Our WISE assignment was to listen to the NPR report by Brian Grazer, "Disrupting my comfort zone". Brian believes that to grow as a human being, you have to step out of your comfort zone. He, like many WISE students, called up experts in many different fields to meet with them. Even if it was difficult and not that pleasurable, he still did it. He did it in order to learn about basically anything he could.

Similarly, in WISE it isn't always easy to just call up some one that you don't know, and to meet with them. I know it totally disrupts my comfort zone. So far I have met with one of my several contacts.  His name was Michael Kaplinka-loehr. Even though I was nervous about it, and it was totally disrupting my comfort zone, I am so glad that I did it. I had a great time and learned lots of interesting solar information.

I am also stepping out of my comfort zone in another way. One that is not related to WISE at all. I am going to Italy! It is with soccer team that I have only met two times, and I know no one. Should be interesting. And it should be very educational.