Disappointment holds our desires–and our dreams– hostage.
Which is why I have embarked on a bold experiment to figure out exactly what disappointment is and why we are so damned scared of it! You may not walk around feeling your life driven by the fear of disappointment. But rest assured, that individually, and as a society, we are terrified of disappointment.
- “Don’t get your hopes up!”
- “Don’t count your chicken before they’re hatched”
- “We need to manage our expectations here…”
We are so “disappointment-averse”, that we’ll do almost anything to avoid it–including sabotage our own dreams and happiness.
So in today’s video, I dare myself (and you) to disappoint!
Dare to Disappoint!
To follow our dreams and live a creative life, we must learn to hear and trust our desires. (That’s because our creative urges are our creative compass!)
Follow (and join!) the experiment here in my blog comments. I’ll share my dare–and I want to hear yours too!
- How bad can it be? Will we survive?
- What exactly IS disappointment, anyway? sadness? grief? anger? jealousy?
- What could be my new relationship with disappointment? (could I learn to love it???)
Stay tuned.. and dare to get those hopes up!
I’m looking for my ten!
Oooo…Can’t wait to hear, Jennifer!
Wow! What a unique (and creative) viewpoint. I think when we investigate any of our feelings, values, traits, etc with CURIOSITY, it is a gentle easing into truth. Playfulness allows us to be freer as we try new ways of being, and you have definitely captured this essence in this video. Kudos! I look forward to hearing how your experiment goes.
I often jump headlong into what I want!! The change that I am working on right now is EASING into transformations (in order to be more caring towards my body and maintain balance), so I don’t want to promise to take anything else on right now. That said, I will take notice of how any disappointments affect me, should they happen this week.
Great to hear from you, Alanna!
I TOTALLY get flinging myself headlong into too many things–been there, done that! (and learning to be being selective about what I commit to!)
I look forward to hearing what you notice.
and yeah, curiosity is the best!