So I’ve decided that 2018 is the year to step out of the box for me.  To do some things that scare me.  The first of those was cutting my hair (more on that in a bit) and the second of those is this blog.  So that got me thinking… what does it take to push past our comfort zones?  Why do so many people fail to ever do it?  And what’s different about the people who do?  In the next couple of posts we’ll talk more about that.  But about that hair…

For me, this is a BIG deal.  I am 36 years old and I have never, and I mean, NEVER had hair shorter than the middle of my back.  Ok, maybe after a trim it might have been closer to my shoulder blades, but honestly, I’ve really never had a different hair style than the one I was given by my amazing mother years upon years ago.  Talk about a comfort zone! I once cut a short layer and felt like badass… and then I looked in the mirror and cried.  I’ve never done anything significant to my hair since then.  This year, though, I cut my hair.  Now to some people it’s not THAT short… and that’s true, it’s not. But to me it felt like I was heading in to have my hair shaved off.  But I did it, and luckily, this time, I loved it.

Hopefully, you all will also love my next comfort zone leap which is this blog.  This one is arguably the scarier of the two.  Blogs are so vulnerable.  They are your words, thoughts, and emotions… just out there.  For people to read.  To judge.  To mock.  Or, God willing, for people to love.  To acquire inspiration from.  To gain some hope or some joy from.  Or maybe just to laugh along with.  Hopefully there will be more of the latter… but we shall see.  Either way, here I am and here we go.  I am terrified and yet excited all at the same time.  I have come to realize along my life’s path that some of my greatest learning experiences have come when the mix of those two emotions were present.  I have taken some big leaps in my life.  Some have sent me soaring… more have had a mild, ok at times hard, crash landing.  But they all had a purpose in moving me forward to where I needed to be next.

So in honor of my jump into the unknown of blogging; the next few posts will follow this theme of comfort zones and facing fears.  I’m excited to share my thoughts on all of this with you, but I’m even more excited to hear back from people who read this.  Please use the contact page on this site to send me messages… tell me about what leaps you have taken, how did they work out, what did you learn from it, etc.  I would love to hear from you!