Tough (Question) Tuesday: What’s the risk you’re going to take?
Take Risks by wordboner
On Thursday I’m putting up a new Grown-Up Gigs, & while I don’t want to give it away (suspense!), I read something there that was eye-opening, even in it’s simplicity.
“… that’s a common theme with all our [career transition] people. Now I’m not saying that they’re not worried or anxious about changing careers. Many of them have no choice. They’ve lost jobs. They reach dead ends. But at a certain point, they all take a risk, even if that risk is simply acknowledging that what they’ve been doing no longer works.”
So……What’s the risk you’re going to take?
Join me in the comments to answer this super scary question (if I acknowledge it’s scary, does that make it less so?)!
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October 13th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I’m taking a risk that this is all going to work out. It seems so small when I phrase it like that, while in Real Life it’s looming very large & making me both excited & scared*! And by “all” I mean “Making a lucrative living as a coach that will carry me through retirement.” Y’know, the little stuff.
I’ve decided recently, though, to embrace the Scary & the Risks. The first day I work for myself, I’m going to go to take a lesson at the flying trapeze school. Please note that I do not like heights, but there’s something about soaring in the air that is just so, so cool. It’s the ultimate embody of me of Scariness & Risk, so why not jump off the ledge & trust the freefall?!
*If you have “On the Steps of the Palace” in your head, give yourself 100 musical theater nerd points.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Hey lady!! You’ll appreciate this, I’m sure. I ALSO took a trapeze lesson recently!! (Wrote about it here: http://follow-my-bliss.com/2009/09/04/then-this-happened/)
It was actually my friend Elizabeth Blue’s idea – to celebrate her birthday and anniversary of living in New York. She gathered a few adventure-loving girlfriends and we all went. It was a BLAST. And also? I hated it! Haha!
But. I’m so glad I went. I don’t love heights either, or rickety platforms that you stand on high in the air. And it was a really difficult evening for me. But I’m glad I took the risk, took the leap, quite literally, and faced something I didn’t want to do. I lived! That’s the point.
Can’t wait to hear how your experience is a few months from now.
October 13th, 2009 at 11:45 am
I am not going to create any special “gifty” things for my holiday shows – I’m just going to stick to my true passion of photograph prints. I feel like I need to be doing what I love, not spending my time guessing what knick knacks (photo ornaments, magnets, etc.) people might like.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Jen – I LOVE your trapeze post more than words! Just commented on it. Love it. Oddly enough, a client of mine just took her first lesson on Sunday & loved it too. She flew 4 times & was unable to throw her knees over the bar, & then she thought class was over & went to change. She came back out & the instructors were like, “There’s still 15 min left?! What are you doing?! Get back up here!” She did, & on her 5th fly she did it. AND a double backflip to the net. I’ll just be happy if I don’t throw up/crap my pants/chicken out & go back down the rickety ladder.
Diana – Hell yes! This so goes with my last vlog post of trusting that you know what’s best for you. Why is that so tough a lotta the time?
October 14th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
The greatest risk you I’m going to face is the risk of being open to struggles and challenges and the gall of being nudged out of my comfort zone.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:25 am
That’s true, Walter! But what’s the risk you’re going to take? This is one that you decide to approach, instead of it approaching you (like a lion?)!