So one of the things I’m trying to work on while going through the Iron Yard to be more vulnerable. Our Campus Director Toni suggested it during one of our Friday morning round up’s. She even sent us a link to a TED talk video about it. So I watched it and was convinced that I need to be more vulnerable. The other day I told my wife that I wanted to go out and hang with the fellas. She told me I didn’t complete several tasks around the house and that I should take care of them before I go out. I’m not a slacker but I’ve been very busy with homework and needed a mental break, not a physical break. I planned on tackling those tasks on Saturday morning and since it was a Friday, those tasks would have been tackled in a few hours.

Usually I cry on the inside after hearing this type of response, but since I’m practicing vulnerability I decided to be vulnerable and cry on the outside this time. It worked! I was able to go out that night! But as i’m talking, I’m wondering if that was me actually being vulnerable.