Your Intention For The Week… acknowledge and name your fears

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Intention for the week: acknowledge and name your fears.

My decision to start a blog was as spontaneous as they come. I was doing the usual scroll on Facebook one evening, or was it Instagram? Doesn’t matter. Point is, I was scrolling before bed as I always do and up popped an ad. I hate social media advertising. In fact I hate advertising in general, but especially when it is so targeted and “in my brain”.

This ad was for a free 5 day, starting a blog course. Free? I could do that. So I clicked on it, signed up and went to bed serendipitously filled with an enormous amount of excitement and plans – something I had not felt in a pretty long time.

It all happened pretty quickly from there. Every step that I was instructed to do, I did. And, before I knew it (well, I guess it was 5 days later), I had a domain name, a simple website and I was looking into logo design.

I’m not sure when the actual decision to commit to a money-making blog actually happened, but it did. And, once I realised that I was committing, I found myself facing the first of 2 steps that was definitely not a part of the course curriculum.

Step 1: Acknowledge your fears. Name them.

In the back of my mind, there were 2 things causing me a lot of anxiety. Deep down I knew what they were, but I had never paused and named them before. Up until this moment, these fears had remained tightly locked away in a box labelled DENIAL. However, I could feel these fears building up stronger and taller barriers to my own success and joy. I had to admit to them in order to destroy their power over me.

Fear one:

The first fear I had to painfully and embarrassingly admit to was my fear of looking stupid. I am surrounded by hugely accomplished people. While I have been at home mom-ing, my peers have been pursuing big, lucrative, ladder-climbing careers. I felt shy, scared, embarrassed to have to say out loud that I was a blogger. One of the million right?

Fear two:

The second embarrassing fear that had been understandably shoved under the metaphorical carpet, was the fear that my “lazy”, I-love-Netflix-at-naptime habit would triumph over my desire to succeed and I would inevitably fail. I put “lazy” in inverted commas, because I am not really a lazy person. I am simply in an unusual season of life that has resulted in more magnetic couch time than usual. To make this work I would now need to dedicate my free time to this new project, which would involved a big mind shift.

Acknowledged. Now what?

So, I have acknowledged my 2 big fears. Now what? I’m not too sure, to be honest. I have most certainly not overcome these fears, but I am now very openly aware of them. And, if you have read anything mildly inspirational at some point in your life, then you know that acknowledging the things you need to work on, becoming aware of them, is the first step to recovery from them.

So, that is where I am. Fears acknowledged. Named. And currently in the process of being conquered.

I am absolutely LOVING this blogging process. I hit the button on the 5 day free course on March 16th, so a little over a month ago. I launched my site officially on April 9th, so a little over 10 days ago. In that time, I can honestly say that I have dedicated 99% of my free time to learning, writing and improving. And not 1% of that 99% has felt out of obligation, stress or pressure. It has all obsessively poured out of me like a dam with burst walls because I am having so much fun with it.

Acknowledging fears is an important step in any project/business you take on. You cannot climb over the fence if you do not know it is there. You cannot stop your fears from getting in the way of your success if you do not know, or are not willing to admit what they are.

Its not easy. If it was, they would not be fears. But it is an important part of the process; a part/step that is often ignored or overlooked.

Intention for the week:

So, the intention for our week is the following:

Acknowledge your fear(s). Be aware of them, with kindness.

As you move through your week, be aware of when you feel something getting in your way – something potentially being masked by denial or the inability to accept. Pause. Acknowledge that it exists and name it. Accept whatever accompanying feelings come up, because they are part of the process. Once you have recognised and named the fear/obstacle, breathe it away with a great big, shoulder-lightening sigh. You have taken a huge step in the right direction. Next time you notice that fear rearing its sneaky little head, the effects will be far less brutal.

Want to start your own blog?

I know there are many of you out there who perhaps also have a desire to try out the blogging thing. After all, in this world of stunted verbal communication, I feel we all need an outlet. Perhaps this is it.  As such, I want to share with you the 2 steps that I took to get where I am.

First, the 5 day free course. An awesome place to start, especially if you don’t already have a website up and running. Believe me, I have no coding knowledge whatsoever. I am a total website novice. But this course walks you through it all step by step. And its free. Nothing to lose.

If you already have a blog up and running, but would like to learn more about how to monetise it, then I would suggest jumping straight into the 30 day course. I have learnt so much from it so far and am happy to answer any questions you may have about it.

Good luck with whatever project you are currently working on that motivated you to read this post. Don’t let your hidden fears prevent you from succeeding. You are so much stronger than you think you are.

Tara

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