My Scared List

This is the list of all the things I am scared to do. I've found that most of the things I'm scared of doing are pretty important. Some of them are just silly. Some I'm actually working up to. When I get bored, I see which one I can knock off. And what I can add. 


  • Forget about the past
  • Live by myself
  • Lose weight? (I must be, because I haven't done it)
  • Run a marathon
  • Take ballet
  • Go salsa dancing
  • Start a conversation with someone I don't know (when I'm sober)
  • Tell someone I love them (done it before...too many times...scares me every time)
  • Be a public speaker
  • Make a speech in front of a class of people
  • Piss people off intentionally and be ok with it
  • Accept that some people will never like me
  • Publish a book
  • Go to Spain
  • Go to Europe  (really? I wrote Spain and Europe? welp, 2 birds 1 stone I guess)
  • Go skydiving
  • Go skinny dipping
  • Hook up with someone in a public place
  • Go to therapy (for longer than 3 sessions)
  • Audition for a movie
  • Be in a movie
  • Move somewhere I don't know anyone
  • Be in the community theater
  • Write for Sports Illustrated
  • Meet LeBron James
  • Be a sideline reporter for ESPN
  • Play football
  • Tell someone to fuck off
  • Cut my hair short
  • Die it red. Or brown. Or black. Or blue?
  • Launch my own jewelry line
  • Move to California
  • Go to Oxford
  • Move to Florida
  • Write a tell-all book
  • Walk in a major fashion show
  • Be on the cover of a magazine
  • Buy an apartment in NYC
  • Become a certified personal trainer
  • Be a fitness model
  • Be happy. No matter what. 
  • Go to China
  • Learn Spanish. French. Italian....
  • Learn how to make websites
  • Have sex with someone I don't love