This week I had a liberating assignment. Who knew a school assignment could be so influential in my life? The assignment was a process worksheet in which I took time to identify the fears which crop up with my current life goal of going to law school. I started out by sitting with myself and truly pondering what fears I had. As I considered this, I began to type up the various fears that came to mind in relation to attending law school. It was a very emotional experience as I dug deep and put the fears in words and confronted them head on. Once I had put down the 5 fears that I have I just sat in my chair and looked at them and read them through a few times and felt them deeply. I will admit I even cried as I felt the worst-case scenarios of my various fears. Then I shifted gears mentally and looked at how I could mitigate the risks of these worst-case scenarios. I began to resolve each fear or concern and how I could avoid them occurring all together. It felt wise and empowering that I could make a plan to avoid these fears happening. It was also empowering to bring them to light instead of knowing they were lurking in the shadows of my subconscious. Additionally, in step three of the exercise, I determined how I could get back to the status quo should the worst-case scenario happen. I would be disappointed if this did happen, but I would be okay. This is what this step gave to me. It seems that our fears of the unknown can cripple us or keep us from pursuing our dreams. Taking time to put a name to them and identify what they are exposes them so that you can then deal with them. It made me also consider the fears my children have and how this same exercise could help them face their fears and conquer them.
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