be anything from reaching a certain number of exercise minutes each day, or walking a certain number of kilometres in the month. The variety keeps it interesting and motivating, and some are much harder than others!

But no, the real achievement is squeezing this past the vigilent eyes of Mr C. For the last few years he has banned me from attempting to get a full calendar year of badges, because he’s the Grinch. No, because I get a bit carried away sometimes and it’s entirely possible we have previously been working out last minute on New Year’s Eve desperately trying to get a badge.

I did previously achieve this in 2020 helped by lockdown, and since then have been encouraged not to get the badge in January, so as to write off the possibility of a full year achievement right from the start. I wasn’t intending to get all twelve this year, but realised recently that it was a task that could be done - and wahey, here we are… way before New Year’s Eve.

Not sure I’ll get away with it for a second year running though, so let’s just enjoy the badges now.