Day 17 (Dave) – The Role I Didn’t Audition For
If someone were to play me on stage, I wouldn’t want to watch the play. That was the most revealing realization from today’s exercise. I wasn’t expecting fun, although I also wasn’t prepared for how…
Day 16 (Dave) – Transmutation
Today, I started experimenting with a practice: pairing each worst-case scenario in my life with its corresponding best-case counterpart. I quickly realized I could anchor these scenarios to my life’s mission—and the results were surprisingly…
Day 16 (Sheila) – Operation: Unstoppable
Today’s experiment around fear helped me get clear on one thing: As long as I’m not dead, I’m going to keep trying to do all the things I want to do. That’s reassuring. I feel…
Day 15 (Dave) – Back On The School Bus
Today’s experiment brought me face-to-face with an old companion: fear. The instructions were simple—pick one fear and hold it up to the light. Not to banish it or reframe it, but to observe it like…
Day 15 (Sheila) – If You Want Something Done…
If I ponder my fear, a lot of it doesn’t hold much of weight any longer. I have pushed myself and survived things that I wouldn’t have guessed I could do. Still, the one thing…
Day 14 (Dave) – You Can’t Handle The Truth!!!
Today, after finishing the exercise, I couldn’t help thinking about the infamous scene in “A Few Good Men” where Jack Nicholson shouted “You can’t handle the truth!” Today’s exercise was about facing the truth about what…
Day 14 (Sheila) – Not so Fast…
Today’s work has challenged me a bit. I’m no stranger to pushing through fear to achieve what I want. That said, I have certainly arranged my life in a way that helps me avoid being…
Day 13 (Dave) – The Voices In My Head Are Having A Party
Day 13 handed me a simple question with a complicated answer: What happens if I start treating my invented self like the one who’s in charge? The task today was to look at real-world issues…
Day 12 (Dave) – The Micro-Networking Laboratory
Day 12 dropped me into the mental equivalent of a home renovation show. Except instead of tile and paint swatches, I was working with values, habits, and imagined futures. What would life look like if…
Day 13 (Sheila) – Calling all the Awesome Versions of Myself…
I have noticed that the “default” persons is a sneaky little devil. That base program wants to stay relevant, it wants to keep you safe. I find myself slipping into my default persona almost unaware.…