Do It Scared

Because.. doin' it scared is better than not doing it at all.

Hello and Welcome to my first blog post! I'm doin' it scared y'all. Unknowns are scary for me because, well, I like to be in control of outcomes.. silly.. I know. But true. So, Hi! My name is Michele and I'm a control addict. There. Its out there. Wherever there is.... Truth is I've wanted to write a blog post for years upon years and I've been stifled by fear.... and soooo many excuses. So....I've decided------ if I can't get this darn thing published nearly a quarter of a century after I first

thought up the idea, then I never will.

So I am.

Because, I am a control addict, but I'm also intensely passionate and I'm a fighter. I have things/ideas/life experiences bubbling up in me and I can no longer contain them, nor should I. I don't want to be a bucket full of hoarded experienes and ideas. I want to be a conduit... a pipeline... so that these things can bubble over into others lives with the hope of helping others laugh/cry/fight/relate/and GROW into a more REAL person.

I heard a quote today from Edie Wadsworth- "Every emotion you are willing to process makes you stronger, healthier, freer. Every emotion you ignore, hide from, run from, react to, eat instead of feel, scroll instead of feel.... every emotion you are unwilling to process makes you weaker, less free, sicker, and less joyful." So, here's to being willing to process emotions and share life experiences friends!

There. Not perfect. But Done.

And although I'm anxious about hitting publish, for fear of what the outcomes will be, I'm dong it. Because doing it scared is better than not doing it at all.