Photo by: Sasha Wolff
Ok…so this is going to be a short and semi embarrassing blog post.
Yesterday, I was officially hoodwinked into doing something I thought I’d never do. I went to the nail salon with my girlfriend and her mom and no, I didn’t wait on the couch and read People Magazine. Instead I walked right in to the salon filled with overly observant women, defused the tension with a few awkward smiles and dipped my feet in the warm foot wash bath thingy. I bet many of you are reading my this story and saying, “what a horrible example, he was getting pampered”. Maybe so, but believe me, my face got more red than after 3 shots of Jack. Ok, so what did I get from this experience other then a slight loss of dignity and perfectly trimmed cuticles? I was given the opportunity to turn a situation I usually would whine about into an opportunity to make fun of myself and take the situation for what it was. Yes, I was taken away from Sunday Football and my dear laptop while being tossed into a coliseum of judging female eyes…but I still had fun (I gotta admit the massage was amazing).
Without further ado, The Comfort Challenge is:
Take time out of a busy part of your day to go somewhere you feel completely uncomfortable at and find the joy in it! If you are a girly girl, go on a long hike without make up and get your hands dirty. If you’re a web developer that hacks early into the morning with very little human contact, go to a tech meetup and shake hands with the panelist and other speakers. If you’re in college, go to a party sober and alone and make some new drunken friends. I think you get the picture.
Finding the joy in everything you do is attainable, never allow yourself to be convinced other wise. Everyone should learn to take a step back from what they should be doing and do something they thought they’d never do. You’ll learn a lot about yourself!
If a situation is uncomfortable smile and if need be…laugh at yourself 
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Awesome blog post, Brenton!
Gee, I don’t know if I can have the courage to do it. The embarrassment will surely melt me. However, it will be fun. I think ought to give it a try.
Hi Walter…my advice…I just hold your breath the entire time…haha…I’m a found believer in testing your boundaries to help broaden your perceptive…seems like you have a great grasp from looking at your blog!
I agree! If we don’t push ourselves, we will never grow. Pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone helps to not only grow us, but round us better… and help us to really live. For people that don’t know what they’re passionate about… I encourage them to try new things that they normally don’t do.
We need to live! And your idea of making fun of yourself… that definitely helps to still have fun and ease some of the embarrassment/tension. Good call
(I have recently began doing that myself)
This post made me laugh. You got a pedi! Very cute ^_^
You’re very right, I think everyone should take the opportunity to push their own boundaries every once in a while. Seems like good training for those moments when the task at hand is unbearably uncomfortable but necessary, ie: that crucial presentation for your product, performing in front of a HUGE audience for the first time, asking someone to marry you… the bigger things that will matter.