Just do it!

First off, how awesome is my husband? I have been wanting him to take pictures of me silhouetted in yoga or meditation poses. So he got this awesome picture of me and then tweaked it so I could make it my blog title picture. He put the title on it for me and everything. He's awesome. Anyway...

I meant to write this a week ago, but just got busy and kept putting it off. But no longer! So last Thursday (not this past one but the week before... yeah, I know-REALLY putting it off.), I woke extra early. Not necessarily on purpose, but I had to pee and couldn't fall back to sleep, so I figured, why not get up and do stuff? So I got myself ready and drove to Rock Canyon Park. It's a beautiful park that has a kind of walking path around it, so I went for a couple laps around and then, I did yoga!

Yeah, I know. I do yoga a lot, nothing super new there. What I DON'T do, is do yoga outdoors, knowing that other people might see me. This was amazing for two reasons. Outdoors. On a beautiful, fall-like morning. After a brisk walk. It was wonderful. It was gorgeous and refreshing and just... awesome. The other reason it was so wonderful is, for some reason I've been kind of embarrassed to do yoga outdoors because I'm afraid someone would see me and judge me. Stupid, I know. I really do get how silly that sounds, but I HATE people watching me work out. Except for Spencer and Xavier. I know Spencer doesn't really pay attention, or he likes to look (wink, wink), and Xavier thinks I'm a jungle gym when I do yoga. But other people? Strangers? What?!?! Anyway. I decided that I wasn't going to care if people saw or what they thought. So I did yoga on the top of the hill so I could look out over the valley. And it was amazing. It was the first time I've ever done that, but it will most definitely NOT be the last.

This leads me to my tidbit for this post. Don't care or worry about what other people think. In some way I don't care what people think, but in other ways I do, and I shouldn't. Putting aside what people might think about you is so helpful and confidence building. If you decide that you won't care what people think, it gives you more power, and will allow you to do what you want to do. Story time. When I was younger, I wouldn't want to show child like enthusiasm because I would be afraid of what people would think. I more than make up for that now! My husband comments now on my child like wonder and you know what? I love it. I look back and feel like I missed out because I was embarrassed and afraid of what people might think. Now I don't. And I am so much happier because of it!

So if you're avoiding doing something you want because you're afraid of what people will think, just do it! Say to yourself that you won't care, and that you want to do what you want to do, then do it! It's so rewarding and you will thank yourself. Give yourself some love--you deserve it!