I’m not a philosopher. While I do hold my hands to these keys and spread my ideas and opinions, I’m not a philosopher.
It was once a fear of mine to share too much, voice my opinion, and be disagreed with. Not much has changed between now and then. I still feel my hands shake when I speak loudly and convey the vision that I wish to be. But once it's done, I know how I feel. I feel relieved that I actually did it. Not if I did it well or whether it was horrible. I just did it.
I’m the owner of my body, meaning I’m the only one who sees what I see, hear what I hear, smell what I smell, touch what I touch, and most importantly, think what I think. No one else knows the specific thoughts that run rapidly in my mind.
What they do know is that she, her, that girl was confident enough to “Do it scared.” This quote has changed my life. And I won’t lie and say that it was the quote that pushed me to act. No, this was how I lived, and once I heard this, it felt like a surprisingly accurate depiction of actions. I didn’t do it unknowingly, but now I do it knowingly. Now I tell myself “Do It Scared.”
As I get older, this quote pretty much applies to every aspect of my life. I’m 17 now, and life just gets scarier. There are new things I learn and more roles that I have to carry. 17 is one year from 18, and 18 is the neighbor of college and the synonym for adulthood. So every day, I challenge myself to not only do something I don’t WANT to do, but also to “Do It Scared.”
Doing it scared doesn’t erase your fear. It doesn’t trick your heart into stopping racing during public speaking, or keep your hands from shaking during confrontation. But doing it scared normalizes it, and allows you to know what to expect. Allows you to realize that all these experiences aren’t that bad. And even if they were, you still did it scared.
It was once a fear of mine to share too much, voice my opinion, and be disagreed with. Not much has changed between now and then. I still feel my hands shake when I speak loudly and convey the vision that I wish to be. But once it's done, I know how I feel. I feel relieved that I actually did it. Not if I did it well or whether it was horrible. I just did it.
I’m the owner of my body, meaning I’m the only one who sees what I see, hear what I hear, smell what I smell, touch what I touch, and most importantly, think what I think. No one else knows the specific thoughts that run rapidly in my mind.
What they do know is that she, her, that girl was confident enough to “Do it scared.” This quote has changed my life. And I won’t lie and say that it was the quote that pushed me to act. No, this was how I lived, and once I heard this, it felt like a surprisingly accurate depiction of actions. I didn’t do it unknowingly, but now I do it knowingly. Now I tell myself “Do It Scared.”
As I get older, this quote pretty much applies to every aspect of my life. I’m 17 now, and life just gets scarier. There are new things I learn and more roles that I have to carry. 17 is one year from 18, and 18 is the neighbor of college and the synonym for adulthood. So every day, I challenge myself to not only do something I don’t WANT to do, but also to “Do It Scared.”
Doing it scared doesn’t erase your fear. It doesn’t trick your heart into stopping racing during public speaking, or keep your hands from shaking during confrontation. But doing it scared normalizes it, and allows you to know what to expect. Allows you to realize that all these experiences aren’t that bad. And even if they were, you still did it scared.
