Dive In!
This past weekend, I dove off a diving board at Glenwood Hot Springs Pool. Most people were hanging out in the hottest area of the pool, since it was only 20 degrees. Not me. I was standing in line with a bunch of 12 year old kids waiting my turn to dive of the diving board.
Standing in the line that night, I thought about of how many years it had been since I had jumped off a diving board. A part of me was nervous, watching all these kids doing flips that I couldn't do even when I was their age. What if I couldn't dive anymore? Would I be able to do this? Would someone make fun of me?
I have lots of fears and insecurities that require thought management. One of the key ways I keep them in check is that if I am scared to do something and it's not rational, that means that I have to do it. I have to prove to myself that those fears and insecurities are wrong. Beyond standing in life that night waiting to dive off a diving board, I have forced myself to do public speaking, drive across country, whitewater raft guiding, and cannot even begin to count how many friends I have made from random conversations at events I went to alone.
When we let fears and insecurities stop us from doing things, we make our world smaller, and miss the opportunity to have life changing experiences. We also give those fears and insecurities power over us. I refuse to let insecurities or irrational fears keep me from doing anything in life.
That evening I dove off the diving board and performed the most graceful dive of my life. I emerged and swam to my husband with a big smile on my face. And nothing bad happened.
This week I challenge you to do something that fear or insecurity keeps you from doing. After you do it, post it on instagram and tag #arrowandkeycoaching.
Have fun and don't be afraid to dive off the deep end.
Standing in the line that night, I thought about of how many years it had been since I had jumped off a diving board. A part of me was nervous, watching all these kids doing flips that I couldn't do even when I was their age. What if I couldn't dive anymore? Would I be able to do this? Would someone make fun of me?
I have lots of fears and insecurities that require thought management. One of the key ways I keep them in check is that if I am scared to do something and it's not rational, that means that I have to do it. I have to prove to myself that those fears and insecurities are wrong. Beyond standing in life that night waiting to dive off a diving board, I have forced myself to do public speaking, drive across country, whitewater raft guiding, and cannot even begin to count how many friends I have made from random conversations at events I went to alone.
When we let fears and insecurities stop us from doing things, we make our world smaller, and miss the opportunity to have life changing experiences. We also give those fears and insecurities power over us. I refuse to let insecurities or irrational fears keep me from doing anything in life.
That evening I dove off the diving board and performed the most graceful dive of my life. I emerged and swam to my husband with a big smile on my face. And nothing bad happened.
This week I challenge you to do something that fear or insecurity keeps you from doing. After you do it, post it on instagram and tag #arrowandkeycoaching.
Have fun and don't be afraid to dive off the deep end.
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