How to Erase Performance Anxiety
- Lilly Scheibelhut
- Oct 6, 2024
- 1 min read
Sometimes life can feel serious. Like when others are counting on you to act a certain way. Or even more so, when you're expecting it from yourself.
And it's funny ...
A few days ago, I was sitting here racking my brain about what to write. Anxiety building along with my internal pressure to perform.
It should be inspiring.
Think of all the people you could be helping.
It should be genuine.
Don't forget to be yourself.
Blah, blah, blah.
"Play."
It was the answer I received not once but twice this week.
I was thinking about the great cosmic timeline. The billions of years that happened before me. The billions+ years that will come after. The universe ever expanding. Ever experiencing.
The existence of Lilly is so small in this scale.
Insignificant even.
And simultaneously unique. There will never be another me as I am today.
I asked – "and what would you have of me?"
"Experience the fun of being yourself. Experiment with me. Play with me."
When I play, I don't worry what others think. All I have to do is ask the question:
Am I having fun?
The answer is simple.
In the breath of fun. Here's a poem:
A picture is a portal
My mind transported to the past
Pushing past the pixels
Peering through the glass
Who is that little girl?
She's smiling at the lens
Sometimes I know that little girl
Connected at the end.
