Oh, yes, FEAR!

I have a palpable fear of Failure. My dad would always say, joking and NOT joking, “You can’t survive in the Real World.” or “You’ll never make it in the Real World.”

Well, my sister published a book! And my Dad threw a tantrum! She had proved him wrong!! (Not that she went “Nya nya nya, I can make it after all!” or anything.) He DISOWNED her for a year!! For succeeding. Living her life.

As for me, I feel like, “Well, I can’t compete with 100 people for the same job, so why bother?”

It’s like I have to know the odds and if they are in my favor for me to try!