Glad you enjoyed it - thanks for posting your experience. This event/experience will be at Relix on Central tomorrow and Friday. I have also thought about going. I do the same overthinking it. I may seem to have it all together, but trust me, I don't. I'm very comfortable in my own company and don't mind meeting new people. I just think too much about the getting there, parking, etc. these days in this heat. I love Poe's works and asked my sons to pose (years ago now) for me so I could illustrate various Poe scenes. This was for my illustration classes.
I find that most people let you be at events, which is how I like it. I'm sure the cocktails helped you relax too. Gonna pull out my big book of Poe and give a read. (He had a house here in Richmond, VA-now The Poe Museum-I visited his grave in Baltimore & traced his last crazy night in Fells Point, Md) He was one of a kind, for sure.
I agree with not allowing fear to dictate our decisions! Speaking as a chronically fearful individual, the greatest challenge for me has been FOLF. (Fear of Looking Foolish).
Thankfully, I have found a way to be bolder and learned to give myself Grace when I feel ridiculous.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.”
There is no comfort in the learning zone, and there is no learning in the comfort zone.-unknown
Glad you enjoyed it - thanks for posting your experience. This event/experience will be at Relix on Central tomorrow and Friday. I have also thought about going. I do the same overthinking it. I may seem to have it all together, but trust me, I don't. I'm very comfortable in my own company and don't mind meeting new people. I just think too much about the getting there, parking, etc. these days in this heat. I love Poe's works and asked my sons to pose (years ago now) for me so I could illustrate various Poe scenes. This was for my illustration classes.
I find that most people let you be at events, which is how I like it. I'm sure the cocktails helped you relax too. Gonna pull out my big book of Poe and give a read. (He had a house here in Richmond, VA-now The Poe Museum-I visited his grave in Baltimore & traced his last crazy night in Fells Point, Md) He was one of a kind, for sure.
I agree with not allowing fear to dictate our decisions! Speaking as a chronically fearful individual, the greatest challenge for me has been FOLF. (Fear of Looking Foolish).
Thankfully, I have found a way to be bolder and learned to give myself Grace when I feel ridiculous.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.”
—2 Timothy 1:7
I’m still working on the sound judgement part…..