Creating Opportunites for Risk – #Reverb13 prompt 5

Prompt today – What risks have you taken in 2013 and what are the outcomes?

I have been a risk taker most of my life.  I love roller coasters, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, teenagers and so much more.

When I think about 2013 these are the year’s standouts:

Cycling is my favorite part of triathlons 🙂  Coming in from the 26 miles my Daughter Alex snapped the picture

For my 43 birthday in June I trained for and participated in an International Distance Triathlon.  I swam .9 miles, biked 26 and ran 6.4 miles.   I came in 1st in my division- of course I laugh and tell people it’s the older (Masters) big girl (Athena) division but hey it still counts!!!  This was the longest distance tri I had completed and the training and race risks paid off with a great start to my birthday!

After the race – red faced but very pleased with the outcome!

One of the other big “risks” that I began this year was blogging.  In March I wrote my first official blog  Mom’s aren’t supposed to in response to an acquaintance’s suicide. I realized how cathartic writing is to me.  In the past I have done The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron and loved it.  In August I met a new and wonderful Soul sister +Hallelujah Truth  Ruth through Interplay.  When I read her blog and shared that I had written “one” too she sent be back a wonderful list of blogging questions that peaked my interest and in response I started blogging daily.  Since then I participated in Kat MacNally’s Blogtoberfest (thanks Ruth for the introduction) took a break in November and am back at it for #Reverb13. 

Image from Core PHP

Blogging is a risk for me because of sharing parts of myself that I usually keep hidden.  I love writing and it is part of my creative practice so a lot of times I feel vulnerable when I put ‘it’ out there.  In regards to the rewards they have been wonderful.  I have ‘met’ amazing people across the globe and continue to be inspired and awed daily.  I feel like blogging has deepened my relationship with several folks including my husband, Joe, of almost 20 years who loves to read my blog and go, “Wow, I didn’t know that!”