How To Make Life Easy: Start With the Hard Stuff First
Take a risk and do something crazy! Then everything else will be a piece of cake.
Look at that picture. That’s me. In the Atlantic Ocean. On January 1st. In 32 degree water. In a bikini. Seriously.
I survived the Coney Island Polar Bear Swim. I survived standing on a beach for half an hour in a bikini in January in New York. I survived swimming in 32 degree water. I survived not being able to feel my toes for a few hours. I survived and had a blast!
The experience made everything else I endured this winter seem like a piece of cake! For starters, I never complained about it being too cold! I learned that nothing is really as bad as it seems. I also learned it takes a really long time for toes to thaw out.
I know the big things are the scariest but overcoming that fear will make future scary things much easier to face.
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Jun 30, 10 at 9:31 am[...] kicked off the new year with a polar bear swim. If that’s not “living life to the fullest” I am not sure what is! I have also [...]