The List

I love new year's resolutions. I try to make some at Rosh Hashanah and then some at the Gregorian new year. This year I forgot to make a resolution in January so instead I'm going to make a list of all of the things that I am too embarrassed or scared to do and I will try as many as I can during 2014. I should note, I am terrified of being embarrassed. It makes me miserable and so this will be hard. I have always been comfortable with a lot of things that make other people nervous, and very nervous about things that other people seem to do with with ease. For example, I have no problem dining alone, asking for directions, drawing, etc. but the things on the list below are so nervous-making that it's crazy. With that, I give you The List. I'll keep adding items as they occur to me and I'll post about each accomplishment. I'm not doing them in order, I'll pick and choose. Wish me luck.

This isn't strictly speaking true...
but it will be this year.

- karaoke
- catching things
- throwing things
- running
- kicking things
- dancing
- math
- showing my art
- speaking foreign languages around experts/natives
- saying hebrew prayers aloud
- going to places that expect “insider knowledge”
- going in a cave
- using weight machines
- giving blood
- going to yoga class