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My biggest challenge this year was during the summer. I was working as a superintendent for some rental houses that my mother owns and underneath one of them was a broken drain pipe.

This pipe drained directly from the shower, and as the house was suspended off the ground a foot or two, I had to crawl underneath it to fix it. The only accessible entrance was a hole about the size of a shoebox.

I dug around it to make it bigger, and finally was able to fit my head inside. As one might expect, the area under the house was dark, wet (from the leak) and there were spiders and other bugs all over, not to mention the possibility of snakes.

I finally wriggled underneath the house and was able to find the leak. It was simple enough to fix, but having to swallow my apprehension at getting wet and crawling around all those creepy-crawlies was quite a challenge.

Although this only took an afternoon and wasn’t a major disaster in my life or even this year, it still was one of the largest challenges, and one that I learned from and that I’ll remember for years to come.

My biggest challenge not only for this, but for the past year, was keeping my girlfriend happy. I know this doesn’t seem like much, but anyone who has lived with someone who suffers from depression knows how big of a challenge this is. I am constantly thinking of new and creative ways to change her daily routine. The last thing that worked was getting her to help me in designing furniture. She is really creative and gives me a lot out-of-the-box ideas. I hope this will last longer, cause it makes me happy too. The struggle continues, but I will never give up.

After fearing the loss of my mother, a widower, since childhood, I received the call I’d dreaded for forty-plus years.

Reality denial is not possible when the woman who gave you birth and sacrificed, in every way, to create possibilities, has exhaled her final breath.

I made all of the arrangements, considered every detail, had her dressed in my own clothes, and wrote her eulogy…and delivered it, all with dignity and grace.

For the both of us.

Life is sincerely one challenge after another. Ceaseless, without end. Until the end.

Mom always said one must live for the living.
I am not only a product of her love, but a testament to the resiliency and strength of the human spirit, in the face of the greatest loss.

Swimming with the children, feeling the warmth of the sun caressing my skin, I inhale then submerge only to re-emerge. And gladly take my next inhalation. Because I can. Because I’m still here.

My biggest challenge not only for this, but for the past 3 years, was keeping my girlfriend happy. I know this doesn’t seem like much, but anyone who has lived with someone who suffers from depression knows how big of a challenge this is. I am constantly thinking of new and creative ways to change her daily routine. The last thing that worked was getting her to help me in designing furniture. She is really creative and gives me a lot out-of-the-box ideas. I hope this will last longer, cause it makes me happy too. The struggle continues, but I will never give up.

For a long time I do the same with my partners. First I connect with them in a special way, I guess like everyone. But after a while, when the couple is established and the euphoria of the early going, I rests in this fact and I did not care of every detail. My biggest challenge this year and for a while, since I’ve been with my current partner, has been to keep this concern for the care of every detail and take care of consciously to maintain that “joy” in the couple, as if the first day, despite the problems daily living.
I think keeping that first spark is hard work for the two people who form a couple, but worth it to feel more full and complete at the end of each day.

For a long time I did the same with my partners. First I connected with them in a special way, I guess like everyone. But after a while, when the couple is established and the euphoria of the early going, I rests in this fact and I did not care of every detail. My biggest challenge this year and for a while, since I’ve been with my current partner, has been to keep this concern for the care of every detail and take care of consciously to maintain that “joy” in the couple, as if the first day, despite the problems daily living.
I think keeping that first spark is hard work for the two people who form a couple, but worth it to feel more full and complete at the end of each day.

Biggest challenge not only this year, but always is to make my woman horny. An here come LELO to help me do that.

My biggest challenge this year has been trying to stay on my feet after losing my job. It was hard to keep things going and having my kids still not want for anything they needed. And the hardest part is the stress and struggle and not letting my kids see it affect me.

My biggest challenge this year was to cope with my GF going away for 6 months to study one semester in Europe. We were able to overcome the problems which accompanied her absence and now she’s back home with me!

My biggest challenge this year was stepping up into a management role for 9 months whilst they tried to fill the role. Having worked on a factory floor for 16 years and never really considered what they (managers) actually did, it was an experience that I shall never forget. I learnt a lot more about my company and how they come to decisions and have a greater knowledge now, for the better. Now I’m back on the floor with my work mates, I can pass on some of those learnings and make our work place better. In struggling times it is great to be given an opportunity and take it in a positive way. This is similar to Lelo’s design of the Tiani in aiming to make something better to suit everyone.

My biggest chellange this year was the step into a career as a freelancer and not to get lost or poor while tryin’ to keep the relationship with my best friend, the women i love, alive. I’m stil dealing with this situation but found a good way to find the balance between love and career… i stopped trying to be the most best and perfect Illustrator alive by working 24/7 and just be a man who do the things he loves the way he loves.
Life’s to short just tryin… so i do my work as best as i can, keep gettin’ better, going into the future and have my first official Date with my, hopefuly, former best friend at the day before Christmas after 11 years of friendship…

or maybe finding a nice and elegant present for her is more chellanging… can’t give a girlfriend the same gift a best friend would get, I’ll see

Wish me luck…^^

My biggest challenge has been trying to prepare myself for a transition from the military to a civilian career during a time when the job market is extremely tight. Many of my military-leaned skills have absolutely not civilian use making much of the past 8 years useless. The one bright spot I have day to day is my wife who has been with me through deployments and injuries and who still spices things up at home.

My biggest change this year was moving to china, where my primary and only language was english, i had to preper my self for the trip i was embarking on in studdig there language and history.

after a 3 short months or preperation i was over there, all 6 foot 3 inches 175 pounds of me, i stook out like a sour tumb and when comunicating with local tender and sales man i always felt like i was getting the back hand of every deal.

but after living here for some time i have grown to love it

My biggest challenge in 2011 was admitting to myself that I had a burnout and then overcoming it. After denying the signs of the burnout for almost one year, I finally broke down in June. While this was hard, it helped me to finally admit that things needed to change. I went on sick leave for several weeks, something I have never done before except the one or two days when I had a cold or a fever. Even though I was depressed at that time, I made myself go out to enjoy the countryside, do yoga, or meet with old friends and family to get a connection with myself again. I’m still struggling with too high expectations and fear regarding my career, but knowing the signs of stress better now, I manage to relax and engage in other activities than work. What a nice tool the TIANI would be to help me with that!

Last January I moved away from the east coast to the midwest leaving behind friends, family and a good job in hopes that the job I was taking would be even better. The biggest challenge with this whole relocation was that I was leaving my girlfriend back on the east coast.
It all added up to a very lonely couple of months which only left me thinking if I had made the right move. But thanks to her staying with me and helping me through the transition through countless phone calls and visits I am glad to now call Chicago my home.
We are also now closer then ever and hopefully she’ll follow me out here in a few months. But it would be awesome to give her somthing to keep her company until I can.

While trying to deal with my organic chemistry/physics classes, trying to raise money for a nonprofit organization, and earn money to pay for college, its not to easy to have to much time for my girlfriend.
Even so, i put in time and essential dont sleep so i can do all these things. It would make my day a lot easier though if i could win the Tiani to show my girlfriend i really care about her and her pleasure.

My and my wifes biggest challenge for the year would have to be dealing with a move to Kauai. I work on Oahu a neighboring island and have to commute every week for work. We live with my wifes mother as she helps us to watch our 2 year old daughter. Part of the reason we are living with her Mom is due to the fact that we had to put her father in a home due to early on set dementia. We are also building an extension on my mother in-laws house so that when we apply her father for medicare/medicaid the government cant put a lean on the house, because an adult child is using it a a primary residence.
It breaks my heart every time I have to say good by to my ladies as the little one normally cries. Even though I am only gone for a week at a time I feels like an eternity. That being said when I do go back home I try to spend as much time as I can just being with them and focusing on nothing else. Needless to say the time I have alone with my wife is very important to our relationship. It can be hard to find that special time when you live with your mother in-law and have a 2yr old running around. This would be an amazing gift and a nice boost to our special times, as time is of the essence when we are alone cause we just never know when someone is going to pop into our room.
Not to bore you with the details but this move and transition into our new living situation has been rather challenging.

As far as the solution I don’t know that I will ever overcome the sadness that comes from hearing my little girl scream Papa as I drive away. For everything else the solution is simple focus on whats important, believe that everything is going to be okay, knowing that I have a family that loves me, a wife that supports me and is always there for me even when I just want to hear her voice at 6:00am is everything. Aloha From Hawaii.

My biggest challenge was completing my masters, making it over the top. I did.

My biggest struggle has been my chronic irritable bowel syndrome. I know this is something most people find it hard to talk about, as I used to be also. But digestive health is very important. Unfortunately I’ve had a hard time with this. For some reason, unknown to me or my doctors I have chronic constipation, that causes me great pain almost every day. It often hinders daily life, and causes great discomfort. However, things are looking up and seem to be getting better, and we are on the way to discovering my best treatment plan. Luckily, through all of this I have had an amazing partner by my side the entire time. He has never let me down, and stays by my side whenever things get a little hairy. This would give us something to enjoy together. Also, the push to make a difference in this world makes my days brighter every day. I love to help people, and my job lets me do that. So even though life is hard sometimes, I know that the future holds promise.

My greatest challenge was to find the right man for me, and fall in love with him. And it happened, not without problems, still working on our relationship, but we’ve fallen in love, and it is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me.

Biggest challenge was telling my family that I had cancer. I was far more concerned about them than I was about me. Much angst and many tears later, I am new one kidney short and healthy.

Hello Yanko Design,

I’m interested in the prize for the week. Though I am a guy, this quality of bedroom toy would be a great gift for a present or future girlfriend. Just can’t say no!

This year my biggest challenge was leaving work for coming back to University and pushing through my former shortcomings where I had lacked in the previous years. It’s tough to change your life in any area field in a short or long period of time. I’ve been dealing with this challenge of learning like I do most of life’s trials. Striving through and doing your best while thinking on the bright side; this has worked for me elsewhere in the past and luckily it has applied successfully to most places for my life thus far.

This toy is great, the man who designed it seems to remind me of James Bond somewhat and that image I hope to live up to at least someday. Yanko, I would love to share with a Love, this Super Sexy Toy. Please pick me, that has been a this year’s challenge.

Thank you,

-Luke

The biggest challenge I have had this year was the loss of my fiance in may to a hit and run motorcycle accident… 6 days after he proposed to me…. the last 7 months have been very rough we are going through the trials for the man who ran the stop sign that resulted in his death. How have I over come this challenge?? I don’t believe I ever will, but I find strength to continue going on knowing he is with me in everything I do, and in the keeping faith that we will be together again when we are ment to be…

The biggest challenge I faced this year was deciding to remain in the same city as my girlfriend as she finishes school, or to start a career elsewhere. We’ve been in a long distance relationship (that’s how it began) and after a year of that I never wanted to do it again, but because I’m a few years older, by the time I venture out to start a career, it will be much later than peers my own age. I have decided to stay, wanting the relationship to survive more than anything.

This year’s challenge was fading out of two jobs and preparing starting a new career, in order to being able to move to where my girlfriend lives, ending 3 years of commuting between two distant cities (which didn’t make work easier). This also involved getting rid of two apartments and finding a new bigger one for the two of us. next year should be far more relaxed and harmonic. with or without toys .

my biggest challenge this year was a family member who was terminally ill. I cared for them until their passing.

I fell in love with a woman I had no chance of ever being with, but I tried anyway. I spent as much time with her as I can, showed her things she’d never seen before (of a geeky nature), and gave her a view of the world she’d never experience otherwise. Earlier this year, I got the nerve to ask her out. She agreed. We’ve been dating for a year now, and I plan on asking her to marry me on New Year’s Eve. In the meantime, this would be an excellent little surprise until the big moment

My biggest and longest running challenge carried on for longer than just this year. I was involved with a physically and emotionally abusive boyfriend for several years. I became withdrawn, self conscious and needless to say depressed and incredibly unhappy.
Finally, with the support of close friends and family, I was able to pull away from him completely. It took changing my number, address and email but I’m FREE!
I’m now reconnecting with all the old friends I wasn’t allowed to see while under the possessive watch of my ex; and making new friends as well. In fact, I’ve met a wonderful guy who treats me like a princess and encourages me to do all the things I’d dreamed of doing that I didn’t think possible before.
My confidence and happiness is steadily rising every day and it’s thanks to all the people who TRULY love and appreciate me [including my new boyfriend ] I’m so happy now; I’d almost forgotten what it felt like. Thanks for saving me honey! <3