How to Be Brave Despite Monsters in the Area

This past week I've been getting myself back into meditation and focusing on myself and my emotions in career choices. There was one particular encounter that I truly appreciated and afterwards, I realized how important it is to be brave. I'll take you through my experience in numbered formatted advice.

1) It don't matter who sees.

Here was the situation. I became really nervous to go and one of my previous employers and coworkers. When I admitted that to myself aloud, I happened to be around another employer (and of course) with tears in my eyes. When she asked, "Why are you doing it if you're so nervous about it?" I knew that I needed to. I had to face the experience head on without backing away. I hate to be bound by my own limitations and these limits are just made up in my head. It doesn't matter who happens to be in the room with you, you're making headway.

2) Kick them monsters OUT!

I knew that this was just my own fear keeping me from moving forward and moving on. It was only monsters in my head that were telling me how dumb, how inadequate and how imperfect I was (in a bad way) and this is just bullshit. So, telling them off made me be able to move on and move towards more important things in my life, like living.

3) Give yourself a pep talk.

On the way to this visit, I told myself how this isn't a big deal, how I made the right decision and that no one else is going to think it really matters. I tried to let myself know how much I did the right thing by moving forward and living a life where I can do more of what I like and be me. I trusted my intuition and went with what was right. Regardless of what others think, I know that I'm doing what's best and telling myself that out loud really helped me move on and become confident in the new encounter.

And, what do you know, my bravery really paid off. I was happy I went in and I got to reconnect with people I haven't seen in awhile. It sounds silly that I needed bravery to go into a place (especially if you know my outgoing self), but the shy little girl I once was still lurks in the background. And she is still being followed around by monsters, sometimes zombie-like without a surefire way to kill them.

A lot of times we have to encounter obnoxious things in our heads. When we become scared of something, we can't get over it until we face it head on, acknowledge the issue and move on. Overanalyzing doesn't help you get there. Whether it's being scared to travel alone, holding yourself back from your calling, not reaching out to your friends when you need help, these times are the times to be brave and to let yourself be vulnerable.

Don't let the monsters eat you up inside. You deserve better than that.

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