I recently realized that I have become very serious. I read super serious books, I listen to serious podcasts, and I watch crime dramas. I find myself laughing less easily, and getting more easily irritated with strangers (like the person in front of me in the checkout line at the grocery store who is taking forever!!). I am sweating the small stuff! Intellectually, I know that the little irritants are silly and not worth getting upset over, but in the moment I left them get to me. I've decided that I need to make some changes!
I started a new project where I asked a bunch of friends to dare me to do something fun (because everyone needs more fun in their lives and I need to lighten up) and then I'll blog about each experience (I'm always looking for writing inspiration). I told everyone that I would do whatever they dared me to do- the only stipulations were that I won't be naked in public and I won't jump out of an airplane- otherwise I'm game.
So far the suggestions folks have responded with are:
- take a salsa dancing lesson,
- take a cooking class or motorcycle repair class or home repair class,
- walk around Chicago telling strangers embarrassing stories about myself and see if they will share some with me,
- I was dared to have fun on an upcoming job interview,
- And I was dared to go camping alone!
I'm still waiting for 7 people to get back to me so this could get interesting!
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