Some wise words from Dame Julie.
This women will forever be a hero of mine.
I think about this all the time.
Feeling apprehensive and scared and worried is not a failure.
It’s the appropriate response. It’s telling you that the thing you are about to do is big and important. Do the thing anyway.
One more thing about this:
It gets easier.
After you do this enough times, that’s how you know that you’re doing the right thing – because it scares the shit out of you. Nothing you already know how to do feels terrifying; it’s always the new stuff, the stuff that’s going to force you to grow and learn something, that makes you want to cling to your nearest and dearest.
Big girl pants: buy a bunch, wear them often. Soon they’ll be your favorite pants, and you’ll never go back. I can almost promise.