(this post is part of a challenge I’m doing where I go 30 days of November doing something that scares me, challenges me, or just is outside of my comfort zone, you can view the start of this here: 30 Days of Embracing YES )
Sorry this is late, I fell asleep last night writing it.
Day 3 was hard. I didn’t know what to do and the anxiety of deciding what to do frustrated me. I felt like maybe this challenge was a little much seeing as finding something EVERY DAY was going to be difficult. I went through all of yesterday not really knowing what to do because I had a lot of things going on. I worked 9 hours, then I had to watch the Seahawks game, then family pictures at sunset, and I already made plans pre-challenge with my friend Jessica to go out to my favorite sushi restaurant in Seattle! The day was filled and my challenge juice was weak. I realize that the reason I chose to do a 30 day embrace YES challenge is because I often make excuses that bring my life all down to one word: No. I create so many excuses out of fear that I had no choice to embrace today whole-heartedly with a YES.
One thing I realized is that it doesn’t really matter what I do in this month long challenge, all that matters is that I am spinning my brain with more thought…I’m letting my days be filled with more MEANING and more joy.
So the day went on and I made sure to enjoy the time I had with my family…I like to come over there on Sundays and watch football and have dinner. We watched the game together then went to take pictures at sunset. It was so beautiful out and of course, I whipped into yoga poses…and shortly after, my competitive Aries father decided to show me his lovely dancer’s pose. Here are a couple of our pictures:
It was so much fun!!! Dad also helped me decide some future November ideas! One that was brought up was that I go to McDonalds and buy 10-20 Dollar Menu burgers and tape little notes or quotes to each of them and pass them out to the homeless so that’s on my list. We also did a few more yoga poses and I finally got into ashtavakrasana! A pose I haven’t even tried before but nailed it at my parents.
Later when I got to dinner with Jess, we decided that sometime this week or next that we were going to volunteer to feed the homeless! I have more ideas but you will see them rise as the month goes on:)
And last but not least, after all the help from co-workers, family, and friends about possible ideas; I realized that I wanted to make one last decision. Hire a goal coach! I’m talking the lovely Jacki Carr. I have been following this fabulous lulu wearing bliss-lover for about a year now on Instagram and Facebook and know that she does goal/life coach sessions via phone so I said why not! I shot her an email and got response from her this morning while I was at work:
I’m going to set up the 30 minute session and buy another hour session and we will go from there! Either way it’s day 3 and my challenge was asking for help…something I never do because I never ever ask for help…and sometimes life becomes more harmonious when we are all united together. That’s when we are at our strongest points.
