Riding the wave of excitement, taking it as further as you can

It’s 10:10pm, and I just got off a cold shower.

I was not supposed to take it at this time. I was feeling very tired and with a slight headache starting to grow. And it’s during the morning hours anyway that I take my cold showers.

But I’m playing with something for which I’m excited right now: vibrancy and streaks.

Vibrancy, as a state of being imbued with energy and vitality, is one of my core desired feelings. I am experimenting with ways to bring myself into that state. Cold showers happens to be a great way to do so.

Two weeks ago, on one of the very last few days of 2017, Evelyn had a very cool idea: what if each one of us in the family (our two kids and ourselves), define one or more activities that we’re excited about and that we would benefit from doing consistently, and set the challenge of starting a streak on day 1 of the year.

The idea is to see how far we can keep the streak going, and to keep it in line with the day of the year.

At this moment, I’m writing this post close by a few minutes to the end of January 9th. I’ve kept my streaks so far. One of them is taking a cold shower every day.

I had been out all day taking care of business, and came back home past 9pm. I was not intending to take the cold shower. But rather go soon to sleep.

But the idea of breaking my streak didn’t feel good.

In feeling that, I reconnected with a theme I’ve set for myself this year: to take it as further as I can. My excitement, that is.

To put intentionality, commitment, and focus in acting on my excitement to the best of my ability, riding that wave as much as I can.

Stretching how far I’m willing to be coherent with my desires and resonance.

So when exploring the path of not taking the cold shower, therefore breaking my streak, in juxtaposition to the path of doing it, I felt it. The idea of going for it, experience the delicious sensation of vibrancy I get, and keeping my streak, was definitively more exciting.

So it was a matter of choice.

Do I prioritize comfort and the stories on my head that justify not following through with my excitement and commitment to it?

Or do I follow the feeling of it, and give myself to the experience of riding that wave?

You already know I chose the later.

In your case, what do you chose?

The world needs more people willing to take their true excitement all the way through. Ethically. Passionately.

I for sure need that for myself.

Maybe you too.