Phobia-Trek 2011 #2 – First Success!

Today is a momentous day in the History of Phobia-Trek 2011. The first item is now being checked off the list!

I hereby declare PROCRASTINATION no longer a problem in my life!

After you are done cheering, jumping up and down, and have wiped the tears of joy from you eyes, read on. I will give you a moment…

After a week of attacking any issue the moment it arose, and taking care of things I’ve put off doing for years, it is time to say this Phobia/foible is resolved. I considered taking more time to mark this as achieved, but I have determined that this would only be putting off what I already know is true and would therefore be procrastination! So in order to avoid an endless cycle of procrastinating the day of not being a procrastinator and possible causing a black hole, or a tear in the fabric of time I will move on with the next phobia.

The next issue I have selected to work on is:

Aphephobia

I will discuss what this is, how it affects me, and steps to resolve this in a future post! Until next time my fellow Trekkers!

Phobia-Trek 2011 #1 – Post 1

After putting this off as long as I could, not really wanting to start taking down my phobias & foibles because it sounded difficult, I finally decided on an item to start with.

Drumroll please…

PROCRASTINATION!

Fitting, right? This was decided yesterday and I began working on it right away. Although it still took me a day to get to writing the post saying that I’m going to work on it. So you can still see that I need to work on it.

Yesterday I wanted to look at switching my cell phone plan from Verizon to T-Mobile. Instead of kind of looking at it, wasting time, etc. I just went to the t-mobile store and checked it out. I’m going to decide today and make any changes tonight if I choose to.

I also needed a Doctors appointment to look at my aching heel. Instead of waiting 3 more months, like I did the first time my foot hurt, I just made the call and will be taking care of it tomorrow.

Who knows what crazy wild opportunities I will have today. Check back to see what exciting news I have for you!

PhoTrek 11 is officially started!

Phobia-Trek 2011 “The List”

As promised, I have tried to put together a list of what I consider my phobias and/or personality traits that I want to change or overcome. Feel free to review the list, laugh at the list, imagine what a freak I must be from the list, or even add to the list

In no particular order:
Scopophobia = Fear of being looked at, seen or stared at.
Social Phobia / Social Anxiety = Fear of being singled out.
Aphephobia = Fear of being touched.
Neophobia = Fear of change.
Passive Aggressive
Procrastination

Each of these have certain nuances and affect me in different ways to varying degrees.

The next step is to pick an item to work on and create a plan to face the issue and attempt to overcome it. Check back soon to see what the first adventure of PhoTrek ’11 will be!

Phobia-Trek 2011

Day Zero,

I invite you to join me on an oddessey that will likely be trecherous at times, giving scary insights into the inner thoughts, fears, and dreams of my mind.

Over the next few months I will attempt to identify, examine, and overcome my fears and phobias. I will document my plans in my blog.

I am confident that there will be awkward and embarrassing moments that I hope in the end will help me become a better person.

Check back for my first post of Phobia-Trek 2011 where I will make my first attempt at compiling my many quirks.