Im not Jared.

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For those of you playing along at home today was, indeed, to be Jared‘s guest post.  Please to look for that next week.

Instead you’re getting me.

A full-on rambling navel gazing post where I completely & totally yammer at you.

(**cue confetti shaped like blog readers quickfastandinahurry clicking away**)

Me.

Where to begin?

I had a fantastic time at TypeAMom conference.  More than anything it has made my blog reading and twitter stream so much more….personal.

(Hmmm. That’s not precisely the word for which Im groping, but close enough for this Friday stream of consciousness post)

I feel more connected to the 140 character messages I read & far more connected to the slice-of-life blog posts than I did before meeting all the amazing women (and men!) in person.

Ill have a longer post on monday about all I learned, but personal connections are the biggest reason I urge everyone to try and attend one blog conference or meet up.  There’s simply no comparison with email, tweeting, instant messaging or even telephone.

Onward.

This post.

Im learning (yes it takes me a while) the collective you are not fans of posts where I close the comments.

Many of you emailed/DMed me that it was such a provocative post you’d wished Id allowed you to chat about it on site.

For some reason the post felt almost too ‘easy’ a please to hit us all up in the comments.

For some reason the post felt too “pat” a do something which scares you every day, People! Join me! & my feelings were (are?) far too from the heart for me to even appear to be exploiting that.

The whole experience of receiving an email inviting me to do something (I know. annoying. Im just not at liberty to share until 11.1) and my immediate internal response of HELL TO THE NO!! surprised me.

The opportunity to explore  my fear & choose to face it rather than make excuses was life changing and growth provoking.

Closing the blog comments & leaving it at that just felt like the right thing to do.  For me. In that moment.

And, again for those of you playing along at home, that blog post was all about today.

Doing something far, way, hugely, & tremendously outside my zone of comfy at 5 pm central today.

Im excited. Im kind of filled with dread. Im eager to see if Im as awkwardtastic as I anticipate And Im looking forward to the afterthefact feeling of knowing—no matter what happened—I didnt miss out on an experience merely out of fear.

No matter what transpires I know that fact alone will make me feel proud.

(cue uplifting music & movielike montage which indicates these disjointed friday rambles are drawing to a close)

So thats me, People.

Not Jared (though still transformed).

Back in Austin (with muzings on Asheville coming Monday).

And doing things I dont didnt think I could do.

And you?

What’s shakin in your neck of the ‘net?

Please to hit us all up in the comments.

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Comments

  1. (I like you better than Jared :))

    HAVE FUN TODAY.

    Now, tell us what it is!!

    I am impatient.

  3. I love when you navel gaze LOL

    It also made me feel a lot better about my life to know that you still fear things.
    You seem to have it all going on Mizzy.

    Have fun today.

  4. Wait, you’re doing it today and can’t share until November? The suspense, it’s killing me!!! I’ll be thinking of you at 5pm – good luck and have fun, whatever you’re doing! 🙂

  5. I am running a 5k tomorrow.

    That’s about it around here and it sounds as though your ‘neck of the net LOL is way more exciting.

    Can you give us hints??

  9. Not too much shaking in my neck of the woods. Staying off the scale (day 3/30), doing things way out of my comfort zone (wearing tank tops at the gym…you know IN FRONT OF PEOPLE!) and continually striving to reach that illustrious 13.1 mile distance.

    Getting out of comfort zones and standing strong in the face of fear is what propels us forward on this Life Changing Journey. Its what makes life worth living!

  11. You may not be Jared, but you’re a pretty good substitute!

    Good luck/Have fun with whatever is coming at 5pm CDT. Although leading us on like that? totallynotcool. What are we to do for the next month?

    I’m making a countdown.

  12. Good luck today! So proud of you for stepping outside your comfort zone AND embracing it! I often step outside and say YES to things I’m not comfortable with b/c I’m a dopey people pleaser that can’t say NO! HA! But, it’s the EMBRACING that I don’t do. More like complaining….

  16. Cmon mizfit, I’m guessing…SKY DIVING?

    I see you as up for about anything, you tutued, tattooed, totally awesome and inspiring woman.

  17. Yep, I’m curious too! But I guess I am one of the rare few who did not mind you turning off comments. I actually think it makes a statement.

  18. Thank goodness- I dislike when you close to the comments too. I totally wanted to comment on your awesome transformation. You truly are a gorgeous, strong lady! Glad the conference was fantastic. I totally want to attend some kind of blogger event to make more real life connections. Whats shaking over here? Getting ready for a 10K tomorrow morning. Teaching has left me little time to run…this chick is nervous 😉


  19. and this is unprecedented 🙂

    Im terrible at keeping my OWN secrets (as weve seen around here myriad times).

    other peoples?

    confide in me?

    IM A VAULT.

    #Imjustsayin

  21. I love the unplannedness of this post. Just a regular look inside your head. Sometimes those are the most meaningful.

    Around here today I’m just hanging with two cheerful happy little girls (my own and her BFF neighbor) and discussing halloween costumes. Time is slipping away fast, October is here already.

  23. Hmm…something you fear…have to wait a month to find out…a nationally syndicated TV appearance where you do something out of the ordinary? Nah, that can’t be it…has to be something more personal and deep… Ok, I can’t wait…whisper it to me now and I promise not to tell!

    Nothing going on here today except searching for curtains and getting 4 miles in before work!

  25. It’s time for me to take a couple more steps outside that comfort zone. I’m a little nervous (and excited) for BWE2010 for the simple fact that I feel like everybody already knows everybody. I know it’s totally false but in order to get the most out of the too much money that I spent I’m going to have to put myself right in the middle of things.

    Not like table dancing with a lampshade on my head but you know what I mean 🙂

  28. Um, good luck with your whatever it is today and the other thing on Nov 1st! Oh, to be a kid again, so that we could be fearless and our moms could do all the worrying for us! 😉

    I’ll be spending this weekend trying to not pout about my leg being sore. I was feeling so good about how my training was going for my Q4 events, and now I feel like I’ve been derailed. Talk about being outside the comfort zone! But otherwise, lots of fun things we could do, nothing that we must do. My kind of weekend!

  29. I am soooooooooooooooooooo confused! 😉 I just really want to know!

    I am like you.. although I might be the one that says no, but ya never know. I have done crazy things before like that bodybuilding challenge in my late 30’s…. never thought I would say yes to that & I did.

    Time will tell but can’t wait to hear more!

  30. No No whisper it to me…please…. I think you are doing “it” right now, or have just finished doing “it” unless i”t’s” a marathon of an “it”.
    And now the wait begins.
    Hope you rocked whatever “it” is and I’m sure you did 🙂
    Big Aloha~ Gina

  31. No No whisper it to me…please…. I think you are doing “it” right now, or have just finished doing “it” unless “it’s” a marathon of an “it”.
    And now the wait begins. 11-1!!!
    Hope you rocked whatever “it” is and I’m sure you did 🙂
    Big Aloha~ Gina

  32. Hee. I don’t know what it is, but I’m already proud of you. =)

    I, too, am thinking TV, but whatever it is–AWESOME WORK! Getting me to ponder what I should do next to get my pulse crankin’. xo

  33. Are you finally going to be on the Oprah show? Its about time!!!

    Contemplating something that seems to be outside my comfort zone and trying to wiggle out of it. Must spend some time tomorrow contemplating this.

  34. and done.
    and cringe.

    and DONE.

    and I married well.

    and I dragged him along 🙂

    and he came along.

    pretty damn willingly.

  35. I am trying weights for the first time – which is WAY out of my comfort zone. I can totally do cardio. I’ve got that down pat. Weights scare the bejebus out of me.

  36. Ok, circling the calendar for 11/1. No,that is not enough, clearing my calendar for the day too. Yeah, thats is, I’ll be ready 🙂

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