Re: reading these messages by web [ATTENTION LEO]

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Chain2Fate@... wrote:

>

> Hey again

>

> I was about to get into this in my introduction letter, but I forgot

> to talk

> about it. What I wanted to say is in regards to this list and the

> option of

> making one's subscription " Read only via the web " ....When I was on

> here the

> last time, I never said anything to the group...therefore, no one

> bothered to

> say anything to me most likely since they didn't know I existed! I did

> that

> in my school years up until my senior year and thats when I started

> losing

> weight, so I felt more confident in raising my hand and participating

> in

> class. THAT is when people started to " notice " me more besides just

> being the

> quiet and shy big guy. I was actually having real conversations with

> even

> the popular folks.

>

> I'm telling you about this because that was a pattern in my life. I

> would

> " join " things, but not fully participate. It wasn't until I started

> building

> confidence that I went out of the house more often and started voicing

> my

> opinions instead of playing follow the leader. So if you were like me

> or ARE

> like that, try to come out of lurking and at least introduce yourself

> to this

> list. Maybe someone else will relate to you or maybe you'll make new

> friends.

>

> BUT please think about whether you decide to put this list as " reading

> only

> on the web " if you're only a lurker who's using this as a main source

> for

> motivation. As I said earlier, I did that before. I never said

> anything and

> eventually I set my options as " read messages only via the web " and

> ended up

> losing my motivation to proceed with Tae-bo. I rarely went onto

> egroups so I

> was never reminded to check the messages. Having Tae-bo messages enter

> my

> mailbox was a reminder to do Tae-bo so hopefully now that I'm actually

>

> speaking to people, I'll have a bigger reason to stay on track.

>

> Okay, thats all I wanted to add :-)

Dan, you will have a bigger reason to stay on track because we are all

nags with pretty good memories. We like to encourage people on their

fitness journey and can do it best when they delurk and participate.

I'm glad you delurked, Dan. You have a great attitude and sense of

humor.

Elena, who thinks Leo might benefit from Dan's message