Feel the fear and do it anyway!

Just a really quick post tonight.

I'm just off out in a bit, about to play my first ever completely solo gig. I'm excited about it but also a little nervous. Surprisingly not as nervous as I thought I would be though about a month ago before I did my first gig with the band.

Anyway, what I'm getting at, is that I'm not as nervous about it because just lately I have been making a habit of doing things that scare the f**k out of me. I have this mental checklist in my mind and every time I feel afraid or nervous, I remind myself that after I've done it, I will be able to put a big tick on my mental checklist because I will have done it and then, the next time I do it, it won't be so scary :)

So instead of having negative feelings associated with new and 'scary' things, I can look forward to the rewarding and more positive feelings instead.

I have done lots of these things very recently and I have found that the more I 'feel the fear and do it anyway' the less scary things get and this makes me happy so I thought I should share.