{"id":9866,"date":"2018-12-15T07:25:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T12:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/?p=9866"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:37:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:37:52","slug":"what-did-you-do-this-year-that-surprised-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/what-did-you-do-this-year-that-surprised-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What did you do this year that surprised you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you imagine the you of one year ago looking at what you did this year, is there anything that would surprise last year you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you make a leap of faith?<\/li>\n<li>Try something totally new?<\/li>\n<li>Go somewhere unexpected?<\/li>\n<li>Give up something you used to think was essentially you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lately I have been marveling at my friends&#8217; capacity to surprise me. Which makes me so happy!\u00a0<\/strong>When I love someone and I think I&#8217;ve got her figured out, it&#8217;s a joy to be reminded that humans have infinite potential to change and evolve.<br \/>\nMy husband, John, has been reminding me lately how much I&#8217;ve surprised him with my twists and turns. Thankfully, he, too, finds surprises enjoyable. If that weren&#8217;t true, we probably wouldn&#8217;t be approaching 21 years together.<br \/>\nFor example, I didn&#8217;t know a year ago I was going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bo7ZxaPhJyZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start training to become a coach<\/a> and that I would love it. I have offered marketing coaching for several years so it didn&#8217;t seem like much of a leap to add some formal training, but it&#8217;s really expanded my skills and my ideas for how I might help people.<br \/>\nThough it might sound superficial, renting a cottage near the ocean this summer was absolutely transformative. I&#8217;d never thought of myself as a summer house person, in part because I didn&#8217;t think we could afford it. But I found a tiny place in an off-the-beaten-path location and we made the numbers work.<br \/>\nI worked many days at an outdoor table surrounded by organic gardens, with chickens, ducks and a turkey wandering by. We made frequent visits to the beach. And we enjoyed a pace of life that was so much mellower than New York City.<br \/>\nPrior to that month, I would not have considered leaving Brooklyn for Long Island. Now I&#8217;m wistful enough that we&#8217;ve considered <a href=\"http:\/\/v3.mlsstratus.com\/Live\/Pages\/Public\/Link.aspx?Key=630768843b824664bbfb3fbbb9bee7cd&amp;App=MLSLI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buying a house with multiple apartments in it<\/a>, so we could get ourselves closer to the ocean and perhaps revive the idea of creating a cohousing experience.<br \/>\n<em>Come take a stroll through our cottage&#8217;s white picket fence &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BnL7zeyh8Bl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BnL7zeyh8Bl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BnL7zeyh8Bl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">For three weeks, we have come through this picket fence and lush landscaping, greeted by chickens, ducks and a turkey, to arrive at our little cottage. It\u2019s our country home away from home for one more week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colleennewvine\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Colleen Newvine Tebeau<\/a> (@colleennewvine) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-09-01T14:20:46+00:00\">Sep 1, 2018 at 7:20am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>These were my coworkers:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BnHKcLWBgwH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BnHKcLWBgwH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Back in Brooklyn when I have a phone meeting or webinar, I worry that sirens or car alarms in the background will be distracting. This month I have had coworkers crack up when they heard chicken, duck and turkey chatter. This table is my favorite work spot at our cottage and these are a few of my feathered friends. (The frenzy is our host walking back to the hen house with food scraps)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colleennewvine\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Colleen Newvine Tebeau<\/a> (@colleennewvine) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-08-30T17:51:01+00:00\">Aug 30, 2018 at 10:51am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2><strong>Change can be scary. The status quo feels comfortable.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We like to feel good at things and trying something new means pushing through the discomfort of that early part of the learning curve.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s also that &#8220;devil you know&#8221; feeling that no matter how bad a situation is, at least you know the terrain there. There&#8217;s risk in going somewhere new, with all manner of uncertainty.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t believe me? Try<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=people+resist+change&amp;rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US826&amp;oq=people+resist+change&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.3540j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Googling &#8220;people resist change&#8221; <\/a>and I&#8217;m pretty sure you&#8217;ll get bored or overwhelmed before you can scroll through even half the articles that come back.<br \/>\n<strong>If resisting change means only doing what you already know, then your world is constricting. <\/strong><br \/>\nYour boundaries are what you&#8217;ve already done by &#8230; when? High school? College? Then if any of those old activities falls away for any reason, it&#8217;s not replaced because that would be new and risky and scary.<br \/>\n<strong>What if Julia Child didn&#8217;t try something new later in life? She&#8217;d lived about half a century when her first cookbook, &#8220;Mastering the Art of French Cooking,&#8221; was published. Vera Wang designed her own wedding dress when she was 40, and her design empire followed. Betty White was 51 when she landed her breakout role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/24-people-who-became-highly-successful-after-age-40-2015-6#tim-and-nina-zagat-were-both-51-year-old-lawyers-when-they-published-their-first-collection-of-restaurant-reviews-under-the-zagat-name-in-1979-it-eventually-became-a-mark-of-culinary-authority-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Need more examples?<\/a><br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t need to be Ray Kroc buying McDonald&#8217;s at 52 to do something new, though.<br \/>\n<strong>You could try a new hobby. You could quit a bad habit. You could stop talking about a dream vacation and book your tickets.<\/strong><br \/>\nMaybe you it won&#8217;t change your life like Julia Child learning to cook. But wouldn&#8217;t it be fun to surprise yourself a little?<br \/>\n<strong>Related blog posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/03\/authenticity-implies-theres-only-one-you\/\">Authenticity implies there\u2019s only one\u00a0you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"dark\" href=\"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/28\/try-changing-the-story-you-tell-yourself\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Try changing the story you tell\u00a0yourself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"dark\" href=\"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/06\/the-only-thing-constant-in-life-is-change-but-somehow-we-dont-think-that-applies-to-us\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The only thing constant in life is change \u2014 but somehow we don\u2019t think that applies to\u00a0us?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"dark\" href=\"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/18\/can-people-really-change\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Can people really\u00a0change?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"dark\" href=\"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/25\/can-people-change-part-ii-with-input-from-friends\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Can people change? Part II, with input from\u00a0friends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"dark\" href=\"https:\/\/newvinegrowing.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/21\/the-only-thing-we-have-to-fear-is-change-itself\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The only thing we have to fear is change\u00a0itself<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9869\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-9869 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018.jpg\" alt=\"working at the back table in Patchogue August 2018\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018.jpg 1482w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/working-at-the-back-table-in-Patchogue-August-2018-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;d love to say I&#8217;m writing this missive from our bucolic backyard, surrounded by this lush greenery in the open air. 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