Do Something Once a Week That Makes You Slightly Uncomfortable.

Eleanor Roosevelt was an admirable woman who was an inspiration to the public in
the 1940’s. I highly respect her for her strength, perseverance, and paving the way for
future First Ladies. A close friend of mine recently sent me one of her thought provoking
quotes. “Do Something Once a Day that Scares You.”

A few days after receiving this quote, I found that it was still floating around in my head.

How could my life change if I try to do this?

By doing something every day that scares me, could I build courage?

Could I build character?

I decided to do it.

It has been a couple of weeks now and I am concerned that it has lead me to be neurotic, paranoid and I may have even increased my blood pressure. Every single day, I set out to do something that scares
me.

Yesterday, I leaped down a staircase in heels. I landed it, but it left me in a sweat and frankly a little lightheaded. The day before yesterday, I didn’t stop at any red traffic lights while running errands on my lunch break. I just powered through them ferociously like Seabiscuit eyeing the finish line.

Other attempts at doing something once a day that scares me have been walking outdoors with a golf club high in the air during a lightening storm, standing in the mailroom at work opening my bosses’ mail and reading it out loud, and drinking a cup of lake water while out on a canoe.

I’m starting to question the theory of this challenge.

At this rate, I will soon be sick, unemployed, in the hospital, or dead. I am therefore changing Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote to “Do Something Once a Week That Makes You Feel Slightly Uncomfortable”.

This is a much safer option for me while still helping me reach outside of my comfort zone.

About the Author:

Jill Canning is a thrillseeker with a guitar strapped to her back that grew up in a small hut in Argentina. Okay, more like a suburban home in New Jersey and an aspiration to learn the harmonica. Jill has perpetual Grass Is Greener Syndrome (GIGS), goes too far out of her way for good pizza, and is unsuccessfully trying to quit marathon running. She lives in a small northwestern town in Colorado until her heart pulls her someplace else.