[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Fear]] - People: [[Emmy van Deurzen]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBgSCFOpPg --- ## Summary - [[The smaller you become, the larger fears become.]] - [[Avoid avoiding things]]. By avoiding inconvenience, discomfort, and difficulty, you're voiding yourself from growth. - Develop [[Existential courage]] - [[Existential alertness provides confidence in spite of the fears you are feeling]]. - [[Self-confidence is the trust you have in your abilities to handle difficulties, not an exhibition of your ego.]] - [[You more you live life, the better it will get, the easier it will become, and the stronger you will feel.]] ## Notes ### Fear - Fear is common. There is so much in life to be afraid about. - It is easy to become uptight in the ways we live because life is hard. - [[The smaller you become, the larger fears become.]] - [[By protecting yourself too much, you create bigger fears for yourself.]] ### Avoid avoiding - Go towards some of the difficulties in your life. Work with those difficulties. - [[Avoid avoiding things]]. By avoiding inconvenience, discomfort, and difficulty, you're voiding yourself from growth. - Practice facing your fears to build up your [[Existential courage]]. The courage you have in yourself in spite of the fears you face. - [[Existential alertness provides confidence in spite of the fears you are feeling]]. - [[Self-confidence is the trust you have in your abilities to handle difficulties, not an exhibition of your ego.]] - Cultivate the safety in yourself to get back up on your feet when life knocks you down. - [[You more you live life, the better it will get, the easier it will become, and the stronger you will feel.]]