Do One Thing A Day That Scares You

Along the highway driving home one day i saw a billboard that read "Do one thing a day that scares you". At first i thought that was a very strange thing to suggest and also could be dangerous if the wrong type of person reads it.

But it did get me to thinking about what i would do that would be super scary to me. The first thing that came to my mind was my fear of mice! Maybe if i challenged it head on i could overcome it and suddenly i saw the good in this billboard.

It would take a lot of willpower but maybe i would be willing to spend the night in a room with a mouse running around and by the morning i would conquer that fear.

What scares you that you might be willing to do?

Lips

I won't do anything involving mice, rats, maggots and such creatures. Not sure if it's a fear but if it is I guess it's there for a reason

On the other hand I did have some sort of a challenge this weekend, went for a 300 km bicycle ride in two days. I was kind of afraid I wouldn't make it to the finish since it involved reaching 1000 meters of altitude in the mountains. But I did it

Glad to hear that! Johnny Karp ..Probably because I, too like bicycle ride but i have not gone for such great Challenge  You Did it

It depends on who's reading the message. For me, it means to do as much as possible, to use my opportunities so I don't have any regrets. I understand that as doing something that would put me out of my comfort zone and challenge me.

But talking strictly about fears... well, I had many weird nightmares that kept repeating during my childhood and I thought I would never be able to live alone. Now I do live alone but when I turn the lights off, I look around to check if all is clear so I can fall asleep.

I have a fear of water. When I was a young boy we lived near a river and all the local kids would go swimming in it. I jumped in and almost drowned. I won't go in water above my waist and that is still challenging for me to do.

Hmm, I have already done quite a few big scary things in my life. I'm with Johnny on avoiding maggots OMG no! If I had to do something everyday it would be small things that make me uncomfortable like going to a movie alone or taking a highway I'm unfamiliar with. No maggots or spiders though, sorry.

Maybe i am going for that extreme fear eh?

elevator - I hope you can overcome your fear of the water because you are missing out on a lot of good times!

Mark - I think you might be right in the interpretation. Pushing ourselves to the next level can never be a bad thing.

Congrats Johnny and froggy put the foot on the gas and head for the highway guuurrrrrrrrrrrl!

I'm with you on the water thing elevatorflr11.  When I was 7 I was in the school pool and I lost my footing and went under.  I hit my head on the bottom several times trying to get out and that fear has never left me.  I have been swimming many times but I still get that tightness in my chest where I tense up.  I've not been swimming for donkeys years now and perhaps it's time to face that fear again.....

Ok, I have a fear of worms.  I know they are harmless but I find them revolting.  I never did as a child, I could bait a hook with no problems.  I think it stared because the yard we used to live in had giant nightcrawlers that would come out after a rain and we would collect them to sale.  Somewhere along the line it turned into a fear.  Not really sure why.