Eye Contact

Today I gave myself the first challenge; Make eye contact with as many people as possible.
If you read my last post, I was talking about how one of my words in 2018 is Courage. I want to make that happen and I was going to start giving myself challenges to grow my confidence and courage.
Well, here we are. The first challenge.
Small, but significant all the same.
I had class today, and even though my second class was canceled, I made eye contact with about 10 people before going home. Later I went to the bank, Target, and a few other places.
In total, I made eye contact with about 27 people today.
I didn't count the people who checked me out at the stores, or my professor, because you kind of have to look at each other. I didn't want it to be that easy.
So I made eye contact with 27 strangers. Some smiled, a few said hello, one lady even started chatting with me. I was feeling so good when I got home that I even said hello to my neighbors that I don't normally speak to, as a "bonus," if you will.

Some things that I learned today...
It wasn't as hard as i thought it was going to be. A lot of people don't look at you in passing anyway.
Forcing myself to get out of own mind and pay attention to others around me, to look in to their eyes... That really made me more aware of the people and the world around me at that moment.
I would call Challenge 1 a success!
I encourage you to try it as well. It's something so small, but can help a lot.
I started out really nervous. It's something outside of my comfort zone, which is the point, but it went better than I could have hoped.
I'd like to continue attempting eye contact as I go through the rest of the year and grow in courage.

That's all for now...

See ya.

Comments

  1. Hanne TJanuary 11, 2018 at 10:04 PM

    This is such a lovely idea! It's a little way to spread happiness (cheesy much) while getting yourself out of your own little bubble! I'm going to try this!

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    1. KristinaJanuary 14, 2018 at 12:28 PM

      I'm glad you've been inspired! Let me know how it goes. :)

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