Day 213: Are You Committed or Merely Interested?

In case you don't know, have a fear of heights. And a few years back I wanted to get over that fear, so I did what only seemed logical…I went skydiving while in Mexico. I found the nearest skydiving facility, paid my fee, and went up in the plane. That was the easy part. I did what’s called a tandem jump, which means I was strapped to the instructor. And thankfully so, because I screamed like a sissy girl on the way down and forgot that there was even a ripcord to pull. HA! Yeah, I am probably not the buddy you want when faced with a life-threatening event.

But even before that, before the jump, while I was still IN the plane I was thinking “Oh, this is going to be a piece of cake!” Boy was I wrong. I was doomed as soon as they opened the side door and I looked down.

Fear seized me and all I heard in my head was, “WHAT WAS I THINKING!?” Why would I voluntarily CHOOSE to hurtle myself out of a perfectly good plane and purposely fall to a possible impending doom? Surely I must be crazy. With a little coaxing though I was convinced to slowly crawl to the edge and step outside on the foot holding. I remember holding on for dear life saying “Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!” And it was at that moment I had to decide…was I committed or was I just merely interested?

The Jump.

Now I have to admit, had I not been strapped to someone who was already committed to seeing me succeed I might have wimped out and said, “Wow, nice view!” and then crawled my sissy butt back into the plane. But no such luck. After I got coached and reminded of my “why” I wanted to jump, I shifted from the mentality of being just merely interested to fully committed… and I jumped. And let me tell you, once you commit to jumping, it’s not like you can exactly change your mind mid air. Well, I guess technically you can, but it is not going to help. There is no rewind button.

So why bring up the topic of “committed” versus “interested”?  Because it makes all the difference when wanting to accomplish a goal. Since the seminar, I have been forced to look over what it is I SAY I want for myself and what I have actually been DOING. You know what I found out? I haven’t been as committed as I thought I was on a lot of things; I’ve been merely interested. How do I know? Results. There is a different level of passion between commitment and interest, and it’s that level of passion that is the driving force between the dreaming and the having. Guess it is time for me to get back to the drawing board and get clear on what it is I REALLY want.

In the meantime I will be changing the format of this blog a little. Not majorly, just a little. What does this mean? I’ll still be writing but not every day as I had been. I AM still committed to writing; however, I am more committed to my health and wellbeing...and right now they are both battling for my time.

With that said…what are you saying you are committed to? Are you really?

Mission Accomplished!