Monday, July 29, 2013

My birthday post


I decided to participate in the start experiment lead by Jon Acuff. The theory is that fear hates community and we were asked to take a risk and just get started. Sounded easy enough. Choose my risk and off I went: write in my blog everyday and finish the autobiography for my adoption. I had these grand ideas and then life happened.

Life as in fear: one assignment write down your fears so I did and the next one: write down the truth under your fears. Did that one.

As I worked on the assignments nothing really changed for me until July 26 when I watched a video that Jon put in the FB Start group and something clicked. I was waiting for my confidence to kick in and that won't happen till I start.

So I asked myself what is the worst thing that can happen: I fail. Is that all you for me universe? Really. You realize that you're speaking to the chick that survived a ruptured brain aneurysm and cancer. I should have this right?

So I thought what else: fear. Fear is holding me back. I was sitting there and thinking I have a safety net: my family and friends. The one's who were there cheering me on as I recovered. They will be there no matter what. Back to Jon for moment who said: fear hates community. I have that. So I realize I got this.


Now just to do it. Taking the rest of the day off to celebrate turning 45 and will tackle that mountain first thing Tuesday morning.  

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