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Posts by Stacey Mitchell

Stacey Mitchell is an artist and writer living in south Texas. Professionally she works in cyber security and has previously worked as a research analyst and cyber instructor. She loves to travel and explore with her daughter, whether that’s exploring somewhere in their town or somewhere across the globe.

Yes, I Am Afraid to Fly, But I Won’t Let My Fear Control Me

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“Feel the fear and do it anyway.” ~Susan Jeffers

Let’s do a thought exercise together.

I have flown, I don’t know two or four times a year since I was eighteen and a few times before that, and I am now almost thirty-seven. On the low end that puts me around forty times. On the high ends that is, what seventy-five times in my life? Let’s split the difference and say I have flown fifty-five times because I have never kept track of things like that.

Also, I have jumped out of planes before. Yep, it was beautiful, and seriously …