Too often we doubt ourselves and don't give ourselves enough credit and let our insecurities dictate our next move.
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When I sat back and questioned how I could get more eyes onto my own blog I knew I had to get out there and jump into the community. I had sat in on many Discord hangouts and eagerly listened as people shared there most recent content with the group
I wanted to share my own post with the group. I knew that would give me some more exposure and could potentially grow my own following but that heavy feeling of self-doubt crept in. I didn't do it. I let the fear take over and lost the opportunity to have 27 fresh eyes on my post.
Moving forward I promised myself I would just bite the bullet and get on voice and share my writing! I would love to see more engagement on my posts and have people leave their feedback. "just fucking do it, 
I saw the perfect opportunity to share at the #PYPT - Promote Your Post Thursday with 
Again I eagerly sat listening in to people in the community sharing their posts. Some people super confident and some people just as nervous as me. "Just fucking do it!", I put my name in and nervously waited for my turn.
The post I had decided to share was a little cheeky, but I wanted to share it because of all the posts I had made that week it was the one that showed my usual writing style. But I had also written slight profanities and used all different names for genitals....was it too much?
My name was called....my heart started racing and I could feel a tremor in my throat and an overwhelming sense of absolute fear shot through me. I quickly typed a brief description with the link saying sorry I couldn't talk. I was so disappointed in myself.
Then out of nowhere, I type, "ok, I can come online" using all the courage I have inside of me bravely hitting talk and saying "hello". But there was a problem. Nobody could hear me! There were laughs and it appeared that my post was well received in the chat and I quickly went from nervously saying "hello" to screaming "hello...hello...hello" into my mic. Then just like that, the next person was asked to present.
The lovely 
And you know what?!?
I just fucking did it! I said "hi" and I didn't just stop there....I loved connecting with people on the platform in a whole new way. Pretty sure there were even sometimes I accidentally overspoke others lol.
So there it is folks! "Just fucking do it!" My very first #thoughtfulpost which I plan on continuing to write from now on every Thursday. I hope today's post inspires you to just do it, face your fears and do it...no regrets! A big thank you to 
for the inspiration it was a pleasure meeting you at the #PYPT hangout!
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