Because She Dared

Hey friends! It’s possible you are reading this because you know me and I asked you to read this or maybe you just stumbled upon it out of dumb luck. Because She Dared, what is this blog even about? Well, long story short it’s about me. So short story long, here’s me. I am average. I am not what you call a risk taker. I like to play it safe. There is nothing special about me. I graduated college, with my master’s in speech pathology, at 23 years-old, and after graduating, I struggled with having an identity. Pretty average for most new college grads. I spent a lot of days and nights in an “identity crisis” that lead me to some pretty dark times. Then entered my friend Tiffany, who introduced me to CrossFit. Now, I had never worked out a day in my life, and CrossFit left me feeling embarrassed and inadequate. But then one day, I dared myself to try my absolute best in workouts and see what happens. And let me tell you what happened. I was still inadequate, but I started feeling a sense of accomplishment. I slowly started to find myself through CrossFit and the CrossFit mentality of pursuing excellence. I started to “dare” myself more and more to take (what I consider) risks. Some of my “dares” ended up in awesome results, and others I still have nightmares about.

Blogging is something that I have wanted to do for the last year. However, I always figured that I didn’t really have anything of importance to say to anyone important, so I might as well “play it safe” and keep my ramblings to myself and my journal. But then I thought, what is the actual risk in starting a blog? Other than, people will probably judge me for what and how I write. Then I thought, people will judge you regardless of what you do or don’t do. And hey you never know, someone might get something out of this. Pretty small risk if you ask me.

So this blog is just that. Me. The world’s most average 26-year-old girl. I am a speech therapist, I am a proud North Dakotan, I am a CrossFitter, I am a coffee enthusiast, I am a wanna be risk taker.  Who knows what will come out in my blog. Maybe some of the ramblings I have journaled about, maybe a play-by-play of awkward situations I find myself in, more than likely there will be some fitness-based stories.  Maybe some stories of the things that I have dared myself to do. And hey if you get something out of this cool. And if no one reads this also cool.

Author: becauseshedared

Just the world's most average 26-year-old daring herself to be more. And to answer your question my last name rhymes with "push-us." Pronounced: GUSH-us. instagram: gussiaaspushus View all posts by becauseshedared