100DAYSOFDIPS! Grainne Binns

*86 DAYS IN NOW! 2 WEEKS TO GO! I am so happy i decided to challenge myself again this year! I thought I'd give ye a quick update and firstly say thanks to everyone who has already donated or supported/shared in anyway! Almost half way to go and I am still confident we can smash the target of 1k! With that I thought I would let you know where your donations are going. I have chosen three charities

1. Flossie and the Beach cleaners

https://flossieandthebeachcleaners.com/

2. Womens Aid

https://www.womensaid.ie/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAsvWrBhC0ARIsAO4E6f9m47IizgYyTHJS9H2hq7_7ibZLrSkvUqc2l-jrS20MMZKTH3d-8F4aAt_WEALw_wcB

3. Jigsaw

https://jigsaw.ie/

14 days to go lets do it!!!!!*

I am Gráinne and I am a huge fan of spending time in or by the sea. Having spent the winter in Bali in 2021 last year I decided to set myself the challenge of 30 days of getting into the sea during the month of October as a way to encourage myself to keep going on the coldest/darkest months of the year.

It then turned into a 100 day challenge that I wrapped up mid January. During this time it also became a lot more to me than just a way of keeping myself in the sea. I was going through a really tough time and had some of my lowest moments I'd had in years. The Challenge became a personal goal, a way to hold myself accountable and to show up for myself every single day. Because of that I decided to keep it as something I just did for myself. I gained so much from it - Of course I was reaping all of the rewards that come with cold water swimming but it also became a social thing, meeting and chatting with people i'd probably never speak with otherwise, chatting to the local coffee shops wherever I swam and it also gave me a huge sense of discipline in other areas of my life that I still come back to when I find myself in challenging moments outside of my comfort zone.

This year I feel extremely grateful to be in a much better place but I want to do the challenge again and to give myself more accountability as well as try to give all of the benefits I got from it to other people I have decided to try and get as many people as possible involved as well as try to raise as much money as possible to split across some charities that help to keep the coasts clean as well as some mental health and women's charities.

All I ask is you donate as little or as much as you possibly can and join us in doing the challenge using the hashtag #100daysofdips when you share a snap of you doing your dip on insta! I also know every single day just isn't a do-able possibility for everyone so if you can't get to the sea, river, lake or body or water a cold shower or plunge pool counts all the same! It's just about doing your best!

If you cannot make a donation join one of the beach cleans i'll be running over the next few months or pick up 5 pieces of rubbish when leaving the beach. (I also encourage this with a donation lol).

I will go into further details on chosen charities in the next few weeks!

Go Raibh Mile,

Grainne