Among other things, as well. But mostly laser cats.
For as long as I've been alive, I've been fearful. Fearful of rejection, failure, those comments behind my back when people ask each other "who does this girl think she is" or "why is she the way she is". But about a year ago, I decided to turn my life upside down: change jobs, live on my own, make new friends, and pick up some new hobbies along the way. Because of all of this, I thought I was going to wake up one morning and all of a sudden be the coolest person on the planet with style even fashion bloggers would envy and all these amazing talents that I may have been able to make money off of. I realized soon after that life isn't that easy.
I realized that the things I appreciate and the people I love aren't your average people on the street. You could take away all their money, things, and luxuries in life and they'd still be happy with person-to-person quality time and a garbage bag. They'd still be doing those things they were passionate about and, to be frank, wouldn't give a crap what anyone thought.
Life is risk.
Upon realizing this, it's been an interesting journey. I'm striving to be on a path to be a person I'm terrified by and equally obsessed with. I realized that if I wanted to do cool stuff, I should do cool stuff. If cool stuff is going to work and learning every intricate detail of each coffee I sell on a daily basis, I'm going to do it. But this doesn't just apply to me. If you think cool stuff is pulling out your guitar and singing songs that you don't know the chords or words to, do it. If cool stuff is finding the latest clothing trends and seeing how you can do them yourself, do it.
And if cool stuff is going on Tumblr and finding dozens of pictures of cats in space with lasers coming out of their eyes... well, you get it by now.
Whatever 'it' is, I urge you to do it. Don't let people scare you into being someone else because they were too scared to be who they wanted to. Let your mind wander and let yourself be the person you've always wanted to be.
Besides, in the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.
