How to Truly Disagree and Commit

Recently, I learned what “disagree and commit” truly means, a concept everyone struggles with a lot. Committing to an idea that you disagree with is difficult. Or, let’s say it was, until today. The idea is that you may disagree with whatever life throws at you. You accept it as it is, but you have to commit to yourself. I learned this at the most unexpected place (to me): in an improv comedy course. Improvisational theatre is magical. When you’re on the stage (or taking an improv course like me), it teaches you life skills that you already knew but had forgotten. When you learn a concept from the improv world, you rarely say, “Whoa! How would I have known?” You often say, “Yeah, it makes sense.” When you leave the class, you’re surprised by how little you learned, but also amazed by how much you re-learned and the different perspective you have gained. In improv, you commit to whatever your scene partner throws at you or whatever weird thing your brain pops up, so you make yourself a…