Bold Moves October

The air is crisp, the season has turned, and the chance is yours. Be bold. Original Concept: 2011, 2012, 2013. Submit your Bold Move. Best of DateByNumbers. [email protected]. This is a personal weblog. The opinions expressed here represent my own, or perhaps yours, but definitely not those of my employer.

[boldmovesoctober]

Crys ([email protected]) submitted:

+I cut my hair super short and started rocking a bold lipstick. + I asked the boy in my class that I’ve been acquaintances with if he wanted to exchange numbers. We went to brunch and spent Halloween together. He lights up with excitement whenever he talks about things he enjoys, so it’s been great getting to know him. + I am in the process of working on an article for the school newspaper regarding the lack of inclusion on people of colour writers in our English department. I coordinated a meeting with the head of the department to discuss this with her… + I finally had a discussion with my professor about the possibility of grad school, something I’ve never consider due to severe self-deprecation, but now it feels like a distinct possibility. + In order to curb the last dredges of my social anxiety, I signed up for classes next semester that will force me to partake in public speaking, and also signed up for a ‘compassionate communication’ course. + I turned a lot of energy inward and did small acts of self-love and I can feel myself blooming, blossoming, growing into the extraordinary human being I know I am.

Well that's beautiful.

[raggedastheroad]

Tiny Bold Moves

I really felt that I had done something to upset a coworker today, and I was really upset about it myself. After 15 minutes of mulling over it, freaking out over it, I just found my coworker and said hey, I’m sorry about what happened and if I upset you, I apologize. 

And she was totally not upset about what had happened, and explained her bad mood to me, and empathized with me in being the kind of person who always thinks people are mad at her. 

I’m bad at confrontation, so this was a bold move for me. And it’s so much better than just making myself sick with worry. 

[infinite-jessi]

How To Ask Out A Guy You Like on a Second Date

1. Send this text. 2. Throw phone across the room, blast T. Swift’s new album, and dance around because YOU’RE AMAZING AND GORGEOUS AND SO DATEABLE AND WHO CARES IF HE SAYS NO BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST FUCKING KILLING IT IN ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE!!!

UPDATE: HE SAID DEFINITELY. THANK YOU TAYLOR SWIFT!!!! 

[anewyorkdateofmind]

Bold Moves October

I finally got my tattoo!!!

[boldmovesoctober]

Anonymous submitted: "October’s coming to an end", I sighed as I stared at my BMO list. Only one thing was checked off of my list of 8 "bold moves" that I wanted to accomplish. "How would I ever complete the rest of my list in time ?” After chatting with my friend about a recent accomplishment she exclaimed, “gosh, you’ve been so bold this month I’m so proud” And I looked at my computer screen and smiled. Because sure, maybe I didn’t accomplish my list but I’ve been bold in so many other ways. I’m working a full time job at a company I love and doing a lot of side projects that I’ve been itching to be a part of. And who says there’s a deadline to being bold? So I’m extending my BMO list, or lets say my BMO attitude, to the end of the year…and beyond.

[kwallaby]

bold moves october aka finally gettin mine.

[nomnomnamaste]

A year ago just about this time, I sat down at a big ol’ conference room table to chat with some great people about a job I really wanted. I thought it was going to be my bold move realized. Turned out it wasn’t, exactly. And hooboy, it stung.

But if you need any morsel of encouragement this month, if you’re feeling down in the slightest, like I was the day I wrote that post, here is something: This morning I walked into that same conference room to sit down at that same conference room table—only this time, as part of an awesome team, and as the client.

Ain’t that a funny thing?

[shenanigansandadventues]

I just spent the better half of the past two hours looking at and studying the catalog of classes I have to take to be a dietitian. Because I already have a degree, I can just get a certificate, meaning I just take all of the major classes, and then do an internship and sit for the National Exam to be a registered dietitian.

I’m going to do it. I’m going back to school.

[boldmovesoctober]

Marianne ([email protected]) submitted:

Maybe not so much a Bold Move, but I finally ended the relationship I knew wasn’t right for me, no matter how wonderful he is, and no matter how much I care about him as a person.

I feel relief. And I feel so ready to focus on my own growth.

Here’s to those Moves, both the quietly courageous and the Bold!

[watchriadate]

Sometimes I forget that Bold Moves October isn’t about getting the results you want or coming out on top. BMO is about having the courage to step outside of your comfort zone and celebrating that that is a victory in and of itself. BMO is about not letting one failure stop you from being bold every day this month or any other day of the year. And that’s something I need to remember as this hallowed month continues.

I volunteered to speak about my abortion story for a column in an immensely popular magazine but ultimately had my portion cut from the column. It was the first time I had stepped forward to speak about it in a public forum, albeit anonymously, and I won’t let this rejection deter me from writing about it for Pro Voice Day.

I dusted off the old x-acto knife and completed my first papercutting piece in over a year and a half for an art contest. My piece was not selected to advance to the next round but I won’t let that discourage me from getting back into art.

These have been two major blows to handle within 24 hours but I’m cutting the pity party short and turning my focus on the next bold move on the docket. There may still be 15 days left of October but I can tell that this is going to be the most momentous BMO yet.

[roidguin-deactivated20161130]

Half way through BMO

So we are half way through and I think I need to write down some goals before this month is over. 

-Ask cute boy from class on date -Write a follow up email to hackbright (dream company) -Run 10 miles, because I can -enter a bike race by this time next year -finish my Google hangouts project, no matter how many late nights. 

I think most my bold moves will be in December this year, since I graduate, turn 22, and will be moving out of state.. hopefully with a job lined up, but if not I’m moving anyways. Making that decision is pretty bold too I guess.  EDIT: I also finally became comfortable not wearing a bra this week. I now only wear one maybe once a week. No sports bra nothing. This is huge for me and has helped my body image and confidence greatly. Because I am beautiful and wonderful and I don’t need dumb products to make me better, I love me for me. :) HUGE STEP. 

[0prahwinfr3y]

The best thing about your low periods is that you realize that you can always get back up.

[postcards-to-myself]

Birthday Weekend Bold Moves

Well, I’m sick. But it was worth it because, when I consider where I may have picked up a virus in the last 7 days, the following options arise:

1) In a crowded airplane, on my way back from a national conference where I presented professionally in front of my peers for the first time.

2) In the crowded lobby of our office, where I hosted and organized a special networking event for my students on Wednesday

3) In a crowded nightclub, where I brought together sixty people and somehow managed to corral them into a group photo along the way

4) On a chilly beach in Newport at midnight, where some smart, handsome guy kissed me to mark the first day of a new year.

Bold Moves October is in full force. Show me what you got, 26.

[humansofnewyork]

"I’ve got one of those bucket lists. I want to drive a race car. I wanted to join the Air Force, but that was just so I could jump out of an airplane, with a parachute— but not from too high though. Just medium high. I also want to go up in a balloon, because that looks fun. And also I want to do that thing where you’re holding onto that kite-looking-thing while it goes through the air. Then I want to catch one of those big fish with the thing coming out of its nose, where they have to strap you to a chair so you can reel it in. My friend says I’m too old for that, but I think I can do it."

[small-as-a-world]

BOLD MOVES

So, I haven’t really been “participating” in BMO, but I want to shout from the rooftops that I just applied for a new job. Hooray! Hoping to find something that pays better than the one I have now, and doesn’t make me want to stick my head in a vice.

[ifdreamstherebe]

Since I'm feeling good and want to keep thinking about good things - BMO Update!!

Bold Moves was meeting up with an old classmate of mine last week for coffee. He’s a great guy and I had no reason to be nervous - except that small talk literally petrifies me and having not seen him in an entire year, I was afraid it would get weird. It didn’t. We sat in the quad on campus and talked for an hour and a half and it was wonderful.

Bold Moves was sticking to my word when I promised my friend this past spring I’d be her gym buddy in the coming school year. We started last week and so far I’ve only missed one day. I’m getting the cardio in that I desperately need. I’m lifting weights again for the first time since high school and I feel fucking incredible. (And let’s be real, walking into that weight room as girl who’s new to lifting, next to a bunch of ripped college guys, is a Bold Move in and of itself)

Bold Moves was taking on an officer position in two different clubs, even though the last time I held an officer position on an on-campus club it drove me insane with stress. Last week I thought it was happening again and that I couldn’t do it, but this week things are better. One of my clubs is going to be a great professional networking and skill building opportunity. The other club has brought me so much satisfaction already as I unite passionate students with similar interests. It’s be rewarding so far.

So far, so good.

[boldmovesoctober]

jackie-jormp-jomp said:

My lease was ending & I needed to make a decision. Accept a job in the city I want to live in, even though the job isn't exactly what I had hoped would be my 1st post-grad job, or move back to my hometown & figure things out from there. I accepted the job & found a new apartment in the same day, moved 3 days later, & start work on Monday. In the meantime I can keep searching for that dream job. I'm trying to have faith that this Bold Move will help me towards where I really want to go.

Yes! Bold moves can be little steps to bigger dreams. This is great!