Starting Stylelife Challenge

X1nn3R · 2011-06-18T02:25:02+00:00

Try to meet people out side of the Y, its obviously a comfort place for you and you need to push yourself to make a change

2011-06-18T00:44:39+00:00

Day 1

Objective: Make small talk with five strangers.

Pretty good day. Everybody that I talked to for the day's mission was at the Y. It was a good workout and a good day! I don't remember exactly how things went down, so short report!

EDIT: italicized objective.

2011-06-18T00:53:21+00:00

Day 2

Objective: Make small talk with five more strangers, this time making an effort to make eye contact and remember their eye colors.

Today was a great day! I didn't get started on this until later in the day, again at the Y when working out and playing tennis before. I talked to a girl, brown eyes. At the Y, one girl with blue eyes, and three other guys with brown eyes. I also talked to a girl with brown eyes about the difference between a machine she was using for two leg curls, as opposed to a single leg curl that I do. She was cute, I stuttered a little :)

The great thing was that I learned some new stuff about lifting! The first guy I talked to was an older man helping out some younger guys (looked like his sons) with stuff, and he showed me some stuff, clarified grips on benching for me. The second was a guy I asked about an exercise he was doing; basically the same as the curls I was doing but with a machine.

The third guy was awesome. I asked him to show me how to do shoulder shrugs, and I ended up learning four different ways to do them! (Dumbbells at the side, a weight plate in the front, sitting on a bench doing chest fly type things, and the free bar). He showed me a new way of doing rows, and we just made some small talk about how he looked older than he was and all that. I liked the guy, and it was great to just get out there and be social and make new friends!

I went hard today too, so it was a great day!

EDIT: italicized the objective.

RedShirtedAss · 2011-06-18T06:49:19+00:00

Good stuff man! Just try not to burn yourself out, 30 days is a long time and if you go at something with too much intensity, its going to seem like a chore. Give yourself ample break time and be sure to reward your hard work. And most importantly, have fun with it!

Mocnoj · 2011-06-28T21:56:47+00:00

What about day 3 and so on?

By the way, I'm on day 6 myself.

2011-07-08T20:13:52+00:00

Day 3

Objective: Complete the five vocal exercises (won't go in-depth here), and get three movie recommendations from random phone calls.

Today was actually a good day too!

I started by thinking, during the morning, *"I'm busy this morning, running, working out, mowing the lawn, then lunch and some break time! So everything I want to do today, including missions, has to be done by 3 (tennis practice)..."

I kept putting it off until about 1:30pm, when I thought, "Fuck it. Gotta do this." So I picked up my phone and dialed some random numbers using the tips in RotG. No go, most numbers were out of service or whatnot. One worked but nobody picked up, even after a minute or so of sitting there ringing.

Interesting note: When I began the phone part, I just thought "Don't think about it, just do it." and it helped. Also, I think I got somewhat in to the mindset of "Fuck it." that I hear is so helpful. It was kind of cool to get over my nervousness and just be cool.

Onward. I decided to skip the movie part for now (it's coming later) and do the vocal exercises. I was surprised at how crappy my voice is compared to what I feel like I achieved during those exercises! I gained more projection, a stronger, more confident tone, and a better speed of speaking. Let's see if it sticks!

After that, I decided, I couldn't get any recommendations on the phone because I don't have a phonebook and after trying the numbers on whitepages.com and not getting any recommendations, I"ll just go out and talk to people and ask!

So I did. I got dressed (home alone = boxers/shorts, yay!) and went out to the nearby Safeway. Soon as I walked past the cafe area, with benchs, I saw a lady sitting at one of the benches. I sat down and asked, "My friend and I are wanting to see a movie, do you have any recommendations?"

She said, "I can't think of any off the top of my head." I thanked her and turned to her coworker, who had just arrived to tell her something and asked the same thing. The coworker said "I went to see Cars 2 with my son and granddaughter, and I liked it."

While we were in the middle of discussing this, the first lady turns around and mentions Transformers. We get into a short discussion about Green Lantern (I genuinely liked them!) and then I thank them both for the help and start towards the door to the actual Safeway (like King Soopers, or Publix-esque store). I spot a lady walking in with some kids so I say hi to her as she and her friend are getting carts, while the kids are milling around.

She doesn't look very happy or interested in helping me, but off the top of my head (I want to be able to do this more often!) I say, while making eye contact and using a good voice to both her and her friend, "Hi, can you help me? My friend is babysitting a 6 year old, and I was wondering if you know any good movies for her to watch with the kid?"

The lady looks at me, her friend looks away and ignores me. The lady says, "I heard Cars 2 was a good one." She seemed a little cold and suspicious, but hey, I got the recommendation! (Cars 2 actually sounds good now...)

On my way walking back, I felt great, and in a social, happy mood!

Overall, pretty good day. I sped up and made my voice more high-pitched, but I"m on the right road to correcting it, I think! It's also a motivation boost to know that I can finally move on to Day 4 and not feel guilty about failing.

Edit: formatting stuff, missed some asterisks and whatnot.

Title	Starting Stylelife Challenge
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Upvotes	3
Comments	11
Date	June 18, 2011 12:41 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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