Motivational Mondays Double Feature: Weeks 15 & 16

16 weeks ago on a quest in 2014 to face some fears and mainly move out of my comfort zones I began Motivational Mondays.  I'm hoping to grow in many areas by embarking on this journey. I have heard that your amount of growth is directly related to how uncomfortable you are willing to get.  Join me this year as I get uncomfortable and get up off my duff.

So, on weeks 15 & 16 I decided to tackle #2 & #3:  Do not sit alone in the back row at church and introduce myself to someone at church I don't know

So, guys & dolls, you are getting a double feature because last week being Easter and all I TOTALLY forgot to blog!  I was hoping to make it thru the year w/o that happening.  I suppose I am fortunate w/ my memory it didn't happen sooner.  So, #2 Do not sit alone in the back row at church.  I have a habit no matter how early I get to church when I can have my pick of any seat, prime real estate for me is the last row.  Not just at church either. Classroom settings, you name it.  If there's a back row I don't just want Park Place, but I want the Boardwalk too and that means that I am in the back row on the center aisle end seat w/ my purse in the seat next to me.  Hey, unless it's THAT crowded I like a space bubble around me.  Space invaders are only welcome upon invitation.  I know, not very Christ-like and I'm not quite sure when or how this came to be, but I'm workin' on it..cut me some slack.  

Easter Sunday I sat up a few seats from the back and had some friends who ended up "sitting w/ me".  We had another church joining us and so it was decided in the middle of worship that we should all do something very "churchy" and introduce ourselves to someone that we did not know...as you can imagine this is not my forte' and I rolled my eyes saying "I knew it" to anyone who could hear me mutter.

The row behind me happened to be a slew of handsome young men from the visiting church.  When I sat back down I immediately grabbed for my sanitizer as I am somewhat of a germaphobe and I HATE shaking hands and not being able to sanitize...totally grosses me out and preoccupies my already bouncy A.D.D. mind.  Wow! Killed 2 goals in one day... yay me!

So, I came to the decision that shaking hands w/ strange eye candy on Easter is really not all that bad.


Level of uncomfortable-ness on a scale of 1-10, 1 being slightly uncomfortable and 10 being "I am only doing this for my readers and will never attempt this again" #2 rates a 3 and #3 rates a 9 (1 point off for being handsome).

So, @ the end of the 16th week of Motivational Mondays I am proud to say I have achieved my goal and can cross it off the list.  

Just 39 more to go... Here's what's left:
1. Do not sit in the back row at church.
2. Do not sit alone in the back row at church.
3. Introduce myself to someone at church I don't know.
4. Audition for a stage show.
5. Go out to eat alone.
6. Do not eat in bed for one day.
7. Do not eat in bed for one week.
8. Go one day without getting on the internet.
9. Post NO STATUS UPDATES on Fb for a week.
10. Write a very personal song and share it with someone.
11. Use of the computer is restricted to the dining room downstairs for one week or if I move.. anywhere in the house except the bedroom.
12. Sit in a chair instead of being on the comfy sofa for one week of therapy.
13. Spend one evening watching TV downstairs.
14. Spend one week watching TV downstairs.
15. Divulge something personal I have never told anyone before.
16. Eat lunch at work in front of my peers.
17. Go out to eat with someone (non family) and not ask to be hidden away in a booth somewhere.
18. Go w/o nail polish, even clear, for one week.
19. No texting (except my therapist) for one week.
20. Do not stay in bed past 9 a.m. on a Saturday.
21. Hug a stranger.
22. Invite someone over to my place and cook them dinner.
23. Make a dessert from scratch to share at work.
24. Go one week eating nothing from a can.
25. Go one week eating nothing purchased pre-prepared.
26. Try a new seafood.
27. Cook a meal for Mom and Mike.
28. Iron clothes for an hour straight
29. No FB for a week.
30. Go one week w/o eating leftovers
31. Wear something leg revealing
32. Go to work one day with no make-up on
33. Write left handed for a day
34. Give $20 to a stranger
35. Pay for the persons order behind me at the drive thru
36. Bless someone I know with at least $100
37. Cook dinner for my pastor and his wife
38. Go one day w/o using the microwave
39. Go 1 week w/o using the microwave
40. Wear my rings on opposite fingers
41. Get another piercing
42. Get another tattoo or get mine fixed
43. Dress up on dress down Friday
44. Use no emoticons for one week
45. Use no abbreviations or special characters when I journal for a day
46. No abbreviations or special characters when journaling for a week.
47. No use of color for one week
48. Have lunch in the cafeteria at work for 1 week
49. Take a local unfamiliar road and see where it leads
50. Have lunch with a co-worker
51. Consume 20 grams of protein everyday for a week
52. Eat fruit everyday for a week 

Alright, later gators!  And remember to get up off your duffs!