This challenge is simple. It is simply to scream. At the top of your lungs. As loud as you can. I’m not expecting you to go to a crowded place. Do it alone in your car. I find that in today’s society, we don’t scream a lot. In fact, many people who are shy or introverted are very quite people and will have difficulty trying to do this. But go ahead, do it. If you can’t try it again and think about how it was difficult to you. Did that surprise you? It did me.
Another part of this challenge it to find a song that you like and sing it as loud as you can. I noticed when I was younger I would sing alone in my car, but if another car approached, I would stop singing. I didn’t want to look like a fool and it made me feel like an idiot to be ‘caught’ singing alone in my car. But when I got older and began to appreciate people’s vocal talents I realized that being able to sing is a gift that few people have. So I started to sing in my car regardless of what everyone else was thinking around me. If they want to be shy or feel weird, it’s on them. Even so, I didn’t sing at the top of my voice. That was until I crossed over my comfort line and joined a choir. Then I had to work on projecting my voice. I could have counted the number of times I’d done that on one hand in the previous five years. So now in my car, I sing as loud and proud as I would in a choir.
Don’t let fear of random strangers keep you from exercising your vocal talents. Try screaming and singing at the top of your lungs and let your voice out.
Was it hard for you to scream at the top of your lungs? Surprisingly it seems harder for men than women to do this.