Comfort Zone

So I had this super great conversation with my mom about learning and growing and becoming the person that we are meant to be. She talked a lot about leaving your comfort zone filled with expectations and head to a place where you have no idea what is going to happen.

 

I feel like that has been my life.

 

Where am I going?

What am I doing?

Who am I becoming?

 

 

 

 

At the end of last semester, I decided that I was going to become certified to become a Zumba instructor over the summer. I LOVE doing Zumba and I just want to stay active over the summer and I thought that this would be such a cool opportunity.

 

I signed up to take a Zumba class here at the University and I told my instructor my plans of becoming an instructor. She was very excited for me and that only got me even more excited. She told me that if I got certified this semester, she would let me lead a couple of the dances in the class. Then she told of places that I could teach Zumba.

 

My heart was so HAPPY!

 

So when I looked up the instructor sessions, I found one for March 6th. I knew it was going to be expensive, so I told myself that I would pray about it and see if I should do it.

 

Time is a fickle thing.

 

The more I waited, the more doubt set in and I didn't think it was such a great idea anymore. I just wanted someone to tell me not to do it, or to just do it. Expenses were a concern as well as the time I was willing to put into it. I was sitting on the fence, feeling like I was going to fall over eventually. I just wanted someone to push me.

 

I went to the temple. I prayed a lot about it. I talked to a lot of people to get their opinions. Nothing seemed to be encouraging. People gave me funny looks but wished me good luck if I did it. My prayers were left somewhat empty. The temple made me feel peaceful that anything I decided would be good.

 

I just wanted a solid YES or NO.

 

Then I had the conversation with my mom. She reminded me of my own experience when I decided to serve a mission. I found it funny that she told me about one of my own experiences to give me advice. But I am glad she did. I had forgotten the feelings I experienced when I auditioned for Nauvoo. It felt so similar to what I was going through right now.

What an answer!

 

Get out of your comfort zone.

It isn't a new idea to me, but it is something that I need to take more seriously.

Step out of yourself and do something that you would never think about doing before!

 

 

 

 

 

When we take that leap of faith in our lives, the doors of possibility open to us.

 

Take a chance and LIVE your life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



"Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured."

- Gordon B Hinckley

I'll let you in on a secret.....

So this has been a secret, well, sort of.... I have talked about it, but while being home it has become official....

I am planning on beginning my training for a Half Marathon.

Yup.





13.1 miles.





If you have known me for a while, you know that I am most definitely not a runner, in fact, I loathe it because I am terrible at it.

So why am I going to run 13.1 miles?


Well because I want to do something for myself. I want to be able to make a goal and complete it. I am giving myself the entire next year to do it, but I would like to do it by the end of next semester.  I want to one up my brother.... ;)
He ran a half marathon, but the idea that his little sister who can barely run 3 miles is going to run 13.1 is a one up. (better go run a full marathon Matt)

I want to do this because I want to prove myself wrong all these years. I am not a bad runner, just untrained. I am capable of doing anything I want! I am not the one in my family to just watch as my siblings do fun, adventurous things.

my fears.
I'm scared that I will talk myself out of doing this.
I'm scared that I will injure myself because I have no idea what I am doing.
I'm scared of running for a long time all by myself.
I'm scared that I won't be able to do it in less than 4 hours. (like i said, i'm a bad runner)
I'm scared that my family will let me talk myself out of it and won't push me.
I'm scared that I will have to do this alone.

So now that I have those useless fears out of the way, watch out world, here comes me, a girl with a head full of dreams.

My name is Emily Jex.
I am going to run 13.1 miles in 2014.
And I am telling the entire world.

Here I come.