How I'm Using my Biggest Fears as a Roadmap

Years ago I learned how to be friends with my inner critic. These days, I can (mostly) set aside the shame she wants me to feel over my art and who I am as a person, and I can choose to listen to her advice on what I could improve next time. At it's core, her advice is pretty sound. She just likes to slap me in the face with it, instead of taking a gentle approach.

But lately, my fears over the state of the world, and how that will affect my future and everyone I love, have been taking over my life. I can't live this way. I need a bread crumb trail of this deep dark cave.

So I'm using the same strategy I used to buddy up to my inner critic. I'm letting myself dive deeply into my fears, all the way to the worst outcomes I can imagine. And when I do that, I can see a path back out. Every time. I know I could survive, and I know I'd be okay. And that's my bread crumb trail. Once I can see the darkest day, I know how to protect myself and prepare myself...right now. Today.

This is a big process, and I'm just beginning. But I can feel that I'm on the right track. This is the way to help myself.

If you're feeling lots of fear too, I send you all my love.

-Melanie

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