Month: April 2024

What makes you nervous?

Me nervous?

Public speaking, just the thought of presenting something live or in person, has my heart racing.

I become nervous even if I calm down and think about it again.

And writing my books and publishing was nerve-wracking, for I didn’t know if anyone would like it.

I guess that could go the same for blogging when I first started, but now I know I need to get it out, and it’s okay if no one likes it but me.

I guess the real thing that makes me nervous is the attention, like when I’m speaking sometimes I get nervous even if it’s just one one-on-one but more than two eyes and I worry about if I’m pronouncing things right or if I’m making sense because I feel I have a speech impairment as sometimes I just can’t get the words out and I thought it’s because I’m nervous or tires but it happens every now and then with simple words.

So basically, talking makes me nervous, but I know it’s part of life, so I find my ways and try to get through it.

Maybe that’s why I like writing. It is calming. It allows me to be free, and there are programs to fix my mistakes.

I’m pretty sure I rambled on this one, but oh well. Please enjoy it or not!

Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.

The first thing that comes to your mind?

I need to get out of this bed, but it’s cold, and I don’t want to.

It’s raining outside; it will be a gloomy day where rest seems more likely than work.

So time to get up for I’m hungry now and it’s Friday after all don’t want to waste a day when there is so much to do.

So, goodbye bed and hello kitchen for breakfast are critical meals, too, and I must start my day right if I want to end it well.

Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.

I made in the past that helped me learn and grow.

I decided to get a life coach in 2022 and go through a year-long program that completely changed my life.

It was fairly easy to say yes to this coach as I felt what she had to offer was for me as I was stuck in life but had dreams I wanted to come true.

This decision was one I would have to stick to because I had become a sign me up woman and barely ever showed up for the free programs or webinars.

But this program I was paying for, and I wanted to change, so I consistently showed up for calls and did the assignments we got assigned to help push us out of our comfort zone. And showed up for private individual calls.

I learned I matter, my voice matters, and I’m enough, and I have so much to offer. Waiting for things won’t help it happen, and I had to stop hiding and hesitating from the life I wanted.

And when I had to miss one or two, it was because I couldn’t physically do it. I even sacrificed my sleep and time to do the work to change and improve myself.

In the end, I learned I was still holding on to past hurts and not communicating with the ones that matter to me. I had so many walls up that I’m surprised anyone could get through and, let alone, really know me.

Also

What is your favorite restaurant?

My favorite restaurant?

I don’t eat out much these days, but one of my favorite restaurants was “The Greene Turtle” in DC whenever I went to a concert at The Capitol One Arena.

They had such delicious honey and barbecue chicken stripes.

Now I eat at home!