So yesterday began Day 1 of my 1% Project. It's amazing how changing your mindset even a little bit can have big effect on your outlook on life. I now have this excited energy because I believe that if I can make these small changes in my life, I really can have the future that I am striving for.
I have a few main "New Year's Eve" type goals that the book discourages, so in order to make them more manageable I have broken them down into much smaller, more realistic things that I can make improvements upon every day. My first "New Year's Eve" type goal is to eventually become so comfortable with public speaking that I can speak in front of a conference of hundreds of people. Clearly, I am not going to do this overnight, so I needed to think of something small I could do every day that could help me become more comfortable speaking in front of strangers. So it hit me, why not strike up conversations with strangers? Instead of giving someone a one word answer, why not engage them in a short conversation? I may learn something interesting, or brighten up someone's day just by taking the time to talk to them, right? Well, I did this twice yesterday and I'm happy I did. I'm not going to lie, it was a little uncomfortable at first since I've historically been the type of person who is deathly shy and usually gives one word answers. I believe though with practice, this will get easier and instead of having small panic attacks about talking to new people, it will just come naturally. I'm excited to see what I will learn and what great new people I will meet.
Ok that's all for now. Time to strike up conversations and meet new people :)
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