In 2014, I sat down to write my very first blog post. I was still trying to piece together who I was and what I wanted my life to become. I’d left my banking job in 2013, taken a “gap year” to travel, explore, and breathe — but eventually, the big questions found me again. What am I doing? Where am I going? What do I want my life to be? Tough Girl Challenges was born out of that space of uncertainty, curiosity, and deep desire for change.

Melanie, ‘Mel’ is coming up to her 3rd Year on The Great Trail in Canada.   Mel 44, started her journey on June 2, 2017. She began in Cape