Hello, my name is janette and I suffer from stage fright.
I wanted to be part of the “blog” world so bad and now… I have stage fright. The thought of “publishing my work” – scares the crap out of me. I shared this thought with my friend Lauren (confident, accomplished young woman that I admire) she said… “so, write about it” -
Why are we (am I) so afraid to share our thoughts. Who cares what I think. Who am I afraid of judging my writing style, my command of the english language or grammar. Because I compare myself to others – too much. As a forty-something adult, I’m working on what I try to teach my children – it doesn’t matter what other people think – be your own person. “Use your own brain, it’s a good one.”
So… taking my own good advice, I’m working hard to let go of what other people think and enjoy the moment, think for myself, make choices based not on the response or possible response of others but on my own priorities.
OK – Here is my statement, I’m writing and publishing on this blog. I’ll do my best to write clearly, but don’t promise for a minute to have perfect grammar, I will have fragments (because that’s how I think – in fragments), run on sentencesz (because sometimes my thoughts all come rushing out at one time and i can’t separate them), probably some misspelled words. But I will share what I think, what makes me laugh, what I am passionate about and what motivates me.
There – it’s done. One step towards overcoming your fear is admitting it, facing it.
