Final minutes

Well, it's about half 11 now so just minutes before the official end of our challenge. Unusually for me I am still wide awake with not much prospect of sleep for a while. I'm trying hard to resist a trip down to the kitchen at 1 minute passed midnight for the luxury of popping a grape into my mouth. I feel as though it would be more significant to do that than to wait for morning and just slip back into my old routine. I think I will be making some changes to my eating and drinking habits. I really think I ought to try and drink less alcohol. I'm shamed to confess I'm a bit of a binge drinker, or at least I have been known to overindulge in vast quantities, which is perhaps starting to seem a little adolescent not to mention way above my job seekers budget. So I am going to make a conscious effort not to drink lots of alcohol all in one go, but since a glass of red wine is scientifically proven to be good for you it seems silly to give up entirely. I am also going to eat much less fat. I like fatty foods, they taste good, but on the whole they are unnecessary. Like alcohol I won't give up entirely-cake is in my life for good, deal with it- I'm just going to make a conscious effort to cut down. 
I set out to do this challenge to raise awareness of the fact that millions of people are living off less than £1 a day. I'm not sure I've done that. Another reason to take this challenge though is to have a personal experience, to learn something about yourself and to become more personally aware of the challenges millions of people around the world face. The funny thing is I've also not done that to the extent that I expected. The problem is that most of the time, between other thoughts I would have had anyway, I've mostly been thinking about food, the lack of food, what foods I would like to eat, and there is something else...oh yeah, that I'm hungry. I've ended up doing what we all do every day, think about myself. We can't blame ourselves for that, I am important to me after all. What is interesting is the impact being able to go back to eating and drinking what I like will have. I think that I'm going to be more aware of people's deprivation and their lack of choice and their hunger when I am no longer deprived or hungry myself. Over the next few days whenever I switch on the kettle, grab a snack from the cupboard or enjoy a pint I'm going to think about the 1.4 billion people that have very little choice and can't ever do those things.