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Let me start by saying that skydiving is the biggest fear of my life. It terrified me more than anything to think about the reality of doing this. I honestly kept finding reasons NOT to do it just out of fear and a little on the timing side. After realizing it was the perfect time for me to really take the leap and do this, some amazing friends entered my life. Eric and Cory have rejuvinated me in so many ways, I can't describe how wonderful the past few weeks or so have really been. I'm lucky to have them around! .JPG)
A random conversation ended up with a commitment on a date and time and here we were. May 7, 2012 is a day that will forever be in my mind. We all have gotten on the bucket list band wagon and now is the perfect time to be on a mission to push hard for change in life.
When we got there, I started to feel the panic a little bit but that was really minimal because of the two with me. We joked a lot and it helped me through the process. They suited us up and we started documenting the process. Jeff (my tandem jumper) really helped me. He talked to me the whole flight so it really kept my mind off things. I decided if we were doing this it was "go big or go home" so we backflipped out of the airplane. I went first and I think that helped me too!
A really weird calm feeling came over me in the airplane and I definitely didn't expect that. It all happened so fast and before I knew it I was flipping out of the plane and free falling. I can't describe it other than you don't lose your stomach or feel like you are falling because its 2 1/2 miles up and you fall at 120 mph.
When the parachute opens, its just a peaceful floating experience. Theres a major post jump adreneline for sure.
What an incredible experience it was!
We have quite a few fun videos so heres a little bit of the day. Eric is going to put my jump dvd on his computer and do something with it so I can post that but for now...that's about it!
This post ended up being a little deeper than just about a simple skydiving trip. See one of my favorite songs by Lady Antebellum pretty much sums up a little bit of WHY I was ready to do this. Don't take these lyrics the wrong way, what I mean is that I've been scared to move on with life. I've been scared to really push myself hard to change and figure out exactly what was behind some of my feelings and behaviors. Skydiving symbolized me being ready. I have realized it is time to take control. To stop thinking but to act on it and I feel like this was exactly what I did.
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"Seems like I was walking in the wrong direction
I barely recognize my own reflection, no
Scared of love but scared of life alone
Seems I've been playing on the safe side baby
Building walls around my heart to save me, oh
But it's time for me to let it go
Yeah, I'm ready to feel now
No longer am I afraid of the fall down
It must be time to move on now
Without the fear of how it might end"
(Lady Antebellum)
When we got there, I started to feel the panic a little bit but that was really minimal because of the two with me. We joked a lot and it helped me through the process. They suited us up and we started documenting the process. Jeff (my tandem jumper) really helped me. He talked to me the whole flight so it really kept my mind off things. I decided if we were doing this it was "go big or go home" so we backflipped out of the airplane. I went first and I think that helped me too!
A really weird calm feeling came over me in the airplane and I definitely didn't expect that. It all happened so fast and before I knew it I was flipping out of the plane and free falling. I can't describe it other than you don't lose your stomach or feel like you are falling because its 2 1/2 miles up and you fall at 120 mph.
When the parachute opens, its just a peaceful floating experience. Theres a major post jump adreneline for sure.
What an incredible experience it was!
We have quite a few fun videos so heres a little bit of the day. Eric is going to put my jump dvd on his computer and do something with it so I can post that but for now...that's about it!
This post ended up being a little deeper than just about a simple skydiving trip. See one of my favorite songs by Lady Antebellum pretty much sums up a little bit of WHY I was ready to do this. Don't take these lyrics the wrong way, what I mean is that I've been scared to move on with life. I've been scared to really push myself hard to change and figure out exactly what was behind some of my feelings and behaviors. Skydiving symbolized me being ready. I have realized it is time to take control. To stop thinking but to act on it and I feel like this was exactly what I did.
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I barely recognize my own reflection, no
Scared of love but scared of life alone
Seems I've been playing on the safe side baby
Building walls around my heart to save me, oh
But it's time for me to let it go
Yeah, I'm ready to feel now
No longer am I afraid of the fall down
It must be time to move on now
Without the fear of how it might end"
(Lady Antebellum)
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