Conquering That Thing Called Fear…
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Oh wow… talk about feeling like a stranger in my own space…
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Guess I am owing enough belated greetings – from Happy Independence Day Celebration (in arrears) to Barka de Sallah (in arrears). Β Oh… my Sallah break was tres fab! Β I enjoyed every minute of it! Β π
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Then moving on to Happy Birthday (in arrears), Happy Married Life (in arrears), Happy Anniversary (in arrears)… errr…. what else have I missed??? Oh yes!!! Β Congratulations on the birth of your baby(iees)… π Β Β And I say these greetings with the utmost sincerity! Β
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Great! Β So now that I have redeemed myself, I’ll start with my post for today! Β Conquering Fear!
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Ok so this post is not about the usual stuff we read about in self-help books or listen to at seminars. Β We’ve all read and heard enough right? Β It’s time to take action! π
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And I’m taking my first step.. even though it took about a month to get here… haha! Β Pretty surprising, even to me since I am someone who is pretty fearless when it comes to making decisions and taking risksΒ work wise.
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And this post my my first step to conquering that fear! Yes I have been psyching myself up for the past month or so until I said to myself today “argh please…. just go ahead and move past this point!”
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And what’s this fear I have nursed till now? Β Posting YouTube Videos of myself! Β
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Yah… seems prettyΒ silly right?! Β You might think so. Β But for me, chatting into a camera and then putting myself out there is not so easy for me. Β I am a pretty shy person – though you might not believe it – I had to work hard on that and I think I have done a pretty good job of masking it. Β For me, words and pictures are much easier.
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But anywayz, I had been nursing the idea of videos for a while now and did a few but just never summoned up the courage to post them. Β Well… until I got a message from a Blackberry contact on how scared she was to start her fashion business despite learning the ropes in fashion school and knowing how to sew. Β But for her, the majorΒ issue was her lack of confidence and the fear that customers would hate her work or she would mess up.
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For me, from experience, the answer always seemed simple! Β “Well you will actually never know if you will mess up or not until you try. Β SoΒ just start and if you do bungle (which you definitely will since it happens to everyone), you will learn from it”. Β
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But alas! Β I onlyΒ realised it was not that simple when I started getting similar messages from other people. Β I did advise them on how to start off but this inner voice keptΒ saying to me: “here you are giving people advice when you are yet to face your fear”.
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So I thought to myself, well rather than write about the topic, I’d shoot a video addressing it with my phone and post it. Β That way I would have killed 2 birds with one stone! π
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So here it is…. the very first You Tube Video of myself…..brrrrrrr….. (insert-chewing-on-my-nails-inwardly-extremely-nervous-covering-my-face-emoticon-in-here)……..
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All shot and edited by me! π Β Not bad right?! Β I am so proud of myself. Β Amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it!
And yes! Β Please encourage a sister by clicking subscribing to my Youtube Channel, clicking the “like button” under the video, commenting and sharing it with your friends. Β It would really help since I plan to do this more often now.
And yes! Β Please encourage a sister by clicking subscribing to my Youtube Channel, clicking the “like button” under the video, commenting and sharing it with your friends. Β It would really help since I plan to do this more often now.
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Muchos gracias! Β MWAH! Β
Oh… PS:
You can get to the YouTube Channel through the video but just in case, My YouTube Channel is “Martwayne”. Β It comes up when you search for it.
Oh… PS:
You can get to the YouTube Channel through the video but just in case, My YouTube Channel is “Martwayne”. Β It comes up when you search for it.
