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Well, it was bound to happen eventually. You know how it is, even though you’re perfectly happy with the way things 
are, and you have no thoughts of changing the status quo, you have one single, mad moment of “why not?” – and before you know it, you’ve done something completely outside your comfort zone.
On Thursday, I baked a cake.
Me. The gal for whom biscuits are a major undertaking. The one who won’t make anything that consists of more than three ingredients (including water) because that’s just too fancy.
But I wanted to do something nice for my best friend (we’ve been besties since 1982, which makes 2012 kind of our 30th anniversary). Something different. I used a cake mix, because I’m not totally crazy, and canned frosting, because I didn’t want to kill anyone. But I mixed it, added the ingredients, baked it, frosted it, and then not only had to show it to friends and family, but had to watch them eat it and wait to hear the verdict. For me, that’s scarier than reading reviews of my 
books on Amazon.
And…they liked it! The best compliments came from my six-year-old autistic nephew, who ate every bit of his slice and then said, “delicious and sweet. I want more cake, please”, and from his older brother, who actually asked me to bake his birthday cake. Both of those conversations might have been because of the amount of frosting I piled on there, but I’ll take it. And then 
they ran around for twenty minutes like crazy men, but that was just the sugar. I think.
Have you stepped outside your comfort zone recently? What’s the thing that you’re the least comfortable doing in your daily life? And do you think I over-decorated my masterpiece?
Can you bake my birthday cake, too??? <3
I have, actually, stepped out of my comfort zone, by… ehhh, wearing a dress. It's a cute, dark green dress that opens in the front, and I look kinda gorgeous in it. And it shows all my eight tattoos. The ex kinda really liked the opens in the front part. Just sayin'.
Now, back to cake, which is on the top of the list of my favorite things in the world (along with, ya know, dresses who open in the front), I learned to bake a cake from scratch when I was like 5 (my grandma's maid taught me). I have a little project to bake a rainbow cake. I just need the guts to do it. And the encouragement to try and probably fail. Shall I?
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 5:16 am.
You can do it and succeed B!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:57 am.
When you risk trying a new recipe, you should just go for it. I never worried about failures in the kitchen. If it doesn’t work out, try again. Google a better recipe. I don’t know, kitchen failures seem kind of minor to me.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 8:54 am.
DO IT! I’m with Amanda, you can always try again and even failures of cake are still cake! It’ll taste good no matter how it looks.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:55 am.
Good for you, B. Go for it!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:16 pm.
Awww, thanks, guys! I was kinda worried about a poop looking kind of cake and my mom screaming because I made a mess in the kitchen. I want to make it before my vacations are over, so, I have 20 days.
Thanks for the support.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:17 pm.
Making a rainbow cake is actually really easy, B! You have to mix the food coloring into the batter in separate bowls, but if you pour it into a cake pan separately, the batter doesn’t mix. You have to stir it to get the colors to mix. It’s really fun, too!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:34 pm.
You promise me??? So, if I want a two layer cake with frosting in the middle, I bake them separately??? I might try that!
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 12:07 am.
Don’t worry what you cake looks like just have fun putting it together. There are easy cakes to make and so very hard ones. Just do you best.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:38 pm.
You should deffo make a rainbow cake B! I experimented, and everyone at work was very willing to be experimented on with the rainbow cake. You need gel food colourings and opposed to the normal ones as you get a better colour. Looks absolutely amazing when you cut them and they’re all psychedelic
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:00 pm.
Gel food coloring! Got it, I’ll take a note of that! I wonder where I can get it here!!!!
THANKS for the support, everyone… I’ll have to bake that cake now… I wish I had all of you on FB so you could see how it turns out!
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 12:08 am.
It’s my mom’s birthday next Monday, I hope she wants a Rainbow cake, lol!
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 12:11 am.
I try not to step out of my comfort zone as bad things tend to happen! The thing I’m least comfortable doing on a day to day basis is going to work. It hasn’t been too good there lately. I even get small panic attacks on my way there. Oh well. Another job will come around sometime! Now, the important part here…your masterpiece looks good! I would’ve ate a slice!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:48 am.
I had a job like that, Kelly — for 11 years. And yes, something better came along. I just took deep breaths and told myself that at least they were paying me.
Thanks for the cake compliment!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:18 pm.
I like to challenge myself, usually it averages once a month. Whether it is touching lizards and seeing alligators up close, to taking karate or dance, currently I am saving up to jump out of a plane (funny considering I had a horrible fear of flying up til 2 years ago, then I began to travel). I experiment with food, spices, different cultures, some good and some not so good.
I think you did a great job. The secret ingredient that made it special was love. That makes it even better.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:38 am.
That’s awesome, carla! And thank you. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:20 pm.
My thing is to be doing practical work placement for the first time since I was in year 11 which I might add was nearly half my lifetime ago. So far it has been going well and I was able to get out of the office a couple of times today which was very exciting for me.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:59 am.
Yay, Kelly!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:22 pm.
No, I haven’t stepped out of my comfort zone, but, there have been some life changes. Since my grandma’s passing last October, I’ve unloaded a ton of responsibility, so I’m still adjusting to not having a daily crisis that demands my attention. I’m in that phase of life where I don’t exactly know where I want to go next, but things aren’t the same as they used to be. It is really kind of weird and has me looking around a lot going “huh.”
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 8:58 am.
It sounds like you HAVE moved out of your comfort zone, Amanda. I’m so sorry for your loss, and hang in there! I have a friend in the same position, and sometimes that new…freedom can feel crazy.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:26 pm.
Dear God, this blog speaks to me! I just quit my job because after 8 years the useless, dead-end job had become my comfort zone… :-p Now, I have a new year and a new direction
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 9:01 am.
Good for you, Pallavi! Have you seen the movie “We Bought a Zoo”? There’s a great line about how “if you can muster just 5 seconds of insane courage, wonderful things will happen”.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:27 pm.
I’m the ‘reliable’ one, always have been. I usually stick to things that I know that I will do well, but have been known to try something new on occasion.
The hub is more of a risk taker than I am. He wants to jump out of a plane…I think he’s nuts. If the plane has an issue, and I have a reliable parachute, then ok. Otherwise, I’m not jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. We tend to balance each other out. I like to plan (he calls me Monk-LOL) and I have directions printed for every place we may go, I leave early enough to get someone on time, etc. He is kind of the ‘fly by the seat of your pants’ type. My anal-retentive planning drives him nuts, and his refuse to plan style drives me nuts, so we try to compromise and usually have a lot of fun.
Your cake looks fun, Suzanne, and is decorated perfectly for the occasion! Lots of icing is a good thing when it’s good icing!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:08 am.
You two sound like a good team, Julie. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:29 pm.
It’s beautiful!! I think the decorations are perfect! You clearly have a hidden talent that must be explored. Maybe you could do a little bakery on the side? Birthday cakes/cupcakes made to order?
I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone in that I’m going to self-publish my courtesan series. Wow. I can’t believe I’m doing it! But I’m very excited about it. Nervous. Excited. Same difference, right?
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:20 am.
A bakery? You just gave me a panic attack. *g*
I’m so rooting for you with the courtesan series, Claudia. I think it’ll do fabulously — and now that I have a Kindle, I’ll be snatching them up as soon as you put them out there.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:31 pm.
LOL I’d have a panic attack if anyone suggested I bake for a living. Sorry!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:17 pm.
Great job on the cake, Suzanne!!! I love a festive cake
The most recent thing I did outside my comfort zone was do a bellydance performance. In front of people. And they were watching me. I’ve taken lessons for the past 3 years or so once a week. We were asked to perform as a group, so I wasn’t completely alone. But I did it and it wasn’t so bad.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:23 am.
That’s awesome, SuzyQ! I salute your courage.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:32 pm.
Wow, Suzie, I am impressed! That’s much braver than I have ever been in the kitchen. You did not name the flavor. Tell me it was chocolate.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:25 am.
Yes, it was chocolate. Double chocolate, with vanilla frosting. Thanks, Julia!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:33 pm.
Augh…my eyes!
Actually I like the “icing factory struck by lightning” look. Bravo for baking!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 10:56 am.
Yeah, they got a little pointier than I’d planned. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:34 pm.
Why, no, I don’t think you over decorated it at all
I use boxed mixes all the time. DH is a purist and insists instead on making a huge mess and spending tons of money on ingredients. I have told him that is fine if he bakes the kinds of cakes I like–the kind that can’t be made with a box. Anyway, anything involving sports, as in doing a sport, is outside of my comfort zone. I haven’t gone there in a good while either.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:12 am.
LOL, Madeline. I think I belong to the “if it’s lopsided, decorate more” school of baking. I think. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:35 pm.
Lol! Oh Suzie, you mad, mad, WILD woman, you! I’m so proud of you, though!
You know, I never used to cook, but then I saw all of those cooking shows on teevee and thought, “Hey. It really doesn’t look THAT hard.” And so I’ve been experimenting. Even my salads are better — goat cheese, strawberries, walnuts and the freshest organic spinach — so it’s been a worthwhile jump-into-the-deep-end-of-the-pool sort of experience.
I have to say, though, it sounds as if you instinctively got the icing/cake ratio perfect. You may have discovered a hidden talent!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:26 am.
Thanks, Karen! I have to admit, once I got over the terror that I would do something wrong and poison everyone, it was kind of fun.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:37 pm.
Fantastic looking cake! The decorations emphasize all that wonderful icing (my favorite part) and beckon to the cake within. You should definitely respond to those asking for another and give it a go again.
The thing taking me out of my comfort zone daily is providing strength to my BFF who is getting ready to undergo a major surgery for her heart. If this operation doesn’t work, the only thing left is a new heart. She’s quite depressed and I run out of good things to say to cheer her up and feel completely inadequate. She just reached five years out as a breast cancer survivor and wonders when enough is enough. I can’t imagine what she must be going through emotionally.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:28 am.
Donna, I don’t think you need to find good things to say all the time. You’re there, and that’s a huge good thing in itself. You’re a good friend.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:39 pm.
I can’t remember the last time I did something that was out of my comfort zone. I tend to stick with the status quo and for the most part I am ok with that. I would love to be an adventurous person, but sadly I am not. Failure scares me and therefore I stick with things that I know and can do.
I love your cake! I am sure it ment a lot to your friend that you took the time to make it and didn’t just order one. If the kids liked it, then it must have been good because kids will usually tell you if something isn’t tasty.:)
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:31 am.
You sound like me, Amy. I hate not doing something well. But I have to say, I felt really good when everybody said the cake tasted good. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:41 pm.
The biggest thing I did to step outside my comfort zone was get on an airplane and fly for the 1st time. It was such a major deal for me because I suffer from severe panic attacks and agoraphobia. But I was so motivated to do this after meeting a great group of gals on the internet that wanted to all meet in California. It wasn’t all smooth sailing (flying) and my hubby and xanax went with me…. but I did it!
And I don’t think a cake can ever be too decorated. It’s a little party on a plate.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:38 am.
That’s awesome, buell — good for you!!
And I love the “party on a plate” idea. Thanks!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:42 pm.
Beautiful cake! I love decorations!!
I stepped out of my comfort zone recently, when I learned how to solder and construct an open back bezel to attach to a ring, bracelet, add a jump ring, or bail. I was very nervous about it because I had tried to learn how to solder about 6 years ago without much success. My current teacher is AWESOME. My first few attempts were frustrating because it took FOREVER to get everything in the right place. The first ring I made, it took close to an hour to just get the band in the right place to solder it. Last night, I did it in less than 10 minutes.
I took another step out of my comfort zone after a friend told me that she couldn’t force her 7 yo daughter to do something that she didn’t want to do. I looked my friend in the eyes and said, ‘Yes, you can. You’re her parent. If you don’t it’ll be one of the biggest mistakes you make as a parent.’ I would have never said that in the past, but I’ve spent so much time volunteering in my friend’s second grade class (that my daughter is in!), where there are a few kids with no parental direction. It’s not fair to my friend or my daughter and her classmates to have to deal with these children because their parents can’t stand up to them.
I kind of like stepping out of my comfort zone a bit because I learn more that way.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:39 am.
Wow, Janae, I’m impressed!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:43 pm.
I’ve thought about this some more. I’ve found my 30s to be have been very liberating. I’ve found myself saying and doing things that I never would have done when I was in my 20s. I like it. Next year, it’s a big birthday for me, but I’m sure that my 40s are going to be just as good as my 30s.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 4:48 pm.
I think that looks like one VERY festive cake and is screaming “Eat me!” Well done, Suzie!! I have made cakes both from scratch and mixes.. in all honesty, the mixes have improved so much, I will often go for those for the cake then spend the time making the icing from scratch and decorating.
I am a bit out of my comfort zone with work, but other than that, my life is a bit dull at the moment. I am more the type to hop out of my comfort zone often – it makes things interesting
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:40 am.
LOL, thanks, Sheridan! I’ve noticed that you’re kind of a risk taker — good for you!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:07 pm.
Yay for your cake! It looks delicious. I think the decorations are wonderful too. I need to get out of my comfort zone more often. Which basically means packing up baby and actually getting out of the house during the day while hubby is at work. My main trouble is laziness when I do get moving it’s fun.. but getting any motivation to go is HARD.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:50 am.
Nobody with a baby at home is lazy, miranda. But go out! Go for a walk! Go to a bakery *g*!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:08 pm.
I step out of my comfort zone every single day. I’m a parent and I really thought I’d never BE one and it’s freakin’ hard especially since I stink at it :p The other big thing was when I did Ironman Lake Placid last year, that was REALLY far out of the comfort zone as well. Both things? Really really really rewarding though. Of course it helps that I have a really great husband
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:52 am.
Well, you put my cake baking to shame, Jen. You’re scary awesome! *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:09 pm.
Your cake looks wonderful. Very colorful and festive. I am stepping out of my comfort zone by going back to school for a subject I know absolutely nothing about. I’m having to start from square one and learn absolutely everything, I know nothing going in. Also, it’s math intensive and I’m an English person. Challenging. But, it’s where the jobs are and I need one of those. Other than that, I don’t stray out of my comfort zone too often. I’m a creature of habit. I feel like I should be more adventurous. After all, on my deathbed I’m not going to wish I’d stayed home more. I’m going to wish I’d done all of those things that looked so interesting.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:01 pm.
Sounds like you’re going for a tech job. Technical writers are so important for writing documentation and instructions that this may be an option for you. Good luck!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:38 pm.
Wow, Liz! Good for you! You have to let us know how it goes.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:11 pm.
I am not much on stepping out of my confort zone. The kitchen is my confort zone but hubby doesn’t like to try new things and thats bad. I went back to school a few years back and that was way out of my confort zone but I got through it. The job I went to school for was way out of my confort zone and it didn’t work out.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:09 pm.
But you gave it a try, Quilt Lady. That’s what counts.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:12 pm.
You did a great job on that cake. It’s not a less or more thing, it’s who you did it for. That’s what counts.
I have never said that I was a good cook, but I invited my landlords for dinner, and she is a fantastic cook. I was very nervous about the meal, but they loved it and I know they were not just saying it to be kind…So yes I would say I go out of my comfort zone now and then…
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm.
I don’t know why cooking is so scary, but it is! It sounds like you did great, Kathleen.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:13 pm.
Nice job on the cake. I made a cake over the weekend entirely from scratch…6 beaten eggs. I had to do the fudge frosting over because by the time it was cool enough to spread, it was also so hard I couldn’t get a spoon in it. Too bad, because it tasted just like fudge.
This Friday, I am stepping out of my zone by giving a talk on Photoshop to a group of my peers. I’ve given the talk before, but never to people I work with.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:19 pm.
From scratch, kay? I think that strays so far out of my comfort zone it’s in another country. *g*
Good luck with the talk! That’s out of my comfort zone, too.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:14 pm.
What do I think? I think my birthday is in July and I like yellow cake with heaps of sugary chocolate butter cream frosting and filling. Now picture me, head resting on my fist staring and waiting expectantly.
Looks de-lish!!! (auto correct, how you torment me).
I try to get out of my comfort zone whenever the opportunity presents itself except when it comes to trying certain foods. Not cake of course, I’m comfortable with that.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:21 pm.
I’ll mail it to you, shall I? That would explain so many things about the way it will look. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:16 pm.
Beautiful cake. I made a soup from a package last night – just added water, can of tomato sauce and 1/2 pound chicken. I was of course waiting for my husband to compliment my excellent cooking skills
I can’t take the pressure of cooking from scratch! Anything with more than 5 ingredients paralyzes me.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:27 pm.
Five ingredients? You’re braver than I am, Christy. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:16 pm.
I love to Bake cakes. My side business is baking cake for those who don’t have time. But now that I am working full time I make cake when I can. I still make bake cake for family any time they need a cake.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:28 pm.
I’m realizing that baking or cooking well is as much of an art form as writing or painting. I think I’m better off sticking to my day job. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:03 pm.
It can take a while to just decorate the cake. But when it is done and they love the way it can out that is all I care about. My kids like to have a different cake every year. One year my son wanted a hamburger cake that looked like a hamburger, and my daughter wanted a castle cake.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:27 pm.
Baking a cake is fun. for me it’s kind of a therapy. Since I can’t draw,write or paint it is my artistic endeavor. I think you should try,baking a cake should be easy for the “professor of romance”. You need to put your action figures out around where you are baking your cake for encouragement:)
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:38 pm.
My figures would put too much pressure on me. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:17 pm.
I think you did an awesome job!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 1:50 pm.
Thank you, Molly!!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:18 pm.
Looks good to me! And, since your friend knows you well by now, I’m certain she appreciated the love put in it. That magic ingredient makes anything special.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 3:43 pm.
She says it was wonderful. And THAT’s a good friend. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:03 pm.
The cake looks beautiful. I’m sure it tasted good, too.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 5:01 pm.
Thanks, bn100! Nobody got sick afterward, anyway.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:04 pm.
It’s a beautiful cake, and does indeed look sweet and delicious!
Comfort zones are a double-edged sword, I think. I like my zone (granted it’s typically LARGE in size), but it’s easy to get complacent. My comfort zone ends where the dating zone begins. I hate dating–like meeting new people, but HATE dating. I would have been a total proponet for arranged marriage. Wouldn’t have bothered me a bit
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 5:07 pm.
You and me both, Haley. As long as there was a grace period for returning one if I didn’t like him. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:05 pm.
Ha! Agreed!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:22 pm.
I think your cake looks fun and yummy- good for you!
Our local RWA chapter has a meeting on Sat and an editor for a big publishing company is going to be there. She will be taking some pitches, and if I’m lucky, I might get to pitch. For the first time ever. I haven’t even started querying agents yet. So, as you might guess, this is stepping waaay outside my comfort zone. Eep.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 5:35 pm.
Woo hoo! That’s scary and exciting, Dana. The only advice I have is to have 2 versions of a book summary — one no longer than the length of the back of a book cover to catch the publisher’s interest, and then a more in depth one once you’ve hooked the fish. Good luck!!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:07 pm.
Good luck, Dana!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:23 pm.
Yay for cake! My ex-housemate introduced me to cake making. If you want to do them from scratch I recommend the Hummingbird Bakery (I dunno if you can get it in the States). Oh. My. They are to die for!
I think stepping out of my comfort zone is probably starting an exercise plan and sticking with it. And sometimes I get horrifically shy, so becoming less shy when going to new groups etc. is one I have to work on. Haley, I so get the awkward dating moment as well (though I might skip the arranged marriage bit)
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:06 pm.
Oh, the joys, right? Perhaps I’m more in your camp…arranged marriage is a bit over the top.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 6:25 pm.
I have to look up Hummingbird Bakery now. I need to step out of my comfort zone for a better exercise plan. I’m running out of excuses.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:21 pm.
Is it possible to overdecorate a cake? Pish-posh! (I’m not sure I’ve ever used that term before, but I like it. Think it might become part of my regular speech.) I think your cake is fabulous, and means even more because your friend knows that it’s outside your comfort zone. I bet she was truly honored.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:01 pm.
Thanks, Susan!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:23 pm.
Suzanne, you baked a cake! Just think, soon you’ll be making fangirl cakes as awesome as these: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2009/6/14/sunday-sweets-star-wars.html
As for me, I step outside of my comfort zone all the time. It’s pretty typical for me to try to cook some strange thing that I have never cooked before, and I will taste anything, even if it sounds scary – what if it is delicious? I love adventure. For instance, I used to think that sushi sounded frightening. I mean, raw fish? Ew. But now it is one of my favorite things to eat!
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:06 pm.
Monica, I LOVE those cakes. You made me lol. And if you eat sushi, you’re a braver gal than me. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:24 pm.
Mmmm. Sushi!
p.s. I am a Star Wars fangirl, too. As soon as I saw your cake, I immediately thought of the Star Wars cakes!
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:26 am.
Tons of frosting sounds like the perfect cake to me.
I have to force myself to do things outside my comfort zone like public speaking, but mostly I like to remain in my comfort bubble.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:11 pm.
I like my comfort bubble, too, Rachel. It’s nice in there. *g*
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 7:24 pm.
I use to bake all the cakes and then got tired of it lol. I still like to cook though. I think your cake is very pretty. My daughter and her boyfriend opened up airbrushing/art shop and when they have events or other commitments, I fill in for them. It’s been 27 yrs. since I’ve done anything like this. I’m still afraid I’ll make a mistake lol.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 8:28 pm.
I actually really like your cake. I think the colors are great! I haven’t tried anything new recently. I’m not in a rut, I just don’t have time to start something that would require too many brain cells right now.
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:26 pm.
The cake is definitely not over-decorated. It looks yum. I tend NOT to step out of my comfort zone. I will go to great lengths.
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:43 am.
I stepped out of my comfort zone sort of recently when I was at water park with some of my friends, and they convinced me to jump of the 5m rock. Let me just mention that I’m kinda a little scared of heights, and there’s no way I would have done that on my own. But it was kind of worth it.
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:12 am.
Have you stepped outside your comfort zone recently? Yes, I took a new class called crucial conversations which makes you analyze how you participate in relationships.
What’s the thing that you’re the least comfortable doing in your daily life? Having to discipline my staff, hate to ruin anyones day.
And do you think I over-decorated my masterpiece? If you like it that is all that counts!!!
Posted on February 11, 2012 at 8:04 pm.