Facing my Fears (aka my biggest life goals)

Today is the first day of blogmas. Fifteen days of my thoughts, with some Christmas cheer sprinkled in.

People tend to mention the phrase you only live once when you have a fear worth conquering. If you think about it, you don't only live once, you live every second of every minute of every hour of every day of your life. To me, that's much more motivating and captivating than only living once. I mean, welp, I die, and that's it? I am choosing to face my fears, but while they are fears, they are also some of my biggest life goals.

First one, being to have people read the work that I have published. Even the idea of putting myself out there is terrifying. I may come off as a person who couldn't care less about the negative and unnecessary comments people make. It's a facade, I care very much. That is another goal for me, not to care, no matter how important that person is to me. My opinion of myself should be more important than the opinions of every being on this planet combined. If I just focused on myself and what I dare to achieve, it would all become my reality.

So here I am, speaking out my dreams because I know that once I truly let go and believe they will come my way. I will have a multifaceted business that sits behind who I am as a person. My blog will be well-known and beloved, as it connects to my readers like nothing they've ever read before. My magazine will be fully fleshed, publishing once a month and arriving at the doorsteps of its avid readers. My book will be put into the works and will slowly but surely become a favorite.

What fears hold you back? Maybe they match the ones that hold me back. I fear that when I put myself up on that pedastool, I will be made a mockery of and will fall off, hurting myself in the process. I fear that I won't be able to handle the limelight and the hate. I fear that when push comes to shove, I will falter and my shoulders will sink.

Fears are merely a figment of your imagination, the same as unicorns and ogres. Whether you choose to be in a world of candy houses or witches who bake you in the oven is your choice. Although Hantzel and Gretel lived in a world with both. I choose the candy house where I believe in all that is kind, and I believe in achieving everything I desire. I deserve to have it all work out, and so do you. Take my hand and walk towards hope.