Just about everything makes me nervous (actually anxious) but I’m fantastic at hiding it. Meeting someone for the first time, public speaking, posting my thoughts here and specifically, existing. The good thing is though, I get over it quickly, sometimes.

It was time to grocery shopping this past weekend and while sometimes this can be a fun task for me once I get over my nerves , this time it was completely debilitating finding the courage to drag myself from the car.

I sat in my car for a whopping forty five minutes before reaching out to a friend I was certain who’d understand. After telling her about what was going on with me, she suggested I treat it as adventure. She knows I love adventures so that’s what I did. I shopped for specific things with specific ingredients and I was able to tune out the very thing I was nervous of in the first place; the absorption of others energy.