Do it SCARED

“Do it SCARED,” what does that really mean? It means exactly what it says. Fear ignites a fight or flight feeling inside of all of us, but more often than not we don’t fight through that feeling. What happens when instead of running, you push through and use the fear as motivation? For me, I’ve lived my life in flight mode. Anytime something scared me even the slightest bit, I was out the door. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until recently did I really take a step back and ask myself was it worth it? Short answer is no.

When I started this year, I made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t hide my words anymore. I intended with every “Wize Words Monday” post on Instagram there would be a blog post to compliment it. Then fear crippled me, as it has been for years. I’ve prided myself on being a writer, on wanting to write a book and any chance to showcase that produced suffocating anxiety. Then I had a conversation with a coworker and I was speaking all this life and “go for it” energy to her and she said to me, “You made a yearly goal for yourself here and have accomplished it every year, that’s amazing.”

That was my “Eureka!” moment. I’ve never had an issue achieving my goals, so why was my writing the one that limited me? For one, my words are my most prized possession and if I failed with those, I wasn’t sure if I would recover from that type of loss. Yet, the scariest thought was, what if everyone loves my words? Success is often times scarier than failure and the fear of being successful will cause us to stagnate ourselves because the familiar is better than the unknown.

So now I’ve decided to challenge myself. To post no matter what. To share the short stories I’ve written. To write and share my words, scared. My fear hasn’t stopped me from accomplishing ANYTHING else I’ve attempted. Now, I’m going to do it scared. ALL OF IT.

Whether you hate it or love it, I did it and when I’m at my book signing 5 years from now, I’ll remember this post.

Do it scared Piggies or don't do it at all. I love ya'll.