stop being so shy

I volunteered to read something out loud in class when my other 2 group members didn’t want to. Again… small stuff, but steps in the right direction.

So a new student emailed the list serv about not having a mentor… And I wrote her back, told her who I was, offered to meet with her, and offered to be her mentor. I know it sounds small, but it was actually pretty hard for me to do. Especially since we have a very nice dept. and I know that the poor girl would not have gone mentorless if I didn’t respond. Hopefully everything else about it (possible meeting) will go ok, and I won’t get too nervous beforehand. I really dislike being shy!! It really is like being inside this silent stone statue… and people keep chipping away at me, and nobody can hear me screaming. But maybe if I chip a little myself, I can get over it more efficiently.

So I’m actually volunteering in class more without having a major panic attack and without being pushed into it. So the shyness is very slowly getting a bit better. Of course… this often happens when I’ve taken my back medicine… but hey, ya gotta start somewhere.