Time to take you on!
This blog has been a long time in the making. I’ve always processed life by writing. First of all by journaling since I was a kid. More recently, by typing up what I’ve dubbed ‘My Articles’.
I never wanted to blog. (Because that’s scary, right? To put one’s self out there for the entire world to dissect? No thanks.) Nevertheless, here we are. I’ve finally become brave enough to do exactly that.
This is the first of what [I trust] will be many blog posts. Stay tuned!
I know there are thousands of great blogs, YouTube channels and Podcasts out there that say a lot of the same stuff I will iterate, and this can be intimidating. But I am reminded that “everyone has a voice, and each one is unique”.
If just one person can be inspired and changed by what is written on these pages, then I will have accomplished what I’ve set out to do.
Something I’ve been ruminating on this week is Comfort Boxes.
By default, our human nature is to stagnate. To be complacent. To build comfort boxes and maintain them.
We prefer to avoid hard things.
If we want to achieve success, we must choose a mindset of growth. An attitude that says: “No matter what I face, I will learn something through this and be a better person because of it.”
Last week I had opportunity to exercise this very thing of ‘breaking a comfort box’.
Our CrossFit gym hosted their very first in-house competition. My husband signed up more than a month ago and had already been practicing the assigned workouts. I told myself: “There is no way I’m ready to take part in a competition. I’ve only started CrossFit 6 months ago and I’m still trying to figure out all the different movements and names that go with those movements! I can’t even do a strict pull-up yet!”
Nevertheless, five days before the competition, one of the coaches asked Dave if I’d be willing to partner up with one of the women who needed a partner. I never said “No” but Dave said “Yep, she’ll do it!”
I faced moments of anxiety all week long.
Saturday, the day of the competition arrived and I am too nervous to eat anything.
The event starts and the first heat did their assigned workout. Jackie and I were in the last heat, so we got to watch everyone else do it first. Halfway into that first round I realized “This is actually so much fun!”
Ok, so working out doesn’t always feel good and I rarely think “Oh what feelings of joy doing Burpees brings me!”
All in all, the entire event was jolly good fun and each competing team did an amazing job in the workouts. I felt honored to be a small piece of this community.
And guess what? Jackie and I actually landed #1 in the Women’s Division! How awesome is that? I am over-the-moon excited about this. =)
Just think of what I would’ve missed if I had refused to move past my comfort zone. Busting comfort-boxes is always hard, but ultimately satisfying.
So, get out there and bust some comfort boxes this week!
No matter the season you find yourself in, do something that you’ve never done before or been too scared to try.
You got this!