When you’re a kid, you tend to make decisions on what you try based on if your friends are doing it too. That’s my test for summer camp selections. If my 3rd grader wants to do something even if none of her friends are, then she really wants to do it and I will do whatever it takes to make it happen. This summer she’ll be building robots, and learning Performance Arts (think mini-Glee camp).
As an adult, I notice the same thing still tends to happen. Example. When I first wanted to try Dream Dinners, I tried to piggy back on a trip with someone who already goes. After a month or two of trying to make that work, I just signed up and went on my own. Yea, I’m a grown up, I can do this!
Same thing tends to be true when attempting to schedule social events, or coordinating kids events. If you try to get everyone’s schedule together, nothing will happen. It’s like painfully waiting for someone to make the first commitment.
Lesson learned? If you want to do it, just do it. Then tell other’s what you’re doing and invite them to join you. Trust me, they’ll appreciate your initiative!
