Three Ways To Get Over Your Fear
In 12 days (February 18, 2013) I leave for Maui, Hawaii, our family is moving to Maui from Milwaukee, WI. This has been our families dream for the last three years.
I’m leaving for phase one of the move, which involves me going alone and finding a place to live for the family. The family comes on April 8th.
As the days get closer, the fear is setting in, to be perfectly honest, I’m scared. While this has been our dream for so long, the thought of actually doing all of this scares the daylights out of me.
Can we find a place at a reasonable price? Where will the kids go to school? Can we really afford it? Like I said, so many fears all screaming louder and louder.
Even though I’m afraid, I’ll still be on that flight in 12 days. After the death of my father, I truly understand what it means to live and not just exist.
If have started chasing a dream this year or have been chasing one for a while, you know all about fear. You think about your dream and everything that it takes to make that dream a reality and it’s easy to get scared.
If you have fear related to your dream, here’s a simple three-part strategy you can use:
Acknowledge your fear
Human nature is to suppress your fear or pretend like it’s not there. The problem with that strategy is that the fear IS there, so acknowledge it.
Be honest with yourself, talk it over with your spouse or a close friend but don’t try to suppress it. Don’t hold those fears inside, verbalize them, it will feel so much better.
Analyze your fear
After those fears are all out in the open and you can clearly see them, analyze them. See if you’re afraid because some part of your plan is off or that your plan is spot on and your fears are the ones that’s off.
Studying your plan is always smart and use those fears to make sure every part of your plan is on track.
Address your fear
So you’ve analyzed your fear and realize everything isn’t as well planned as you wanted, figure out how you can correct things.
When I was coming to the end of my bread career, I realized I hadn’t saved as much money as I wanted to. I still had three months left, so during those three months I worked as much as I could and we didn’t spend money on anything!
Whatever it takes to get your plan back on track, make the sacrifice. Whatever sacrifices you make now will be well worth it in the end. You can do this, you can beat your fear and make your dream your reality this year.
What is one fear that has held you back?
