Emma Grede

What is the stuff I care about?

And I know that feeling of also making decisions based on fear.

Like I'm too scared to do that thing.

I'm worried what somebody else is going to think.

I, you know, I don't know the answer to that.

And it's like all of that stuff will keep you stuck.

And what you have to understand is like nobody's watching you.

Like nobody is thinking about you like you're thinking about you.

And so when you make mistakes half the time, no one notices.

And so I've just kind of got to this place now where it's like, you know what, if I feel fear or if I'm worried about something, it's probably the direction I'm supposed to go in.

And I don't mean it in that way of like, oh, like, you know, lean into your fear.

It's like, no, no, no, really understand like,

What is scaring you?

Because usually it's just some stuff that you have going on in your head.

It's not even real.

And so now I've learned and I've said to myself, you know what?

Whenever I feel fear, what is the reason for that?

Why does it exist?

And that's what I mean by kind of getting close to yourself.

It's easier the older you get.