overcome my aversion to phones

I’m making an effort to work on this goal. It’s working slowly.

Going to think of a way to work on this goal.

After I got home from grocery shopping, I saw the receipt when I was putting my groceries away, and saw something that I thought was an error.

I was going to just ignore it, and not do anything about this, but decided to call the store to find out if it was an error. It turns out that there wasn’t an error, but I did learn to be very careful when selecting food from bulk bins, and that it was ok to call.

The customer service rep was very helpful.

It went smoothly. Customer service rep was really helpful. (Phone rep).

I was thinking that the more calls that I make the less I would fear them. I don’t know if it’s going to work, but I’ll try.

So far I’ve made 2 calls that I’ve been dreading, and it wasn’t too bad. It was important to make these calls, and they went smoothly so I need to remind myself of this when I go to make other similiar calls.

I think that it’s the fear of the unknown, in that, I don’t know who is on the other end of the phone, and how they’re going to interpret what I’m saying. I get stressed out whether or not I’m able to communicate effectively. In essence, I guess that it’s also tied to public speaking. I hate getting up in front of a group of people to give a speech, or to talk in a group setting.

I would really like to work on this goal. It has been something that has bothered me for a long time, but I have never really analyzed the problem to find potential solutions.

When the phone rings it makes my heart jump. I don’t know why.

I should think about what it is about the phone so that I can move forward.