Do you ever make up your mind to do something that's slightly outside your comfort zone, then keep finding ways to put it off until it's got a fear factor disproportionate to the thing itself?
I irritate myself when I do that. Not enough to stop doing it, apparently.
There's this thing I've been wanting to do. It's minor in the grand scheme of things, and I won't foist it off on the other party. But now I'm apprehensive again.
I used to do that a lot, with almost everything different/new. Now I usually bluff my way through whatever it is with confidence I don't always actually feel. It works, and most of the time doing the thing anyway gives me the real confidence to make it a non-issue from there on out. I'm not a pansy - not these days, anyway! :-p
So yeah. I get two more weeks to contemplate my own stupidity on little things. Go me! :-D
the_infernal_optimist posted on Nov 30, 2007
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silverwhisper said on Nov 30, 2007....
i'll confess, i'm awfully curious re: the what here, infernal. ?
me, my comfort zone is pretty broad, so what you describe doesn't happen for me often. when it does however, i usually try to keep in mind how it's similar to things that are within my comfort zone.
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uniquely-ironic said on Nov 30, 2007....
I'm afraid the good lord didn't give me the good sense to fear new and untried things. I'll trade some of that for your over developed sense of anticipation! -
the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 30, 2007....
ed: It's a stupidly small thing. It really is - sparked (to mind, not originated) by comments on another post of mine just now.
That's a good way to approach it. Thanks - I might put that to good use!
u-i: Sounds like a good deal to me! :)
~Infernal
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silverwhisper said on Nov 30, 2007....
good. but i'm still curious... :>
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the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 30, 2007....
It involves the phone. :-p
I think you're about as curious as I am about stuff like that. Good thing we're not cats! :-D
~Infernal
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silverwhisper said on Nov 30, 2007....
[bats at random bit of dangling yarn] -
the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 30, 2007....
Otter, cat...man, you have that druid thing down! :-D
~Infernal
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silverwhisper said on Nov 30, 2007....
[shapeshifts into a horse and runs off at a gallop] -
Me-Myself&I said on Nov 30, 2007....
huh..**smile**
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the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 30, 2007....
Hey, MM&I! :) Pay no attention to the redhead behind the strange posts. It's just me being typically weird.
~Infernal
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silverwhisper said on Dec 05, 2007....
beryl, please stop spamming. all you're doing is convincing readers never to click on that link.
copying & pasting someone else's comment is also pretty rude. but not as rude as being a spammer.
ed
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