I love you New York, but you scare me...

The theme for this week came at a good time because tomorrow I am doing something I love. I am leaving for a place I have only been twice but have been in love with since I was a child-New York City.

When I was three I liked to climb into the lower cabinets in my parents' kitchen, shut the door, and pretend it was a car. One day my mom knocked on the door and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "To New Ork!" I had seen the big sparkling city on the soap operas my mom watched day after day. Bright lights, beautiful people, 'New Ork' just seemed like the most wonderful place in the world.

Even though I am very excited to go, I do have a bit of anxiety about this trip. I am doing something that I have never done before, and that many people are afraid to do-ever.

I am driving a car in Manhattan.

Luckily it is only to the Battery Park garage to drop off my rental car on the way back from my project in NJ, so it's not like I'm driving around the perimeter of Central Park. Still, I feel very intimidated. My first time in New York I realized that if you didn't start rolling forward before the light turned green you got honked at. There is no hesitating, you must be an aggressive driver-which I most certainly am not. Fear inducing or not, it has to be done in order to get to my destination.

So after tomorrow I will mark something off my list of things I never thought I would do. Hopefully it doesn't come with any tears or rental insurance claims. Regardless, take this into consideration: doing something you love may come with some anxiety, but in the end the experience will be worth it.

Do What You Love

If all your bills were paid, and you had more than enough money to last your entire lifetime, what would you spend your time doing?

Many people say they would travel, go on shopping sprees, lay on the beach all day every day for the rest of their lives. But all of those things get old after a while. What is something that would truly bring you great fulfillment every day? Something that you could do all day and not look at the clock. Something that motivated you to get out of bed, excited for the day ahead.

This week look inside yourself and think about things you have done in your life that gave you that warm fuzzy feeling. Paint, volunteer, write, run-anything that makes you feel good and makes you say, "I love doing this!"

No Day But Today

"I can't control
My destiny
I trust my soul
My only goal is just
To be
There's only now
There's only here
Give in to love
Or live in fear
No other path
No other way
No day but today..."

-Jonathon Larson, RENT

In the spirit of Thanksgiving; be thankful for each moment and live it with love, not fear.