Woman Starts ‘100 Days Without Fear’ Challenge To Live Her Life To The Fullest
Michelle Poler, an art director from Venezuela living in New York, has a LOT of fears. In her ‘100 Days Without Fear’ project, however, she has set out to conquer them all – and document her experiences in short videos.
“What really pushed me to pursue this project was not the controlled lifestyle I left behind, it is the frustration of not enjoying [NY] and life in general to the fullest,” Poler writes on her website. “Since the unknown has proven to be so much more fulfilling than the familiar in these last months, I’m ready to let go, face my biggest fears, try to be completely vulnerable about it and enjoy the ride.”
Her fears may seem big or small to you, but that’s not the point. Her videos will hopefully inspire others to face their own fears and see that, where fear is concerned, the grass just might be greener on the other side.
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“I realized that fear was the only thing between me and my picture perfect lifestyle”
“That is the moment I decided to face one fear a day for 100 days”
Day 4: Getting my ears pierced
Day 8: First time smoking anything!
Day 15: Brazilian wax
Day 39: Donating blood
Day 35: Speaking in public
Day 19: Riding a mechanical bull
Day 21: Dyeing my hair ombre
Day 10: A day without my phone
A recap of her month so far:
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Share on FacebookI thought it would be actual scary stuff - like something to do with heights, speed or actual danger. This is just 100 days of not being so spoiled all the time.
but it is still HER project about HER fears so who are we to judge...
Load More Replies...Lol....so this girl is affraid of being a day without her phone? or is it such a big deal to donate blood or dye your hair...s**t tons of ppl do this every day..i wouldn't say a thing if it would be something rly huge like conquering a fear of hights or spiders but this is BS.
this isn't about your fears, it's about hers! Don't judge someone based on your experience and lifestyle! You may be afraid of being alone with yourself or pursuing a dream and nobody's laughing at you!
Load More Replies...Since it says she left a controlling lifestyle behind in Venezuela, it's really not that hard to imagine that things we take for granted and are not scared of, are new to her. Get a grip people, stop acting like a******s.
I guess it isn't really that these are her actual "fears", so much as that she had fears about living life and trying new things etc, so anxiety based fears. GETTING OUT there and actually DOING. I understand that well. Everyone "lives their life" differently; I love dying my hair, got my ears pierced years ago before my anxiety, but I have still missed a lot of (important and not so important) things during the majority of my twenties because of fears. I haven't even made the step she has right now, and if this method is helping her to do that even better! Many blessings sent her way, good going! Much love from an understanding stranger, xx.
well, she is afraid of things that are not scary at all, maybe she really needed to do this after all to release all that fear
It's the best way to deal with them!! Good for you Michelle! So many people should do this and they'd realize things are not as scary as we imagine!
Just because they aren't your fears doesn't mean other people aren't anxious or afraid to do them. Doesn't everyone freak out a little bit when they accidently leave their phone at home? I know I've never dyed my hair a crazy color, so yeah, I think this is a great thing to do!
Idea to overcome your fears is great, but she is afraid of a LOT! Inspiring nonetheless. I'm gonna try it.
dying your hair?....try cutting it all off. People fear that more. This is some pansy s**t. lol
that's a really cute and fun idea, but i gotta say, those are n real 'fears'. you can have fear of war, the dark, hurricanes, lost of loved ones, confrontation with people you have had a bad fight with...fear is something that makes you numb and leaves you incapable of acting. those things are just things you are too sissy or too lazy or comfortable to do. But I guess it can sometimes give you a small lift to achieve something small at first :)
Lol all these idiotic comments... so only because she doesn't life in a war zone, her fears are not "worthy" enough to be mentioned? Only because, your fears have no intersection with her fears, makes hers less valueable? Egocentric bricks! I can relate to some of them (Flying, Public Speaking, Fear of being alone with your thoughts (cell phone is just the idol of this fear in essence) and I think its great she is facing them. Also, to all those saying what these are no fears etc....in the public speaking vid she explains that many of her fears might be totally normal for others, but are a big ordeal for her. I guess this is a mental / mind thing, becuase I seem to have similar issues some of the time..
Ridiculous fears, so she spent 2 months getting beauty treatments and smoking dope. Those are fears? She must be a basket case
So another person trying to get their 15 minutes of fame by creating some video. I couldn't help but think she must be 18 years old or has lived in a glass box all her life (b/c how would anyone not come across dogs, cats, etc.) during their adult life.
This is why I hate humans. They are rude obnoxious and down right cold hearted. Only 10% are actually genuine good people. The rest of you can go f**k yourselves.
I don't think anyone can judge until you yourself have faced some of your worst fears!
Frying food and dying your hair? Leaving your phone at home? C'mon, seriously, one cannot have compasion with these things. She's just a girl making videos of her making silly faces in different situations. Getting a piercing is not something that everyone has to do, brasilian wax also, that is the matter of personal tastes. Drinking and smoking fears? Who are you kidding? Brave is someone who fought cancer and survived, that is fear, not some random girl who drank beer and smoked pot. It is hypocritic to have compasion for every b******t posted on the internet.
I think I'd react like that to having my ears pierced, too, though I thought ar first she was getting a tattoo. I'm not sure why she considers some of her other activities to be 'fears' eg. having her hair dyed & smoking something. Perhaps 30 Things I've Always Wanted to Do is a more accurate description but at least she had an interesting month.
if you have THAT kind of fear , you are verry lucky, and u deffenitly what to get on the internet. THINK bigger and think WHAT FEAR IS....getting your hair down? i am ashmed for you and the "west" people
if u have THAT KIND of fear, you´r lucky and don´t understand a thing..or let´s say, your world is pretty small and you should think bigger...
I have a fear, a huge fear that we will never get our humanity back and stop judging people & being so hateful. And yes, I think mine is big enuf to qualify as a "real" fear.
The biking in NYC looks dangerous. When you face your fears and overcome them it's a great feeling. I overcame my fear of flying and speaking in front of a crowd (this started in Junior High) and feel good thinking about it. Everyone has their own fears, but then fear as a species kept us alive.
I thought it would be really scary, like touching spiders and stuff...
Most underwhelming Bored Panda article I've read so far. Kudos to Michelle for doing those things that she feared; hopefully others will get inspired by her. I personally know women who'd rather have damaged long hair than short healthy hair because they're afraid of change and well, a hair cut. But this article just didn't do it for me.
I think most women have had their ears peirced, dyed their hair or smoked a joint or cigarette in their lifetime. I mean good for her if she was so sheltered that she never got to experience these things, but I would've liked to see a more challenging list. Public speaking is something everyone should do at least once in their lifetime for sure!
Millennial doing things that people do daily. I thought it would be things like "Buried in a box" or "Laying with spiders" not "Frying Food" or "Cats" ...way to live to the extreme! Basic.
Coming from a different country that is controlling into our world is scary enough. So her doing these things are very scary to her and she is brave to concur them.
Those aren't scary things. Maybe things that may cause anxiety. But not fear. not any real phobias. If its something like handling reptiles or spiders, or going to the top of a really tall building. But dying your hair a natural colour? What's next, handling garbage with bare hands?
Conquering the fear of donating bone marrow... maybe that is really scary. Skydiving... shaving your head... rafting in a wild river, petting a bull (not a sheep!!!), trying peyote, backpacking in Central América, drinking water in India...speak out your mind in Cuba... do you want to do some really scary sh-t?? go to a public hospital in Guatemala you pampered brat.
So a millennial does things that most people do on a regular basis? I thought I would be "Burried in a box" or "Spiders crawling all over me" not "Frying Food" ...Basic.
I thought it would be actual scary stuff - like something to do with heights, speed or actual danger. This is just 100 days of not being so spoiled all the time.
but it is still HER project about HER fears so who are we to judge...
Load More Replies...Lol....so this girl is affraid of being a day without her phone? or is it such a big deal to donate blood or dye your hair...s**t tons of ppl do this every day..i wouldn't say a thing if it would be something rly huge like conquering a fear of hights or spiders but this is BS.
this isn't about your fears, it's about hers! Don't judge someone based on your experience and lifestyle! You may be afraid of being alone with yourself or pursuing a dream and nobody's laughing at you!
Load More Replies...Since it says she left a controlling lifestyle behind in Venezuela, it's really not that hard to imagine that things we take for granted and are not scared of, are new to her. Get a grip people, stop acting like a******s.
I guess it isn't really that these are her actual "fears", so much as that she had fears about living life and trying new things etc, so anxiety based fears. GETTING OUT there and actually DOING. I understand that well. Everyone "lives their life" differently; I love dying my hair, got my ears pierced years ago before my anxiety, but I have still missed a lot of (important and not so important) things during the majority of my twenties because of fears. I haven't even made the step she has right now, and if this method is helping her to do that even better! Many blessings sent her way, good going! Much love from an understanding stranger, xx.
well, she is afraid of things that are not scary at all, maybe she really needed to do this after all to release all that fear
It's the best way to deal with them!! Good for you Michelle! So many people should do this and they'd realize things are not as scary as we imagine!
Just because they aren't your fears doesn't mean other people aren't anxious or afraid to do them. Doesn't everyone freak out a little bit when they accidently leave their phone at home? I know I've never dyed my hair a crazy color, so yeah, I think this is a great thing to do!
Idea to overcome your fears is great, but she is afraid of a LOT! Inspiring nonetheless. I'm gonna try it.
dying your hair?....try cutting it all off. People fear that more. This is some pansy s**t. lol
that's a really cute and fun idea, but i gotta say, those are n real 'fears'. you can have fear of war, the dark, hurricanes, lost of loved ones, confrontation with people you have had a bad fight with...fear is something that makes you numb and leaves you incapable of acting. those things are just things you are too sissy or too lazy or comfortable to do. But I guess it can sometimes give you a small lift to achieve something small at first :)
Lol all these idiotic comments... so only because she doesn't life in a war zone, her fears are not "worthy" enough to be mentioned? Only because, your fears have no intersection with her fears, makes hers less valueable? Egocentric bricks! I can relate to some of them (Flying, Public Speaking, Fear of being alone with your thoughts (cell phone is just the idol of this fear in essence) and I think its great she is facing them. Also, to all those saying what these are no fears etc....in the public speaking vid she explains that many of her fears might be totally normal for others, but are a big ordeal for her. I guess this is a mental / mind thing, becuase I seem to have similar issues some of the time..
Ridiculous fears, so she spent 2 months getting beauty treatments and smoking dope. Those are fears? She must be a basket case
So another person trying to get their 15 minutes of fame by creating some video. I couldn't help but think she must be 18 years old or has lived in a glass box all her life (b/c how would anyone not come across dogs, cats, etc.) during their adult life.
This is why I hate humans. They are rude obnoxious and down right cold hearted. Only 10% are actually genuine good people. The rest of you can go f**k yourselves.
I don't think anyone can judge until you yourself have faced some of your worst fears!
Frying food and dying your hair? Leaving your phone at home? C'mon, seriously, one cannot have compasion with these things. She's just a girl making videos of her making silly faces in different situations. Getting a piercing is not something that everyone has to do, brasilian wax also, that is the matter of personal tastes. Drinking and smoking fears? Who are you kidding? Brave is someone who fought cancer and survived, that is fear, not some random girl who drank beer and smoked pot. It is hypocritic to have compasion for every b******t posted on the internet.
I think I'd react like that to having my ears pierced, too, though I thought ar first she was getting a tattoo. I'm not sure why she considers some of her other activities to be 'fears' eg. having her hair dyed & smoking something. Perhaps 30 Things I've Always Wanted to Do is a more accurate description but at least she had an interesting month.
if you have THAT kind of fear , you are verry lucky, and u deffenitly what to get on the internet. THINK bigger and think WHAT FEAR IS....getting your hair down? i am ashmed for you and the "west" people
if u have THAT KIND of fear, you´r lucky and don´t understand a thing..or let´s say, your world is pretty small and you should think bigger...
I have a fear, a huge fear that we will never get our humanity back and stop judging people & being so hateful. And yes, I think mine is big enuf to qualify as a "real" fear.
The biking in NYC looks dangerous. When you face your fears and overcome them it's a great feeling. I overcame my fear of flying and speaking in front of a crowd (this started in Junior High) and feel good thinking about it. Everyone has their own fears, but then fear as a species kept us alive.
I thought it would be really scary, like touching spiders and stuff...
Most underwhelming Bored Panda article I've read so far. Kudos to Michelle for doing those things that she feared; hopefully others will get inspired by her. I personally know women who'd rather have damaged long hair than short healthy hair because they're afraid of change and well, a hair cut. But this article just didn't do it for me.
I think most women have had their ears peirced, dyed their hair or smoked a joint or cigarette in their lifetime. I mean good for her if she was so sheltered that she never got to experience these things, but I would've liked to see a more challenging list. Public speaking is something everyone should do at least once in their lifetime for sure!
Millennial doing things that people do daily. I thought it would be things like "Buried in a box" or "Laying with spiders" not "Frying Food" or "Cats" ...way to live to the extreme! Basic.
Coming from a different country that is controlling into our world is scary enough. So her doing these things are very scary to her and she is brave to concur them.
Those aren't scary things. Maybe things that may cause anxiety. But not fear. not any real phobias. If its something like handling reptiles or spiders, or going to the top of a really tall building. But dying your hair a natural colour? What's next, handling garbage with bare hands?
Conquering the fear of donating bone marrow... maybe that is really scary. Skydiving... shaving your head... rafting in a wild river, petting a bull (not a sheep!!!), trying peyote, backpacking in Central América, drinking water in India...speak out your mind in Cuba... do you want to do some really scary sh-t?? go to a public hospital in Guatemala you pampered brat.
So a millennial does things that most people do on a regular basis? I thought I would be "Burried in a box" or "Spiders crawling all over me" not "Frying Food" ...Basic.
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