I am ready to suck and I'm excited to see what I'll learn!

 


So this is my last-minute post before we are off to our JFW national camp for the next week and a bit.

With my blog being late and the pressure of leaving tomorrow I woke up early, tossing and turning thinking about all the things still left to do. Getting a blog out before I leave was one of them, otherwise I'll spend my time at camp with feelings of guilt.

I'm struggling a bit to come up with a meaningful topic for my blog not necessarily because I don't have topics, but more so because I'm lacking the bandwidth right now to dig into any of these topics deeper. 

So.... since I don't have any light bulb moments or wisdom to share currently, I'll just fill you in on some of my going-ons. I have a few bigger events coming up over the next month and a half and my brain is preoccupied to keep them all straight and not dropping the ball on any of them. First of I'll be hosting 10 workshops with 4 different projects over next week's national camp. This is something I have actually put on my personal requirement list, mainly because I wanted to put extra measures in place to not chicken out. Having to instruct 76 people and potentially more is way out of my comfort zone and of course, I also don't really know how to structure workshops, provide all the knowledge, insights, and even materials and tools and all of that mobile in a giant festival-like setting. 

Sounds like fun, sounds like things are going to happen, mistakes will be made and learning is unavoidable. I want to learn!

I have played with the idea to offer workshops for a long long time and I have been asked many times if I would teach classes. While I can list a bunch of reasons why it didn't happen yet I realize my main problem has been and is confidence!

Imposter syndrome and severe anxiety to speak or perform in front of any size of group are what I want to overcome or at the very least manage. The reason this event is such an amazing opportunity for me is because all participants get to do these classes for free, I will get reimbursed for my materials and I get to volunteer my time and contribute to something pretty big and no matter how well all of this is going to turn out I know I will feel good about it either way. While I'm sure people who signed up hope for a great experience and I am eager to meet these expectations, I feel a lot more at peace in case I screw up, knowing people didn't pay with their own hard-earned money for this.

Well, this is one of the many things taking away from my focus on other things right now and when I'm back in a week and a half it will be replaced with the next. 😅

But two things come to mind thinking of our meeting last week and my adventures coming up:

1. If you can not tolerate sucking, you can't be a (martial)artist!

and...

2. Engagement is opportunity!

With these nuggets of wisdom I took to heart I'm off to try something new!

I'll still be in class tonight but will miss out on open training and the next few classes coming up!


Comments

  1. Sihing Tania BrinkerJuly 13, 2023 at 9:51 AM

    You got this!

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  2. Jeff BrinkerJuly 13, 2023 at 10:06 AM

    Great post. Have fun!

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  3. Deb BjorkquistJuly 15, 2023 at 11:53 AM

    Awesome post! You will do amazing, as you have in our demos!! Have a great time!

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  4. Michele WardJuly 16, 2023 at 10:19 AM

    Sounds like fun and an amazing opportunity.

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