If there is one thing I've learnt recently, it's that pushing yourself to do something you know you can and pushing yourself to do something you think you can are completely different from one another.
I pushed myself to revise for my exams in terms of motivation because I knew I would achieve my best if I tried hard enough. Yes, at the time this was an incredibly challenging experience because there was times when I felt unprepared even though I wasn't. However, six months or so prior to the exams when you're told that you need to start revising soon, I was one to sit there and think "Bring it on!" This was purely because I felt like I was capable enough to then be sat in the exam hall six months or so later and aim the exact same thought at my exam papers. I was partly right, but the feeling of forgetting everything the moment you walk in to that hall and that then making you nervous is a feeling I don't think I will ever not feel when faced with that situation.
In comparison, I push myself every time a performance opportunity arises to test my comfort zone. This is due to the fact that I if I don't I will always be at the back and regret not stepping forward. For example, at a musical theatre class a few weeks ago, solos were being arranged for a number we were doing from Miss Saigon. These solos were rather seductive and I stood there undecided of whether or not to raise my hand. I did and then thought "Oooooh, maybe I shouldn't of done that/maybe I should of....." Anyway, so we then sung these solos and again, I felt unsure. Then movements were incorporated in to this piece and after watching what we would have to do, all I could think was "am I going to be able to do that?" Now, anyone that knows me, knows I'm quite proper and so doing something like that was pretty bizarre to say the least. But I did it! I did it and it felt so good to just drop my guard.
The point of this blog was to just say that testing your limits is ok and although it can be scary, you can sometimes feel so much better for it.
Just bear that in mind next time an opportunity comes along.
Dotty
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I pushed myself to revise for my exams in terms of motivation because I knew I would achieve my best if I tried hard enough. Yes, at the time this was an incredibly challenging experience because there was times when I felt unprepared even though I wasn't. However, six months or so prior to the exams when you're told that you need to start revising soon, I was one to sit there and think "Bring it on!" This was purely because I felt like I was capable enough to then be sat in the exam hall six months or so later and aim the exact same thought at my exam papers. I was partly right, but the feeling of forgetting everything the moment you walk in to that hall and that then making you nervous is a feeling I don't think I will ever not feel when faced with that situation.
In comparison, I push myself every time a performance opportunity arises to test my comfort zone. This is due to the fact that I if I don't I will always be at the back and regret not stepping forward. For example, at a musical theatre class a few weeks ago, solos were being arranged for a number we were doing from Miss Saigon. These solos were rather seductive and I stood there undecided of whether or not to raise my hand. I did and then thought "Oooooh, maybe I shouldn't of done that/maybe I should of....." Anyway, so we then sung these solos and again, I felt unsure. Then movements were incorporated in to this piece and after watching what we would have to do, all I could think was "am I going to be able to do that?" Now, anyone that knows me, knows I'm quite proper and so doing something like that was pretty bizarre to say the least. But I did it! I did it and it felt so good to just drop my guard.
The point of this blog was to just say that testing your limits is ok and although it can be scary, you can sometimes feel so much better for it.
Just bear that in mind next time an opportunity comes along.
Dotty
X
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