I did my first stand-up yesterday.
It was everything and nothing like I expected. It was scary, exciting, thrilling. Coming off the stage was an amazing high, like I could do anything I wanted. Ready to conquer the world.
I never been very comfortable speaking in front of crowds. It’s one thing to speak in a classroom or a meeting, where you are sitting comfortable among your peer when you speak. It’s another to be front and centre and then having to speak. And it’s even worse when you have to try to be funny. This was so far away from my comfort zone, the comfort zone was a dot on the horizon.
The whole event felt like a blur, like a out-of-body event, and I could see myself performing, speaking the lines, but not really being aware of my surroundings. And then, getting the first laugh, and then the second and then the applause. It felt great, wonderful. It felt like I could do something if I just put my mind to it.
It’s now almost 24 hours since I performed, and I still feel hyper about it. I want to try again, improve, fix what I did wrong, find new material, do better.
I guess I would just summarize it as, it was fun 