Conquering Your Fear
Are there things you want to achieve that you don’t ever tell anyone because the thought of doing so freaks you out?
Maybe because you’re afraid people will laugh?
Or once it’s out there you can’t take it back and are afraid of how it will look if you don’t achieve it.
But you constantly think about these things and beat yourself up over not being brave enough to go after them.
It’s time to muster up all your strength and conquer that fear.
How can you do that?
Stare fear in the face and write down your goals! Be brave. You are fabulous, and there is no reason to let that little devil of negativity that is sitting on your shoulders (he’s on all our shoulders at one time or another).
You can do this. Take out a sheet of paper, open up a Word doc, or pull an old receipt out of your purse and WRITE. IT. DOWN.
Then take a deep breath. Now read the goal you just wrote down to yourself.
Do it again.
And again.
And again.
And keep reading it until you can do so without having a panic attack.
What is fear anyway? I came across this blog post a couple of years ago, and it has really stuck with me. I’ve put my favorite part below but here is the link to the full post. I encourage you to go read it.
Sadhguru: Fear is simply because you are not living with life, you are living in your mind. Your fear is always about what’s going to happen next. That means your fear is always about that which does not exist. If your fear is about the non-existent, your fear is hundred percent imaginary. If you are suffering the non-existential, we call that insanity. So, people may be in just socially accepted levels of insanity, but if you’re afraid or if you’re suffering anything which does not exist, it amounts to insanity, isn’t it?
When said like that it seems kind of silly to be scared of something that hasn’t happened yet. I read this passage a lot to talk myself off the ledge of fear which is holding me back.
Don’t let your fear hold you back.
What is your big scary goal that fear is stopping you from pursuing?
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