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I’m scared to be bad at something again

🕊️SilverStone900Helpful Perspectives Given: 0Member since Recently
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I want to take a dance class. Very low stakes. But I keep imagining myself being the worst person in the room and it makes me not sign up. This is embarrassing because I’m an adult and nobody cares, probably. But I care. How do you get over being visibly bad at something new?

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🕊️ LostPine766

Being bad at something is one of the few ways adults get to feel new again. That’s uncomfortable but also kind of precious.

Been Through This

🦊 UrbanMaple911

I took a beginner pottery class and was terrible. Everyone was too busy with their own lopsided bowls to care. All that to say it's a beginner class, everyone will probably suck just as much as you., so don't worry about what others will think when they worrying the same way.

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