put on your big girl pants and just go for it

I have been getting these overwhelming thoughts and feelings lately pertaining to travel. They surface a few days before I need to use a form of transportation I don't normally use. I am a pretty confident traveler (or at least I used to be) and can navigate myself around most places with ease; I have experimented with New Jersey Transit trains, PATH trains, buses, ferries, cars, taxis, and subways - and that was just to get myself to and from work. For some reason this feeling does not come on for my work commute; it only emerges when commuting to and from personal plans. I really shouldn't be complaining because the personal plans I have are the best ever. I get to see the people I love most in this world, and because we live so far away from everyone this is the way it has to be. I am just noticing these feelings more and more as of lately. It is not like they completely take over my body and I end up refusing to go somewhere. Instead, it is just this nervousness and I think to myself "how the hell am I going to do this by myself"...but then I just do it. If I want to take mini vacations and see my people, I really don't have a choice. Nothing is ever as scary or as intimidating as I imagine it to be either. It all ends up working out just fine; it's just a little nerve-racking doing things you aren't accustomed to. Here's to putting on my big girl pants and just going for it sometimes. Challenges are healthy and you should do something that is out of your comfort zone on a regular basis. It will make you grow.