Okay so here we are, another week into school...work...life. It's crazy how fast it all moves isn't it? The (what seems like) never ending consistency of things we have to do and just life in general is kind of overwhelming sometimes huh? You're stressed out, right? 'Cause same.

Well here's what I'm going to ask you to do before you continue reading: take a deep breath. Seriously, do it. Right now. And when I say deep breath, I'm talking the deepest breath ever.

Did you do it? Awesome.

Whenever I start to feel stressed out or overwhelmed this is the first thing I do and it helps like no other. There's actually some science behind breathing deeply when you're stressed, but I'll spare you the facts and just get to the encouraging part of this article.

I really did used to struggle with stress and the fear of not being able to accomplish things and make the correct decisions. Over the summer I grew into this place of change and not worrying about every single little thing anymore. Lately I have been able to go into situations head on, with some fear yes, but at the same time I haven't let that fear give me anxiety about the outcome. And let me tell ya, it has seriously changed me and my outlook on life so much.

So what's going on? Are you in a time crunch? Worried about having to make a tough decision or worried that you might be making a wrong one? Are you scared you just aren't capable of doing something that has been put in front of you?

I'm going to ask you to do something else now. I know there's a lot of instructions in this article, but just trust. Think about the things that you were faced with a year ago or maybe even a couple months ago and think about how you've accomplished them and moved past them when at the time, you didn't think you would be able to. Now you're here in this moment faced with that same feeling and you're letting it consume you, but for what?

Cool right?

Was it perfect? Heck no. Did you at least try to give it everything you had to offer at the time? Absolutely. And look where you are now, past all of it. Never stop, guys. Don't get caught up in this cycle of fear. Keep moving, keep expanding and keep showing up for yourself. You are so, so capable. When you get worried just remember that life is a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

In a year from now you're going to be in this situation again because that's just how life is. So when you look back at this moment what are you going to see? Model what you want for your future self.

Go blow your own damn mind.