Archive for March, 2010
Look What I Found!
So I was rummaging through my bag the other day, minding my own business when what do I stumble upon but a loose piece of paper. I wasn’t sure what it was or how it got in there, but I decided to open it up and see what it said.
It said, “You are Wonderful!” There was also a little heart drawn in on the side.
At first I thought, “Hmm… that’s odd. Must be a note I wrote to someone during my Random Acts of Kindness weeks.” At that point I was going to discard it. But then I took another look. Read More…
March 31, 2010
Tags: Kindness, Note Posted in: Random Acts of Kindness 
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Goal Suspended: Cure for Boredom
As much as I hate to do this, I have to be completely honest with you all.
Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances (mostly the fact that we both now have jobs), Moe and I are unable to continue our goal of having fun every weekend. Not that we won’ have fun, but we won’t be able to plan it as… well, planned.
Truthfully, I never really had a clear plan for when the goal would end, so in a way, I could just say I achieved it and move on. However, this is not like me.
Instead, I have determined to have one last hurrah, so to speak. Though I don’t know what it will be or when it will happen, I will let you know when it does.
I think the worst part about suspending the goal it that the reason is because we are both too busy with work. The whole point was to escape from work life! Alas, life happens…
I will continue to work on anxiety. In fact, one way to do this is to invite people to do fun things with me each week! 
We’ll see what happens.
March 26, 2010
Tags: Fun, Life, Work Posted in: Cure for Boredom No Comments
Push Ups: Mission Complete!!
After performing my final push-up workout in February, I resolved to continue with the program until I was able to do 100 consecutive push-ups, even though I had gone over my time limit.
And it brings me great joy to say that, after seven hard weeks, my goal has been achieved!!
To be honest, I did cheat a little bit. I was supposed to perform 100 push-ups consecutively, without breaks. I ended up having to take a few breaks in order to get to 100; though, each one was only about 5 seconds long. Since the breaks were only seconds long, and since I would have never been able to even get close to 100 prior to the work-out, I’m going to go ahead and call that success. Read More…
March 22, 2010
Tags: Persistence, Push Ups, Success Posted in: 100 Push Ups No Comments
Spring Break Reflection
As a result of my recent spring break excursions, I’m really starting to feel huge improvements on the social anxiety front. I’ve begun to realize after conversations with people how calm I’ve been. I haven’t freaked out when in uncomfortable situations and I haven’t felt the usual discomfort of not knowing what to say.
In terms of my anxiety goals, I already seemed to have knocked out 1) Speaking audibly and 3) Holding conversations. I have also noticed that I am more comfortable greeting people (though this is still a struggle), so I figure I can continue to focus on goal #2. Read More…
March 16, 2010
Tags: Anxiety, Goals, Social Anxiety Posted in: Conquer Anxiety 2 Comments
Boredom (Week 6 & 7): Spring Break
Hello all!
Back from my spring break and I’m feeling quite rested, which is great! I feel like I got a lot accomplished, but I also had a lot of fun, so big success there.
I suppose the big question on your minds is “what did you do?!”
The Answer: too much to say in one sentence, so here goes… Read More…
March 16, 2010
Tags: Dancing, Marriage, Spring Break, Wedding Posted in: Cure for Boredom One Comment
Anxiety Goals
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my social anxiety, and how it’s effected my quality of life. And in order to make the path to recovery more clear, I decided that it would be best to compile a list of specific things I wanted to work on.
As I mentioned in The Benefits of Introspection, it is helpful to identify all of the aspects of yourself you want to change and then work on them one at a time. Since social anxiety is a huge undertaking in and of itself, it makes sense to break it down further.
The following are the factors that I’ve decided to work on. Read More…
March 5, 2010
Tags: Anxiety, Goals, Plan Posted in: Conquer Anxiety No Comments
The Benefits of Introspection
After discovering my social anxiety, I was floored because I’m not used to overlooking my flaws.
Which is not to say that I don’t have any flaws, it’s just that I’m usually hyper aware of all of my flaws. (Which is one of my flaws…)
And because I was so caught off guard by this discovery, my automatic response kicked in (my automatic response being, “How do I resolve this issue?”). It has been my nature to try to better myself. And though I am also a perfectionist, the goal was never to become “perfect.” Read More…
March 5, 2010
Tags: Goals, Introspection, Perfection Posted in: Conquer Anxiety No Comments
Boredom (Week 5): Performance Weekend
So, how did the weekend go?
Very, very well! It was a LOT of fun and a lot more restful than I planned.
I can’t really say everything here, since I’d probably go on for hours (an I just don’t have the time), but I’ll give you the highlights. Read More…
March 3, 2010
Tags: Fun, Music, Open Mic, Performance, Play, Wedding Posted in: Cure for Boredom No Comments
Honorable Mention vol. II – Fitness
Hello and welcome to the second ever Street Saint Honorable Mention. Once again, I have received content from bloggers all over the place and chosen all of the best and most relevant articles and placed them all here.
As it was “Fitness February” here at Be The Change, the theme of this volume is fitness, health, and wellness. The following are the articles I chose. Please enjoy!
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March 1, 2010
Tags: Fitness, Health, Wellness Posted in: Honorable Mention 3 Comments
Push Ups: Final Test
The Result:
After a grueling month of working out, I managed to go from performing only 28 push ups to perfoming 64!!
True, it wasn’t quite the 100 I was looking for, but adding an extra 36 push ups (more than doubling my ability) to my arm strength is extremely impressive (to me, at least).
It Doesn’t End Here!
You think I’ve come this far just to end at 64 push ups? Absolutely not! I’m going to continue with the program until I make it all the way! It may take another 2, 3, even 6 weeks, but I don’t care. I’m determined to get the 100!
For now, though, I’ll take it easy…
March 1, 2010
Tags: Achievement, Determination, Push Ups, Success Posted in: 100 Push Ups No Comments
