You want to change jobs but don’t dare apply anywhere? You’ve had the project of becoming your own boss or changing careers for a long time, but you don’t take the leap? You dream of leaving everything to live elsewhere, but you don’t take the plunge? What is stopping you? You want to separate but don’t dare to talk about it? You agree to do things even if you don’t like them? What drives you?

How many times do we not act out of fear? How many times do we act out of fear? How many decisions do we make out of fear?

I have often found myself in situations I would have liked to avoid, and I found myself there despite myself because fear guided my decisions. I stayed in a job I didn’t like for a long time because I was afraid of failure. Not finding anything or, if I did, failing job interviews. And then, if I got the job, I was afraid to tell my boss that I was leaving… what would his reaction be? Once in my new position, would I be good enough? For the record, I eventually changed jobs and everything went well, I’m happy!

For a certain time, almost two years, I wasn’t doing well in my relationship. I’ll spare you the details of the reasons, but long story short, deep down, I felt it wasn’t right. I wanted something new, needed a change, but I didn’t dare. I didn’t dare to speak the words that would change everything in less than a minute. What would my life be like after that? Where to live? Is it a failure? What harm will it do to him? So I continued until eventually the situation and the relationship deteriorated so much that it was no longer bearable. For the record, I am now single and I feel good in my shoes, good with myself, aligned in my life choice.

I could tell you several stories like that. But the most important thing is what I take from it! That very often I acted or didn’t act out of fear. Since then, I’ve learned, every day is a lesson! And when I identify that fear is guiding my decisions, I try to remember all those times when I was afraid and, in the end, it turned out well.

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