To Admire
Compiled by Erica Allen, college student from central Kentucky.After that period, I thought things could not get more scary than the constant gnawing fear that I was not doing what I was made to do. Sadly, this assumption was false. I was absent the day that the “nothing is more terrifying than success” memo got passed out. Or maybe that memo never got distributed because no one wanted to be the asshole that said, “I got what I wanted, and it’s scary as shit.” So, f*ck it. I’m going to come out and say it because I would have felt a hell of a lot less alone this year, had I known.
I’m telling you, you must read this post by founder of APW Meg Keene, who has just wrapped up her first year as a full-time small business owner (of APW), who just published a book, and who is planning a book tour as we speak.
And let’s talk about this quote. Sometimes this idea that success is actually very terrifying/stimulates even more ridiculous personal growth/etc etc etc is thrilling. Sometimes, when I am depressed—which I keep bumping into these recent evenings—this idea makes me want to… oh yes, curl into my bed paralyzed with despair. Sure of failure. Praying for failure. Sick in my gut of the expectations and needs of others left unfulfilled.
