Jenny Block • 03-03-23
Face your fears and say yes “Do one thing every day that scares you.” Eleanor Roosevelt is credited with having said that. I don’t know if the credit is correct, but I know the sentiment certainly is.
And I waited way too long to start taking that advice. I was always the bench sitter, the coat holder, the seat saver. I never did the things; I watched the things.
I documented the things. I witnessed the things. But I never ever did them. I was scared of everything. My mom was super afraid of everything, and I wore that fear like a suffocating blanket: That horse could throw you off.
That hiking trail could trip you. That ski lift could dump you. That amusement ride could break you in half. It’s no fun to do anything when you have to lie in order to participate, and the specter of doom is constantly hanging over you.
