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Every so often, when things get particularly rough (usually once every couple of years) I distract myself by doing something *way* out of my comfort zone. That's how I started Geocaching back in...wow, 2006. Woods? Bugs? Sweat? Not for this sedentary chick. But I tried it, and I loved it, and six years later I'm still doing it. Just not as often as I'd like.
Things at work have been stressful lately. Like over-the-top stressful. My usual outlets haven't really been an option. My social anxiety has been through the roof, and I haven't wanted to be around anyone, even most of my friends. So I did something I'd probably be voted least likely to do. I went and joined an MLM (Scentsy). Like, selling stuff.
It helps that I love the product, and when I got into it I told myself I could do it just for the discounts, and that I could walk away from it at any time. And I still can, but I'm finding I don't want to. Somehow, when I'm given a challenge, it brings out the best in me. Go walking in the woods on a hot summer day, or in the middle of the night? Not on your life. But hide a container out there and challenge me to find it, and I'm so there!
I've been setting little goals for myself and forcing myself to meet them. And the weirdest thing has happened. I'm interacting with people. Like, going right up and *talking* with them. Can you believe it? And I haven't had a single negative experience. I'm actually getting to know people, some of whom I've been around for years without exchanging more than a few words.
It's doing more than distracting me from the unpleasantness at work. It's making me actually want to go in to work so I can be around people. Crazy, huh?
Things at work have been stressful lately. Like over-the-top stressful. My usual outlets haven't really been an option. My social anxiety has been through the roof, and I haven't wanted to be around anyone, even most of my friends. So I did something I'd probably be voted least likely to do. I went and joined an MLM (Scentsy). Like, selling stuff.
It helps that I love the product, and when I got into it I told myself I could do it just for the discounts, and that I could walk away from it at any time. And I still can, but I'm finding I don't want to. Somehow, when I'm given a challenge, it brings out the best in me. Go walking in the woods on a hot summer day, or in the middle of the night? Not on your life. But hide a container out there and challenge me to find it, and I'm so there!
I've been setting little goals for myself and forcing myself to meet them. And the weirdest thing has happened. I'm interacting with people. Like, going right up and *talking* with them. Can you believe it? And I haven't had a single negative experience. I'm actually getting to know people, some of whom I've been around for years without exchanging more than a few words.
It's doing more than distracting me from the unpleasantness at work. It's making me actually want to go in to work so I can be around people. Crazy, huh?