Hello, friends!
So far it has been a great summer, just like I planned! I have spent many an afternoon at the pool, laying out, reading, and swimming, of course. I really love just to relax and lay out with friends and catch up. I've been reading a bit, but just some silly chick lit. I would love some suggestions on some good summer reads!
Last week I did something that I am very proud of. One of the local playhouses had a "Pay What You Can" evening. It had been a while since I had seen any theater performances, and it was cheap, so I figured why not? Problem was, there wasn't anyone that really wanted to go with me. I had all these scenarios in my mind about weird people sitting next to me, or getting a parking spot miles away and having to walk by myself in a not so great part of town... The possibilities of the ways it could go wrong or somehow I would be embarrassed were endless.
Then I got to thinking that I should just go. So what I was doing it on my own! I should use that to empower me, not hold me back. So I went. By myself. And I LOVED it! The play was really great. It's called Death Trap. Apparently it's the theater version of an old 80's movie or something. The people that sat next to me were smelly, and a little weird, but that's ok! It did it by myself.
So now I'm not fearful of doing other things by myself. Other things I'm looking forward to doing solo-style: free concerts in the park, cheap movies at the Orpheum, trying out yoga for the first time...
What about you? Any fears holding you back that you wish to overcome? Don't let YOU hold YOURSELF back!
