live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"

This single question captures everything that’s holding anyone back. It is all about fear. It is so simple but so scary. And here I am putting it into the low self-esteem box here, and the lack of confidence box there when ultimatley, it is all about having the bravery to put yourself out there no matter what the results may be. THAT is how you build conifdence. THAT is how you live a full life. I am excited already about testing this out! Thank you for the great question…talk about food for thought :-)

I wish I could find a way to sustain myself and my family in a self-employed capacity. Unfortunately, due to the crappy state of health insurance and child care in our country, I don’t think I can accomplish this.

I would do so much more. I would make the dress I had intended to make, the earrings I had designed. I would talk to many more people, I would write stories and cook, and read more. i would study for my theory exam. I would learn Spanish.

Done, but not the way I would have wanted to…

It would be great to be so courageous, to not let my fears inhibit my thoughts so much. I have moments of that, but very often, I misappropiate this goal and that’s reason for me to clear if off my list. Those moments of strength and steadiness are often interfused with bad decision-making. Reminding myself of this goal sometimes results in mere recklessness – by way of arguing, “if I can convince myself (on occasion) that I cannot fail, I might as well take it easy and not panic”. But sometimes a little panic might do me good, and, who knows, even help me better when I need to follow through with something…

but I feel like I am more than worthy of having this back on my list. I can deal with this kind of daily pressure ;) I mean, what is the worst that can happen, hey!

Go to PT tomorrow, work out and meet the recruiter.

I would believe in myself.

I would hold out and not cave in… I would honor myself enough to have self-discipline.

I would stop making excuses if I could just stop second-guessing myself.

In trying to answer this question, I’m pin pointing all of the insecurities I never knew I had. Even if I don’t accomplish all of those items, keeping this goal in mind will help me overcome a general fear of failure.
It’s comforting to think that there is not one single person on earth who will not fail at something. Anyway, is failure always such a terrible thing? I’ve learned something from every failure I’ve experienced.
Heck. I feel better already. :-)

put the effort into changing myself. i would wake up early and fill my day with lots of actions that would get me closer to my goals. i would turn off my tv. i would stop spending money. i would probably be exhausted, but happy to see my progress.

i don’t know where to begin. shit. is it because i’m afraid of changing? what am i getting from my current lifestyle? i’m not moving forward. i feel like i haven’t grown in the past 5 years. what have i done? where are the improvements?

There are so many things I am passionate about but fear of failure gets me everytime-and so I don’t do half of the things I want to. I am going to give this goal a trial run and see what I can accomplish when I stop listening to that negative voice in my head. Who knows what I could do. I am excited to try this out but realistic about it too.