Have you ever put off doing something for a long time because you just knew it was going to be a massive pain?

For me, that would be getting the one piercing I have (navel), which I put off for so long because I was unwilling to undergo the lengthy healing process that comes with this particular piercing. I've had for almost five months now and the aftercare is not that bad at all. Now I'm already hallway through the healing process, lol.

Major housecleaning after living someplace for over 20 years. I wish I’d begun it sooner, but big closets make it easy to hide clutter.

It didn’t turn out to be easy but I felt better getting rid of stuff.

YES. But someone helped me out and put it in my mind that I could do it and to get on with it. It was so easy and the relief is enormous.
These mental blocks are so weird I wish it didn’t happen.

I didn't get any of my first tattoos or piercings until I was 24 (I recently turned 28 btw). For one, I didn't know what I wanted so I didn't wanna commit to anything. But I also wondered what if I couldn't handle the pain & I ruined my skin with unfinished work 😶

Then it turned out I like the pain & got kinda addicted for a lil while

Yes, lol, I've found that most things isn't as terrible as I make them out to be in my head and i wasted so much time stressing myself over it.

And i still do it everytime, because that's me.

Thanks for the inspiration. I have a bunch of things to get done. I'll try to convince myself that they'll be quick & not too onerous.

Yes, I have done that way too often.

I think I am finally learning not to!

🙋🏻All the time. The doing is usually much less painful than the anticipation. To quote Roosevelt: "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."

This is possibly the core of my anxiety 🤣

Good for you! 😊😊😊

Sometimes that has happened with me.

I need to tidy the book shelf 😩 😫
Help?!

That's the story of my life lol

Im good at that

Lol yes

Yeah that feels pretty standard for me 😂

But WHAT was it? 👀

I walk through everything in my brain 27 times first.