Life's Negotiations

No one expects great leaps while making peanut butter and jelly. But that's what happened.

Four mini-posts on facing fear from new mom and life-long leaper, Nadine Cooper-Kohn.

Making Things Bite Size
Right in the middle of trying not to tear a hole in the bread, I thought of the business card on my computer desk - the one with a new neighbor's e-mail address on it; the one I had been too shy, nervous, scared to actually use over the past week.

Last week, I freaked out.

What I wanted for my business wasn't happening fast enough. I didn't know if I could make it. Was it time to cry uncle?

I could barely breathe.

I'm tired of the word No.

Maybe it dates back to when I was a kid and my parents used it. There was a resounding No to the mere mention of family game nights, and they would flip-flop for hours over a sleepover invitation. The answer would usually be No but you had to wait for it.

I'm mostly over it.

In February, I was tired of doing things the same way. I made a conscious decision to make a change, even if it meant dealing with the shock of being outside my comfort zone.

I was finished with doing everything myself, and I was ready to bring in help with my company, which would allow me to better manage my time, get back in shape, and keep moving forward.

Michael Guill, accessibility evangelist, dad and web designer with 107 designs, with an update to his original post on what it's been like to live like-you-mean-it (LYMI). 

I've started and deleted this guest post 7x not knowing how to share what I have been resisting. 

What has leaping been like for me in life? It's looked like travel, doing things I've never done, being committed to visiting a minimum of three places every year that I've never been, redecorating, renovating, having the best job ever at the Olympics in both Beijing and Vancouver. All of the things that qualify as the doingness of life.

Saying what needs to be said, by Rita Chand, blogger of The Adventures of Cinderita.