Tatyana Rik

Getting up in the morning... Oh, God! I’m a night owl. I did the previous tasks until three in the morning. And getting up at 6.20! I didn’t even undress. In a wheelchair it was further complicated by the fact that my old wheelchair had broken down completely and the new one wasn’t working yet, so to go outside I also had to get my relatives up an hour earlier, and I couldn’t allow myself that — they don’t get enough sleep as it is. And anyway — it’s my training, why should they suffer? But fortunately, I at least managed the getting up (twice: the first time I posted the video via a link, but you didn’t see it and didn’t count it, so I got up again), and that was an important experience too. I realized that I can. And when the task came — to run with your eyes closed, I had already fixed the wheelchair and went outside.

And it was just great! I suddenly realized I could not care less what people would say about me (since I can’t see them). That it’s very interesting — to go without eyes. That your head spins terribly and you drift to the right. But it’s so cool!!! And this again — overcoming yourself and going beyond your own boundaries. Thank you!

The interview with a millionaire. I wasn’t the one who prepared it, although I already had ideas on how to do it. But others did it better than me. My discovery — there are many of them. And they are interesting, purposeful people. Before, they were like Martians to me — they exist somewhere, but where is unknown. I didn’t see them. Now I have.

And as for raising money, now I know how it’s done. And if need be — I can do it again.