In the meantime, I've been spending lots of time hunting my monsters in different ways... like this one: I ran Bay to Breakers yesterday!
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| Bay Bridge, Morning, San Francisco. |
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| Don't know who this Jack was, but he was excited. I'm on the right. Next to the bunny... |
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| Friends! Getting ready to run! |
I never thought I was a runner... never thought that one day I would run more than 7 miles and still have any energy at the end of it... Apparently that's only mental! Because after working toward it, training and making myself get out there, even when I was nervous and less than confident in myself, I succeeded!
No I wasn't the best. I didn't WIN the race, but I ran it. I finished it. I finished well. I'm hoping to translate some of the lessons I'm learning through running about myself and my will power to the other areas of my life that I love and care about (like my art and my writing).
I'll go into more detail on some of those lessons later... they'll be worth unpacking here, I think.
What do you challenge yourself to do? What puts you out of your comfort zone and teaches you something about yourself?
I've been learning to dance, and it's been a lot of fun, but it definitely puts me out of my comfort zone. And Bay to Breakers is crazy! I love how everyone gets all dressed up in costumes for it (I'm a big fan of costumes though).
ReplyDeleteI haven't pushed myself out of my comfort zone in a while... realizing I'm overdue! Hey when did I miss that you work at Entangled? And did I see you jumping a pretty golden horse on your google+ page? I think you need to share more about yourself here... I want more details :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Margo! Short answer, I've worked on and off for Entangled for a couple of years now. They're just one of my editing clients. And I photoed my friend jumping the pretty golden pony, but yes, I do ride. :) I'll post something from life one of these days!
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