How do you face your fears?

I am a creative person. I write prose and poetry, and I have won a poetry prize that meant a lot to me. I am a passionate actor. I love the process of creating a character and breathing life into the playwright’s words.

Yet I am riddled with fear about the creativity that I love. Some of it stems from the idea that I might not be good enough, which is a misuse of perfectionism.

I know one way of facing this fear is to write something everyday whether it be a sentence or a paragraph or a chapter or a poem. Another way is to audition for as many plays as I’m able and to relax in the audition process.

What fears do you face? How do you manage those fears? Do you move through them or around them or over them?

Do you have fears about your passions?