Self Improvement
Let’s Just Stop being Afraid
Letting go of the anxiety and fear that cloud decisions is liberating
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!
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, what if you didn’t care.
Over the past year, I’ve become very active on Twitter again and the one thing I’ve noticed is that the younger generation don’t have the same level of inhibition that we have. I was bolder when I was younger but, not to the extent that the newer generation is now.
The Internet has given the younger generation a voice and good or bad, they’re using it. At least they’re out there and eventually some of them, will go on to accomplish their dreams much sooner than any of us did or will.
They have it in them from Day 1 to take chances. To put themselves out there, and learn along the way. I admire it.
I admire the attitude of being not being so self-conscious and I realize that since, I’ve stopped letting fear and anxiety rule my days, I feel liberated. And, the more I do, the more I can do.
It’s not a straight path to getting there and I’m not saying that I’m completely evolved. But, I’d like to think that I’m headed in the right direction. I’d like to think of a time when we can all feel good enough about ourselves to be more liberated.
