Gotta Love the Challenge!


Making a wide-sweeping comparison here...ready?

 Yoga and editing.

 At the moment, the latter is more prevalent in my life. However, it wasn't until recently that I realized I seemed to have a history of inadvertently doing the more challenging obstacle first, followed up by something in the same vein, yet less challenging.

 I took this very action when it came to introducing myself to yoga. I thought I would try Bikram yoga first. It was the craze several years ago and I wanted to be healthier and kinder to my body. I had been boxing for about a year and was just recovering from six month injury; I was fearful of hitting the bag again, and having the same arduous healing process. 

 A Bikram yoga class is 90 minutes in length and in a room heated at 104°F. I had no idea and in my first class, I could only keep my breath steady while laying flat on the floor, where the temperature was cooler. It was a bit of a shock, yet I became addicted to it, and found myself in the studio attending classes three days a week. When I approached the club owner about taking other types of yoga classes offered at the studio, and I stressed my hesitation because I felt the classes might be too challenging for me. The owner looked at me like I was crazy. I had mastered the most challenging type of yoga! Really, Cindy?

 Over the years, this has not been the only occurrence of this nature. I divorced while still in the planning stages of "the next",  and I moved to a completely different part of the state without have secured employment. Lastly, I am in the process of growing my freelance editing business, and have taken on one of the most challenging components of editing/writing: ghost writing. Ghost writing presents a unique situation where you are writing a story for someone else. Not only do they have to love it, but hopefully their readers when it is published. Just the sort of predicament I love to be in! 

I thrive in situations where I am pressured to learn quickly with the mentality that if I can do this, I can do anything! Pushing myself and growing!

 I love this quality about myself and I look forward to embracing it throughout the rest of my life! Bring on the challenge, Universe!

 cdl

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