What Are Your Fears?

Everyone has at least one thing that they’re afraid of, that holds that person back. There’s one simple solution to this. Face them. I know that sounds so difficult, because even I have a hard time facing my fears, but it’s the only way to get past them. My biggest fear is change. I’m afraid of changing something that has been set in stone in my life, into something completely different. I just can’t do it. Change stresses me out so much even just thinking about it. Even if it’s just a simple thing like updating my phone to new software… I refuse to do it, just because it will look different. I need to tell myself that change is good. It opens you up to more things in life.

I’m also afraid of opening up. This is weird for me to write about this, because I never even talk about it. So I guess in a way I’m facing that fear right now. I always have a hard time telling someone something deep or personal. I just feel weird about it, so I just hold back and keep it inside. I usually begin to start telling someone, but I start to panic and just say “never mind”. I get mad at myself always, I say “wow that was the perfect time to bring it up, and I missed my chance”. Opening up is just too hard to do. But, I know it’s best. Opening up makes yourself and the other person closer, and so that person has a better understanding of where you are coming from. This is something I need to work on.

My last major fear I have never figuring out my life. What if I never find something that interests me? What if I go through college only to end up with no major? What if I spend my life working part time jobs just to get by? These questions constantly consume my thoughts. It’s so hard to picture myself later in life, with a career that I’m happy with. I have absolutely no clue where I want to end up in life, and that’s what scares me. I need to tell myself that this stage in my life is the beginning point to finding my path. Everyone find themselves. It may take longer than most people, but I will eventually figure of my place in life.