Foundation of society (anxiety)

For someone who works in an old school, face to face sales job, and as someone who blogs daily, I’m pretty shy.

I started working with the public because I thought it would help with social anxiety. And it has in a lot of ways. Getting a bunch of reps in can make you good at pretty much anything.

It gets easier, but the critic in my head never leaves. He just gets easier to ignore. I still second guess myself and try to anticipate too many things that don’t really matter, but I’ve put myself in so many uncomfortable situations over the years that it becomes second nature to navigate.

Anxiety is like using nitrous to boost the speed of your car. It’s terrible for the engine, but it’ll get you across the finish line a lot quicker.

It’s being hyper-aware of every detail. It’s being hyper-aware of a lot of arbitrary outcomes, but it fries your brain. And it’s probably lying. But sometimes it’s just a part of life you can’t avoid.

To quote an old Bad Religion song:

Anxiety destroys us but it drives the common man. Foundation of society: anxiety. Suppress it if you can.