Day 11: Discomfort, Anxiety and Six-Pack Abs.

Ever try and change without a little discomfort?

I have. It's not possible.

I'm not even talking full-blown emotional and spiritual metamorphosis; something as simple as toning up is uncomfortable. Don't believe me? Try and get those coveted six-pack abs without your stomach muscles revolting against you. You can't. Or if you can...I am listening. Seriously. Call me.

But the discomfort, in my humble, humble opinion is important. So important, and so unwanted that I think it's time I redefine the word. Instead of it meaning the absence of comfort, I'm going to try and think of discomfort as the presence of change. Mind you, I said try.

It might not make the ab work any easier...but it will make it more rewarding.

YESTERDAY'S CHALLENGE:

A simple challenge: just be in the moment, was the hardest by far. I came up short quite a few times. Even laying under a perfect sky in Central Park, my mind would wander: did I? Should I? I didn't...I have to...

And once that chain starts, it's a challenge to turn it off. But in those moments I did tune out...how sweet it was! I'm thinking that might stick as my Sunday challenge.
It's worth trying to master.

TODAY'S CHALLENGE: First Day at School.

Okay, so today I start Sketch Comedy class at UCB. I love comedy; watching it, writing it...but I have never taken a class for it. That changes tonight at 7:15. Today is my first day of school. I'm nervous. I'm not going to fight that, and worry about what I should be feeling. Right now, I am nervous. I'm always nervous when I start something new, be it a job, class or show. But I'm okay with nerves: they keep me on my toes.

And the great thing about a comedy class? You're encouraged to make a complete a$$ of yourself...so I should fit right in.