After the Fast

Overall this was a great learning experience. I didn't realize how much of an effect it would have on me, I assumed it would be like any other day minus the food. However it had much more of an effect on me than I realized, so it certainly puts things in to perspective when thinking about people all over the world go through days like this not by choice but because they don't have food. The 24 hour fast was a difficult challenge for me, only having water to get yourself though those times of hunger is much more tough than I had originally thought. Starting the 24 hours I figured it would be a quick 24 hours of my life, but it seemed to drag on forever, especially once the thought of hunger consumed me. As far as lessons learned I think it was more of a dose of reality for me, we chose to not think about the hard realities of life like people starving everyday. Putting myself in the shoes of those people, even for the short amount of time I did, made me realize that this is much more serious problem than people like to think. No person should be short of food, but the reality is that there are millions who are. Maybe if more people were able to see a different perspective like we have through the hunger challenge, than maybe more people would be willing to contribute to the fight against hunger. All in all I really enjoyed doing this project, much more so than I anticipated, I learned much more than I thought and it had much more of an impact than I ever could have guessed. Made the first meal after the fast seem like the most amazing food in the world.