I came across Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, Happy Face. I love comedians, and this guy is hilarious. He is also from Idaho, making him that much cooler. I enjoyed the special and looked for things from him any chance I could. He would perform close to us, and how fun it would be to see him in person. But I never went.
When I was putting together my list of 40 goals, he was on my list. I wanted to finally make it happen to go see him. Two months later, an opportunity came up. He was doing a show in Rexburg, Idaho. I wanted to go, yet I could tell I had fear about going. That was interesting. We tentatively asked Matt's parents if they could babysit for us, and they were busy or something. I don't really remember, but I let it go. I figured another time would happen. I don't know why I didn't ask anyone else, but I think, once again, it dealt with fear.
A few weeks passed, and it was the day of his show. I was kinda down. It wasn't going to happen. Matt's mom had been gone, and when she got home, she asked Matt if we wanted to go to the show. She said she was available and they weren't busy anymore. We hadn't said anything about it since the first time asking so I was pretty surprised when she brought it up out of nowhere.
Matt came up to our room and asked if I wanted to go. I did and I didn't. It was so last minute we'd pretty much need to go right then, and I worried about, well, about everything. I was in this internal debate and kinda going crazy. Finally, I said yes, and Matt jumped on getting tickets. We left pretty much right away to have time to drive to Rexburg, and we actually got there a little early.
We got close seats, and Ryan Hamilton was better than I thought he might be. He was amazing. As I was sitting there before the show started, I was thinking of how many experiences I want to have, and I often tell myself, someday. Someday I'll make that thing happen. What I was realizing is that it's really fear that is causing me to say someday. I let this fear barrier stop me from having some amazing experiences. I come up with reasons to wait. The waiting has nothing to do with anything but my mind slowing me down. It was so refreshing to actually make it happen. It had been years of someday I'll see his show, but now I can say I have seen it, and I would see him again in a heartbeat! I like saying yes to myself.
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