#44: What I'm Afraid Of 😱

Jun 15, 2023

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I get super nervous when approaching people at events and bars.

If I’m sober.

I’ll enter, look around for a while, then grab a drink.

Then two. Until the nerves go away.

Then, maybe, I’ll approach a person or two. Sometimes it goes well. Sometimes it doesn’t.

But either way, I usually keep drinking. As if that’ll make it easier.

It doesn’t.

Just feels like approaching people at events and bars sober is something I never figured out.

I have no problem speaking in public. Speaking at work. Speaking foreign languages in foreign lands. No problem.

What if instead of drowning that nervous emotion in alcohol, I admitted it.

Out loud. To whomever I want to say hello to.

What do you think will happen?

They might be too. Then they’re not alone.

Maybe they’re not nervous. Maybe they want to help.
Or maybe I’m thinking too much.

With Love,
Janahan

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