Out of the Comfort Zone
On my recent vacation trip, I travelled to a place I hadn't been before (not a big problem, that happens often enough), to a country where I couldn't understand the language (also no big problem - I was able to get by with English pretty well), to visit people I hadn't met in person (not the first time for that either). I knew I might encounter situations that took me out of my comfort zone and decided to open up and not take the easy way out. Here are a few of the things I did:
Slept in a cottage with approximately a dozen people who were basically strangers to me.
Cooked over an open fire for the first time in my life (unless hot dogs and marshmallows can be considered "cooking"!).
Drank some licorice spirits from a bottle that was passed around.
Played live werewolf.
Sweated in a sauna with relative strangers (though not, fortunately, textile-free!).
More items may occur to me later...
Slept in a cottage with approximately a dozen people who were basically strangers to me.
Cooked over an open fire for the first time in my life (unless hot dogs and marshmallows can be considered "cooking"!).
Drank some licorice spirits from a bottle that was passed around.
Played live werewolf.
Sweated in a sauna with relative strangers (though not, fortunately, textile-free!).
More items may occur to me later...