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Identifying the Choice: Awkward or Improvement
Chris Sinagoga | Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:00AM Yesterday Dillon asked me if she could come up to the gym early to practice some soccer stuff an hour and a half before the session started. I wasn't going to be up there when she wanted, so I left the door unlocked for her to get in.
Or, I thought I did.
When Dillon got up to the gym she found herself locked out with nothing to do but sit in her car while the sleet came down in our parking lot. This left Ol' 2020 with a choice: be a "bother" and call me to ask if I could run up and open the gym real quick or sit in the parking lot for an hour and a half and wait for me to get up. But really, it can be simplified even further than that.
The real choice: Dillon's comfort zone vs. Dillon's desire to get better.
In this case, Dillon chose to stay in her comfort zone (and her car) and just waited for me to get up. I was annoyed at the time because I think Dillon lost two opportunities: first, obviously, to work on her soccer game and secondly, to ask for help.
Asking for help or asking for a favor can be awkward for many reasons, but it's important to remember that the other person always has the opportunity to say no. And if you're really serious about getting better (regardless of what you want to get better at), that has to be the priority over any awkwardness.
