It's been a lovely October. The weather has been unusually warm until two days ago. Now it's simply unusually cold. But looking past the frost bitten blades of grass on my lawn, I am so amped for Halloween. Each year I promise myself I will get all dolled up and make plans to attend several hundred parties. And each year I never do it. This year is no exception, however what excites me is prospect of handing out candy to the trick or treaters! It's so cheesy but I love little people (aka children)! So the idea of little people dressed up in cute little people costumes is so adorable!
Side bar: I realize how absolutely girly it is to be enamoured by children and parties, but what can I say. I love what I love!
So as I spoke of before, I spent my October doing a Fearless Challenge where I spent 30 days tackling the things I fear on a regular basis. The challenge extraordinarily went well. I can not say that I am absolutely fearless when it comes to certain things that make me a bit paranoid. The point is that I now have the courage to approach certain things that I typically avoided before.
For instance I have a fear of:
Awkward pauses. So much so that I try to avoid being the person who initiates conversations and phone calls. I just hate it when I say something and am returned with a blank stare. So embarrassing. But now, i don't care. When I sense the awkward pause I keep talking or start breaking into dance (and yes I'm am very serious I really broke into dance).
Being around people who don't like me. I'm sure I'm not the only person who contemplates walking in the other direction when seeing someone we know dislikes us. Their very presence makes my skin crawl. Yet I managed to feign niceties with my adversaries. As the saying goes keep your friends close...
Acting like a fool. I am so self conscious that I embarrass easily. I kid you not when I say I probably would die if I were asked to conduct an impromptu skit. I simply hate being the center of attention. I gave it a whirl and found out that it's not as bad as it seems (did I mention I break into dance to avoid the awkward pauses? LMAO. Cracks me up every time!)
And that's just a sample of the plethora of fears I have. Cheers for anyone else who decided to be fearless this October! Happy Halloween!
xxx
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