Being Afraid of Starting Something New

(Let me just say, that this will not be a post about how to get over fear. Instead, it’s a post where I admit that I’m terrified of starting something new. Hopefully, one day soon, I can let you know how I got through this.)

I’ve decided to start a group for women in the beverage industry in Atlanta. It’s something that I’ve tossed around for about a year and finally decided to go through with it about 3 weeks ago. There’s a real need. In about a week I’ve figured out a name, bought a domain, put up a splash page, started an IG account, decided on a launch date and location. It all felt really really good and flowed easily. Then, I realized that I was going to have to start telling people about this: inviting people to be a part and pitching it to sponsors.

That’s when my old friend fear stepped in to have a conversation. She wasn’t really kind. I started to feel overwhelmed. I remembered that I haven’t really done anything public in a long time. Even though I know this makes sense, my brain still wonders if this is all stupid. I’m not trying to launch this a business, so it really doesn’t make sense that I’d be so scared.

My solution at the moment is to take a couple of days off to just breathe….and breathe…and breathe.

I’ll have an update in a day or two on how I was able to move past this.