Face your fears. Much easier said than done right? Fears are fears for a reason, and in order to deal with them we usually put them as far away from us as possible. There are different types of fears. Some fears you do not really have to face. If you are afraid of bears, please, stay far away from them — they do not want you to be near them either. But then there are the fears that help you in life, the things you secretly want to do but are afraid to do them. Those things that you dream about but never really think you will get around to or that you may fail at if you try. Those are exactly the fears you should be facing.
These are the things you want to do in your life but are not sure of the outcome. There are many things that could be stopping you from doing these things. You could be afraid of what people might think, afraid of their judgement, afraid of failure, afraid it wont be like what you thought, afraid it will get too hard — anything can be stopping you. But you need to face these fears or you will never achieve what you want.
Worrying about what people will think of you is one of the worst fears you can have. What other people think of you really means nothing, it's what you think of yourself. If you're happy doing what you're doing, then that is all that matters. Fear of failure is what holds you back from ever getting anywhere in life. if you fail, so what. You tried, and you can be proud you tried and then you can try again. The only way you will be sure of failing is if you let the fear of failure stop you from even trying.
Sometimes you just have to put all your fears behind you and just go for it. The hardest part of achieving something can be making that first step. I had always wanted to start some sort of blog or have a way to be able to write. But I never did anything to accomplish it. I just kept thinking about how it is something I would like to do, but probably never would actually do. Then one night I was reading an article on Odyssey and decided to look up how to become a content creator. Then right at that moment (it also happened to be 2 a.m.) I decided to apply online and a few weeks later I had my first article up. This came with a lot of fears, maybe people would not like what I write, maybe they won't think its good, maybe I will run out of ideas to write about. But at 2 a.m., I decided to quit thinking about how much I would love to write and face my fears and do it.
Getting over your fears is worth it in the end. I have a lot more I need to face myself, and i'm sure so do you. Fears do nothing but hold you back from what you could be doing, so get out there and take that first step to facing them.
