Facing Your Fears

I am often terrified when I think of sharing my writing. By sharing my writing I will be sharing my thoughts and feelings and perspectives and opening myself up to judgement by others and that scares me. What scares me even more is the idea of people knowing me. I usually like to blend into the background. I try to deal with that by just focusing on the craft of writing, treating it like a hobby when I need to, and keeping the end goal of sharing my experiences with people in the hopes that it helps someone. That calms me enough to keep going but when I am at work at my day job or going to sleep at night and I think about the possibility of people reading my blog… honestly, it freaks me out!