MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: How to be brave
A life's quest.
Wait, But What? is our weekly advice column for paid supporters. If you’ve got a burning life question (whether it’s how to phoenix out of a dark spot or how to stand up to a boss who thinks you're just in the room to grab a flat white), drop your question here, and we might just answer it!
Bel Bel Bel. Big question. How do I get brave? What is the equivalent of an F45 class that I can sign up for to build courage like muscle? Why are some people doing cooler, braver things than others? Do they simply not feel fear? Or do they do it anyway? Help!
Dear frightened rabbit,
I get it, man. If I have to watch someone else’s marathon journey reel, I’m going to have to take to the whiteboard and make some ambitious life plans of my own to make me feel more risk-adjacent and alive.
If only there was a book that would help you navigate this…
Although, as someone who lives a weird, unplanned life completely dependent on a ‘try as hard as you can then trust the universe’ mantra, I hope I can be living proof of a courageous life for you and share what I know to be true. As well as reassuring proof that failure is unavoidable, lonely, hard and weird no matter what choices you make, so you might as well go for the daunting, scary ones.
I’m also back writing this after a month off and am going to dive head-first into giving full internet therapist this week. Strap in.