not be afraid to speak up when i have an answer/idea/opinion

So I was able to pipe up a bit more with my friend and crush this weekend. I voiced my opinion that I think he needs to come back to Portland. He’s being a tease right now but I think my honesty about how I feel, actually feels freeing and helps me not feel like I’m pretending to be one way when I’m really another. (A problem I dealt with a lot in my teen years.) It seems to be yielding good results.

http://www.43things.com/entries/view/3999002

I tend to enjoy reading everyone’s things lists. It is interesting to see what everyone wants to accomplish.

So when I stumbled across this particular goal, it just struck me as “I so need to accomplish this.”

I need to speak up a lot more than I do. I need to take chances and listen to my gut and be willing to be wrong sometimes, but at least show that I do think, have opinions and am not just a meek little mouse in the corner.

At the same time, I want to master the art of tactfully and respectfully sharing my thoughts and ideas. I think it’s great to get my point acrossed, but even better when I can present it in such a way that others don’t feel threatened, don’t see arrogance in my demeanor and feel welcome to accept or challenge my views and thoughts.

This will be a good goal to prick my thoughts and remind me regularly to speak up and share.