How I DARE journal

How I

dare

dare

(da^. r) v. be courageous enough to try; challenge to do something requiring boldness; to venture to do or undertake; not be afraid; taking risks n. an act of daring; challenge [Latin: be bold; Greek: to give; a gift; to offer]

give yourself the world™

How I

dare

created by Tania Usher

www.DareOutLoud.com

Published in 2012

by Tania Usher International PO Box 1809, Kingscliff NSW 2487, Australia Email: editor@DareOutLoud.com Copyright Š 2012 by Tania Usher All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers and copyright holders.

Usher, Tania.

How I Dare ISBN 978-0-9872528-0-7

Dedicated to the daring spirit within us all.

I believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

Maya Angelou

How I

dare

Something extraordinary happens when you stretch beyond your comfort zone. The world opens up to a whole new perspective. Things you didn’t think possible, become hobbies. Experiences once feared, become passions. Desires long forgotten, become rekindled.

Discover a world of limitless possibility when you unleash the courage to dare a little.

Use this journal to record exhilarating experiences that awaken your power to live boldly. Take a journey

inside to uncover all that you dare. Capture your imagination, dreams, goals and observations. Walk the Great Wall of China. Write that book. Learn another language. Circumnavigate Sicily. Master white water rafting. Explore your full potential.

Dedicate at least an hour a day to yourself. Think BIG, take BIG leaps and reap BIG rewards.

Go on...I dare you!

How To Use Your Journal In the often chaotic blend of daily life it’s easy to get hijacked by day-to-day chores. Much time is spent juggling many balls, and the exciting dreams of youth become lost. When was the last time you embarked on a daring adventure?

No matter where you are in life, there’s plenty more to explore, experience and enjoy. This journal is designed to help you reach higher and wider, while having fun doing it. dare to spend the next 12 weeks living as widely as your imagination will take you...then reaching a little further.

Each week, capture three new things you dare to achieve. You might jump straight in and go sky diving

or learn to surf. Or, you might decide to ease into your daring new life by making a long overdue call.

Make time for yourself. Find stillness and reflect on all those dreams, adventures and possibilities that once filled your childhood mind.

Consider how you feel before commencing each dare. Are you excited, anxious, afraid, energized,

uncertain or invigorated? Connect with the feelings deep within, and make a note of them in your journal.

As your week unfolds, use your journal to jot down your insights, ideas and plans for the future. An

amazing thing happens when you dare; your

creative mind taps into long forgotten thoughts as new inspirations spring forth. You may find yourself drawing, cutting and pasting images, scribbling or writing ideas at various angles. Use the lines or the blank pages to give free rein to your creative thinking.

At the conclusion of each week, consider how you feel

now you’ve completed each dare. Ponder whether

you’ll make them permanent components of your life or perhaps you’ve ticked off an adventure and will make space for another. Your journal is a private world where you can freely express your imagination, visions, revelations, originality, finesse, flair and eureka moments.

If there are moments throughout your journey that you’d like to share with others in the dare

community, we invite you to do so by visiting www.DareOutLoud.com DareOnlineMagazine.

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

Live the life you’ve imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

Week 1 Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Anaïs Nin

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare to . . . live on the edge

How I feel after completing each dare:

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Week 2 Always laugh when you can.

It is cheap medicine.

Lord Byron

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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How I feel before commencing each dare:

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dare to . . . spill the milk and laugh

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Week 3 Knowing what you came here to do, and being determined to do it, no matter what, will give you more power than you can imagine.

Laurie Beth Jones

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dare to . . . create your own music

How I feel after completing each dare:

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Week 4 Trust that still, small voice that says ‘This might work and I’ll try it’.

Diana Mariechild

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare to . . .

think

big

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Week 5 There’s a difference between telling people what to do and inciting a movement.

Seth Godin

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare to . . .

make that call

How I feel after completing each dare:

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Week 6 To dance is to be out of yourself.

Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.

Agnes De Mille

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare

to . . .

dance a

little wild

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Week 7 Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Eddie Cantor

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare to . . .

live in the moment

How I feel after completing each dare:

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Week 8 I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.

Oscar Wilde

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare to . . . write the

first word

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Week 9 It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea.

I work with it and rely upon it. It’s my partner.

Jonas Salk

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dare to . . .

embrace change

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Week 10 People will forget what you say, people will forget what you do, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare to . . . sit and ponder

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Week 11 Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Cecil Beaton

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dare to . . .

be a little different

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Week 12 Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.

Robert Allen

How I dare 3 things I dare to accomplish this week:

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dare to . . .

take the leap

How I feel after completing each dare:

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Time to Take Off This fast paced world in which we live changes daily. What was hot yesterday is ice cold today.

Your childhood dreams of being an astronaut, movie star or president may have faded as you pursued your career. Your cherished must-have fashion item is next year’s window rag.

What doesn’t change in this whirlwind of life is the purposeful reason you’re here on this planet. Eventful new chapters begin and end.

Compelling goals come and go. Relationships fade or rekindle. Yet deep beneath all these external life experiences, is YOU. Over the last 12 weeks, you’ve been reconnecting with the mysterious, courageous and juicy you— the you that has: ÝÛmfd]Yk`]\Û^gj_gll]fÛl`jaddk ÝÛ]eZYjc]\ÛgfÛf]oÛ]k[YhY\]k ÝÛj][gff][l]\Ûoal`Û[gdgkkYdÛ\j]Yek ÝÛa_fal]\ÛYÛl`ajklÛ^gjÛY\n]flmj]

. . . the you that deserves to be nurtured, encouraged, supported and illuminated; the you that is ready to burst free and crack open a new world of possibilities.

Are you ready to expand the length and breadth of your world in ways you never imagined?

If so, I invite you to dare with me.

As a member of our dare club™, you’ll discover an adventurous world of renewed promise. You’ll connect with the authentic side of yourself that craves fresh experiences.

Let’s dare together.

Visit www.DareOutLoud.com/TakeOff, fill in your details and we’ll let you know when the next dare club™ takes off.

Opt in for this life-changing experience. . . . I dare you.

Tania

dare

(da^. r) v. be courageous enough to try; challenge to do something requiring boldness; to venture to do or undertake; not be afraid; taking risks n. an act of daring; challenge [Latin: be bold; Greek: to give; a gift; to offer]

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