Throwing Darts, Winning At Life

Throwing Darts, Winning at Life

I’m not a crazy girl. I’m not one of those girls that you think about when you hear that country song “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood. You know the one, where she’s slashing his tires?

I am however open to doing whatever it takes at this point in my life to process and release feelings in a healthy way. Sometimes that means trying radical things. I’m a life coach, and helping women find creative ways to connect to their feelings is one element of my job.

Ahhh, Memories

Recently a Facebook memory popped up that I had completely forgotten about. The post featured a picture of a dartboard and I simply wrote, ”I never realized how therapeutic throwing darts could be.”

I grew up with a dartboard. I didn’t know how to play cricket, nor did my parents ever mention that game, or any of the other 30 plus dart games. They probably bought the board for us kids to entertain ourselves. I would practice throwing bullseye after bullseye because I thought that was what a dartboard was for.

In my twenties, I was a cocktail waitress at a billiards hall. If we wanted to play we had to pay full price for the pool tables, even if our shift was over. They weren’t cheap, so many of my coworkers and I opted instead to play darts to unwind since the…