Kid Stuff

Recently I read that a clue to discovering your passion is to look back to when you were a child. What activities were you involved in? What were you talented at?
When I was a child I was a ball of energy. If I wasn't eating or sleeping, I would be doing kartwheels, practicing back flips on the trampoline or begging my dad to count how many laps I could swim in my grandmother's pool. I was involved in gymnastics for a couple of years but my somewhat shy nature as a child is what stopped me from continuing. I was getting good, and they wanted me to compete. I was terrified and stopped gymnastics all together. WTF! Why did I quit?! No one was even forcing me to compete! To this day, I regret quitting and wonder what would have happened if I had continued. When I entered high school, I was involved in sports (FYI: 'involved' doesn't mean good at!). But my love was for the dance team. It made me outgoing and excited! In grade 11, I was asked to be captain. I accepted, but then realized that putting together choreography was not my thing. I was afraid of people judging me. I was afraid of failure. By grade 12, I quit dance. I'm beginning to see a pattern here!
1. I have a fear of failure
2. I seem to have enjoyed physical activity since childhood
Although I've always loved to dance, at this point in my life after so many years of not doing it (excluding sporadic Friday nights with girlfriends or alone in the house), I feel like it's too late to pursue the idea of taking it further. But maybe it's this kind of thinking that has stopped me from finding my passion.
I think we're making progress here!

Stay tuned...I tried something new yesterday! It will be up on the blog soon!