FEAR and learning how to skateboard

I've been thinking about fear. Fear - False Evidence Appearing Real (from Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi.) Thinking about how believing in fear can hold you back from many different things - big and small things.

After 9 and 1/2 years in a job that was slowly destroying my soul and my mind, I grabbed fear by the proverbials and resigned. I felt like I had no other options when I was in that place. Now I know, it was me, my fear, that was holding me back.

It's been 4 months since I said goodbye to that other life to start to live my dreams. Fear has never been far from me, but in the last week or so, it's started to creep back into my head.

I have one of my dream jobs starting soon - I'm going to be an Art Teacher at a primary school for term 1. Fan-furking-tastic!!!! Over 20 years ago, I finished my teacher degree, but there were no jobs. Hence getting into the soul destroying job. I won't bore you with all ins and outs of getting back into teaching, but as the start of term starts to get closer, fear starts kicking in... It IS False Evidence Appearing Real. I know I can teach, a teacher I've been volunteering with, has faith in me. So, fear... furk off!

Another thing I've started to be fearful of is skateboarding. My son is right into it and is teaching me. I'm scared of falling over, I'm scared of hurting myself, I'm scared of looking like a fool. Yep, I have fallen over and hurt myself. Yep, I do feel like a fool. That's what happens when you're learning something. You do fall over, you do get hurt, you may feel like a fool. But, I'm not going to let the fear of these things happening from stopping me to continue to learn.

This goes in all areas of life. False Evidence Appearing Real is not going to let me from moving forward (maybe in baby steps when it comes to skateboarding!) but still moving forward.

Here's a little video of me doing my first fakie and an attempt at a turn. Hope it gives you a little laugh!!!

Have you let FEAR stop you from doing something? What are you going to do about this FEAR? Would love to hear your thoughts.

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