03/26/2026
I’m getting over my fear of being “seen” and I am taking you on my journey.
About 10 years ago I started growing this fear of being seen. Of going out and people looking at me.
My self-confidence and self-esteem took a hit and I was getting paralyzing anxiety around going to new places. Fear of parking. Fear of walking into a new place. Fear of making a fool of myself.
Perimenopause set in, I was fighting an auto-immune disease and I just didn’t know my own body anymore. And it all impacted my anxiety.
I started missing out on life.
I stayed in the comfort of my home, behind my computer screen.
And now, I am ready to release this fear.
So I am embarking on a new journey and YOU are going to come with me and hold me accountable.
Each Wednesday or Thursday, I am going to get dressed in “going out clothes” (bye bye yoga pants!) and venture out to new places around Austin.
I’m going to try new coffee shops, new parks, new museums. And I will document it here.
I am coaching myself right now. I am proving that my fear is not something to settle into, it’s something to look straight in the face and tell it it’s ridiculous!
So here we go. Today, I am starting with finding a few coffeeshops that are my style, welcoming, and are great for hot teas and writing.
I started with the Capital One Cafe at the Domain. This is an awkward picture I took as proof (though I always feel weird taking selfies in public. I am sure the very sophisticated woman next to me rolled her eyes at me. LOL!)
*this coffee shop was meh. Great for parking. Tea selection was boring. The amount of tables to work was great, but the atmosphere for working was very bank-ish. (very tech-y crowd)
Thanks for following along. Join me next week where I return to the coffeeshop where things got awkward!