This Week's Stretch ~ 1/26/07

How did you reach outside your comfort zone this week?

Hmmm. For me, this week falls under the umbrella of small stretches:

1. Held my tongue instead of snapping at my husband a time or two
2. Decided to wax a new body part -- no, not a Brazilian* -- on a whim I had my arms waxed and I LOVE it!
3. Fessed up
4. Pushed myself well into extreme sweaty discomfort at the gym
5. Made myself available to others when I'd rather hide and isolate

I really need to do some special stretches for both my creativity and for zena moon next week. I'm not sure what! Ideas...?

*NOTE: A Brazilian is on my personal list of no way no how's, and that got me thinking of other things that may be perfectly natural and comfortable for others -- to each her own! -- but are also on my list of no way no how's.

7 Things I Will Never Do As Long As I Live**

1. Get a Brazilian
2. Wear thongs anywhere than on my bare feet
3. Jump out of an airplane
4. Vote Republican
5. Eat squid
6. Watch a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan or Sylvester Stallone (except for Cop Land which I loved)
7. Smoke

**1-3 never have, never will ... 4-7 done long ago, never again!

Comments

[leah]

i love your stretching posts!!

in a couple weeks i'm planning a big stretch and doing julia cameron's latest book (finding water) with a group. it's so exciting and yet a big commitment. hah, commitment is my theme word for the year. :-)

biggest stretch of the last few months was putting in notice at my job. and this week it's mainly small things like getting out into the world when it's easier to hide out and contacting potential clients when i might normally put it off. it's wonderful to think about the stretches though, you're inspiring me to dare to stretch even more! there's a quote about stretching and i can't think of who said it, but it reminds me of your posts: "do one thing that scares you every day."

[JourneyThroughLife]

What a fun list of things you will never do. I smiled! :) My stretch today was changing the status of an unhealthy relationship. Finding the strength to even begin the conversation was most definately a huge stretch.
Congratulations on your own stretches! It's a great thing you do these stretch posts.
JTL
xxx

[Kelly]

Some of our nevers overlap. Waxed arms, eh? Interesting. I'm getting used to the new feel of no hair removal. K

[Jen Burke]

Waxed arms are addictive. The skin feels amazing.

I really enjoy your posts about stretching.

Btw, I love the shot over your "About" link.

[Sophie]

This post got me thinking...not about a brazilian though...never have never will :)

Sophie

[Bob]

I once wrote a pissy poem after a breakup about eating squid:

In the letter

she wrote

"you tried so hard"

He thought

hell yes

I ate calamari

for you

as crow

wasn't yet

being served

...it is a very whiny poem but I'll never eat squid again...I love 'joy unexpected' from my fake mommyblogging days...good pick for your blogroll. It's such a small world out there in blogopia.

[daisies]

definitely will never do 1 and 2 though i have done 3 (and loved it) will likely not do again, thankfully can't do 4 though would never do the canadian equivalent either and love 5, will likely not do 6 and will never do 7 again : )

i so love your stretching posts and really need to do some stretching of my own again ...

[CHRiS!]

I have 5 tattoos and the pain of them combined is still less than getting a brazillian.
That was one of my dumber ideas...