Are You Doing It Afraid?

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I was having a conversation with @samostically yesterday and I mentioned how I am trying to overcome my fear of taking on responsibilities. I admire people like him who go-ahead to take on responsibilities that they don't fully understand what it even entails. Some people have a lot of guts, many others do it afraid and there's me who would rather let someone else go before me to test the waters.

The conversation had me wondering how much my fear of taking on new responsibilities has hindered my personal growth. Did it make me too relaxed and settle? I never really linked how running away from leadership roles affected my zeal for self-improvement and taking over my life.

I understand how small windows lead to big doors and looking back, it feels like I've passed on many opportunities by not opening these windows. There was a time I'd wake up every morning checking for a possible opportunity that might have come my way and when they did come, they flew right by me because I was scared.

My friends are currently at the stage where they're all busy. Everyone is busy or at least looks like they are. Some seem to have life figured out, others are just getting on track and some are about taking a leap. Some days I don't even know what stage I'm at and I get overwhelmed.

I get highly encouraged by my busy friends because I can see that their efforts yield rewards, even in the littlest way possible. They're the very responsible ones taking charge of their lives and even doing it afraid. That's something I want to actively practice.

There's a voice in my head that pops up to say, the world thinks you're busy, but you're busy doing nothing. That's something I heard a lot growing up and it's affected me in a lot of ways that I don't even notice the little achievements I get from being busy. I always feel like there has to be a noticeable difference and if I don't foresee a major change, I don't even attempt.

A greater part of my recent adult years has been about unlearning all of the things that breed fear in me and learning to put my best foot forward. I'm loosening up to taking on new responsibilities and the possibility of failing because that's just one more step to not failing.

I'm lucky to have people in my corner that encourage me to do better and I owe it to not just myself but to them to face my fears and do it afraid.

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Leadership takes a lot of guts and maybe risk. Leave your comfort zone and u will be a more better person. Am looking up to you and I don't see u as an idle person.

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Like I said in one of my previous posts, achievements are made from making a bold steps. We don't know what we can attain until face our fears and take our chances.

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Overcoming fear is not something talked about enough. Oftentimes people say just ignore fear and do it, while that is valid I often think it's better to address the fear itself. Find the root cause then it becomes easier to deal with.

Taking on leadership roles or new responsibilities is not an easy thing. We'd rather let it pass than face them. However, whenever we do face them we find that we are more than capable of handling that role we feared so much.

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