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Let’s Just Stop being Afraid

Letting go of the anxiety and fear that cloud decisions is liberating

Ayesha Tariq

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I know this isn’t really something to bring up during a pandemic but, the fear I’m talking about is not about health issues. And in fact, the reason to let go fear is driven by what’s happened during the pandemic in the past few months.

The bottom line is… life is short!

Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash

Something changed in me this year. Maybe it’s because I turned 40, maybe it’s because I went through a really rough time over the last couple of years or maybe it was seeing how so many people lost loved ones because of the pandemic.

But, I bit by bit I learned to let go of my fears.

We all fear something. Losing our jobs, not having enough money, breaking up, never finding love, losing a loved one.

And it’s never easy. You don’t just wake up one morning and magically decide that I’m not going to be afraid anymore. It takes time and patience. It also takes you looking at your life and the decisions you’ve made.

When I look back, I realize that many of the decisions I made was out of fear. And even the bold decisions I did make on occasion were accompanied with a whole host of anxiety and second-guessing. But…

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