What Fear Has Cost Me

And how I’m dealing with it

Claire Gem
Nov 6 · 6 min read
Photo by skeeze from Pixabay

In the list of mental (and emotional) challenges I have faced in my life, fear reigns king. I tend to be a worrier, lying awake at night imagining all the bad things that could happen tomorrow. Or next week. Or next year. Fear has kept me from pursuing some goals that were very important to me.

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