Hello World!

My name is Alana Schramm, and I am a life coach.

Welcome to my blog!

I feel high levels of fear and vulnerability putting myself out there, but I know that fear is just an uncomfortable emotion. I have learned that I can feel it and still do the things that I want to do.

When I look at why the fear is there in the first place, I know it’s because I have thoughts like “My website isn’t perfect yet” or “People will judge me if it’s not really good”. But these perfectionism thought have controlled my life for too long, and they don’t actually serve me.

What I mean is, I have thought the only time I could show up was if what I did was worthy of an A+. Because of that, I felt drained before I even started, and therefore didn’t do anything at all. It’s so ironic. To me, it sounded like being a perfectionist was a good thing, but what it does is it just keeps me scared and hidden away, not showing up.

Instead, I am now working on B- work. It’s not perfect, but it’s doable. Which means that I will get it done. I would rather show up at B-, than hide forever behind the idea of an A+ (which now that I’m thinking about it, really is an F, since it’s not done at all).

So, is my website exactly as I want it? No. But it’s out there now, and now that it is, I can work on cleaning it up.

More importantly: deciding I want to do something, and then actually doing it, creates a relationship of trust with myself. I can believe that when I say I am going to do something, I will do it. Even if it’s scary. Even if it’s not perfect. And that feels pretty amazing.

Here’s a question for you:

What can you do today at B- rather than not at all? :)