9 - doing it scared
At the time of writing this I'm procrastinating setting up a live session for a Facebook reel for my work. It's supposed to be me talking about this seminar happening this Saturday, but I've been procrastinating it because I'm scared of putting my face out there.
The sentiment lately has been "do it scared, but do it". It's a way to encourage people to try and do something outside of your comfort zone, without worrying about whether you'd screw up or not, without worrying about being utterly fucking embarrassing. Unfortunately, I am a fundamentally fretful person that tends to overthink way too many things, and I end up not doing it even though I can talk.
It's funny when you think about how I used to be able to speak on stage in school, all the way to somewhat in my university. I can talk. I can speak to a group of people no problem - but only if compelled to. Otherwise you would not see my ass standing up there on the stage talking to hundreds of people. I would rather not if I can help it. Facebook is NOT a stage in a school hall. Millions of people could potentially see your live reel and that's what scares me.
But maybe that's why it's so imperative to break out of that fear. Maybe that's what "do it scared" means. It just means you have to be brave and do it. So let's do it. Let's do it scared. 10 seconds of my time, face masked, and I won't have to think about it until tomorrow at the same time.