Today was beautiful.

It was the kind of day that you have to be outside and take advantage of the perfect weather.

Track WOD

A CrossFit crew got together at the UNCW track to do a workout this morning. We were encouraged to bring a friend. I invited my friend Kim along. She said, “I don’t want to… but I will.”

Yes! That is just the kind of badass I like. Someone who takes themselves out of their comfort zone to do something new and different. Nothing too horrible ever comes out of trying new things, right? I mean, even if you hate it… now you know! And knowledge is power!

Kim - Bear Crawling like a champ!

Being outside on a Saturday morning put me a great place… a place of knowing that I never want to spend my life indoors. I want to take advantage of this beautiful world. I want to live every second like it’s my last. I want to embrace life – the ups and downs – and have fun being active. I’m not sure if I want children… but if I do become a mommy – I want to show them how fun life can be without video games, T.V. and indoor laziness.

The thoughts about “living life” made me think about dying, too.

When I die – I don’t want to have regrets.

At the end… I don’t want it to be revealed to me that there were so many things I was capable of doing… that I DIDN’T DO – because of insecurities or FALSE senses of boundaries that never really existed.

What am I capable of?

I won’t know unless I try new things. Take on challenges and give every moment 100%.

Iron Gym and recycling in the background

I never thought I’d be doing pull-ups. It was something that I was NOT capable of… but I got there from trying something new and training. Hard.

What comes next?

A Masters degree. A career. A new business? A 300# deadlift?

Who knows. I just want to put myself out there. No one is paying attention to me — so why let others dictate the new things that I try? So I may fail. Actually, I know I’ll fail. I fail every day. But at least I’m moving towards a goal. And I’m finding the real boundaries of what I’m capable of.

So when I die… I’ll know I took advantage of every beautiful second God gave me.