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Can you believe this is the last day of November?!
That means it’s also the last day of the #bloglikecrazy challenge! If you have successfully published a new blog post every day this month, be sure to join us in the See Jane Write Facebook group to celebrate.
November has been quite the month.
I’m sure your email inbox is overflowing with Black Friday deals.
But I want to give you a few things for FREE to show how much I’m grateful for your support of See Jane Write.
It’s Thanksgiving and thus time for the obligatory blog post on gratitude. But I am ready and willing any day of the year to tell you how thankful I am for See Jane Write.
It is in no way an exaggeration when I say that See Jane Write has changed my life.
As with most good things, it all started with tacos.
On March 24, 2011 I invited a group of women to meet me for dinner at a Mexican cantina in my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Most of these women I’d never met before; they didn’t know me or one another. But we all had one thing in common: We all loved to write.
When I was a young girl I was terribly shy. Though I could be relatively outgoing when around close family members and friends, just the thought of speaking in front of people I didn’t know intimidated me.
Fast forward to adulthood: Today I am a teacher and a freelance journalist and someone who’s often paid to speak to large audiences on topics ranging from blogging and business to writing and women’s empowerment.
So how do you overcome a fear of speaking in public? By speaking in public!
You can’t talk yourself out of a fear. You have to feel the fear and do it anyway, again and again, and eventually the fear will melt away.