For most of my life, I’ve been a pretty stoic person. My emotional range went from happy and content to scared and panicked.<\/p>\n
Excitement was never a thing I thought I\u00a0felt.<\/p>\n
But I recently learnt\u00a0that fear and excitement are essentially the same thing.<\/p>\n
Fear is usually held with reservations. Excitement is held with anticipation.<\/p>\n
Your heart races, you feel butterflies flapping wildly in your gut, your breathing intensifies, you feel a sense of heightened sensitivity as your eyes widen and you limbs quiver with anticipation. Fear or excitement?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s both. The only difference between fear and excitement is the way you think about it.<\/p>\n
I’ve approached things slightly differently ever since I found out. It has made teaching my first paid teaching gigs less traumatic, even though I still get a little panicky.<\/p>\n
Just reframing it as excitement has made it that much more exciting\u00a0<\/em>but I don’t know if I’m making sense as I’m typing this out and explaining it, so go read these amazing posts\u00a0that explain it way better than I can.<\/p>\n Turn your fear into excitement so you can pursue your dreams<\/a><\/p>\n