The story behind Becoming Unafraid
TL;DR — I’m on a journey to becoming less afraid of things so I can build the introvert-friendly business and life of my dreams. You too?! Let’s do it together 💛
Until very recently, much of my life was driven by anxiety and fear. I’m a lifelong anxious introvert and thought that was my entire personality.
It controlled how I showed up, how I reacted to things, what I could and couldn’t do. It affected everything — my work, my personal life, my relationships, and my sense of self.
My life became SO small over such a long time and I hadn’t even noticed.
Last year, something changed. My world became too small and I realised that things had to change. With the right support from the right people, the world has started to feel like a place of possibilities once again. 🌻
With this newsletter, I want to document my journey towards a more happy and cosy life with less anxiety and more confidence. But more than that… I want this to be a place where YOU can hopefully find answers, ideas, support, and reassurance with your own journey too. 💛
What can you expect from the newsletter?
My goal is to share the journey of someone that’s historically outrageously anxious with zero self-confidence that’s trying to show up more in their own world (hi, that’s me).
I’m expecting to cover topics like:
Building a small cosy business as an introvert
Living with anxiety or low self confidence
Trying new things, experiences, hobbies, etc.
Self care for everyone (is it a crime that I don’t like bubble baths?!)
Anything else that I discover along the way that I think would be useful to share
Also: Even though I’ll be documenting my journey, my goal isn’t for this newsletter to be about me. I’m hoping that I can share a combination of real-life experiences, ideas, and encouragement for anyone that’s on a similar journey (or just wants to follow along).
I’m excited about hopefully being able to step into a bigger world… and I’d LOVE to also help other people feel less afraid too ❤ I guess one of the first steps of becoming unafraid is telling you all this + starting a newsletter lol 😭
~ Nicola
P.s. I’m going to be totally honest with you, this is my first time using this platform. Let’s figure it out together. 😂