It’s not only the big fears that one must conquer. Sometimes
the small ones have serious impact.
Meet Titanic…
the name lovingly given by some of the teachers to the copy machine at
work. For the longest time I was afraid of Titanic. Now I am sure some of you
are thinking, “Jenn, we know you have serious anxiety issues but a copier?
Really?”
Yes really. I know it is seems strange but the anyone who
has ever helped me work my computer or received a text message from me intended
to be sent to someone else knows that technology is not my friend. In fact it’s pretty miraculous that I
have been able to create a blog.
Not only was I afraid to work the damn thing, I also lost
the code that runs the copier. I started to get embarrassed to ask my coworkers
what it was. And the longer I waited the more embarrassed I became. I was
printing stuff out at home for my students, using my own ink and paper because
I was too ashamed to ask for help.
But I faced my fear. I asked one of my lovely coworkers what
the code was, and have since been running using Titanic (successfully mostly)
on a regular basis. I have also memorized the code, so yay me!
I know this seems small, but all the little fears conquered do
add up!
