Yes… we are out there.  Most of us can push ourselves to go out.  That does not mean it was easy… it also does not mean it was not fun << Crap!  Done in by the old double-negative (like “non-fiction”).

Things can be fun, and even more draining than things that are not fun.  I can have fun.  But it can also cause anxiety – especially if it means challenging my boundaries.  And a LOT of things do that.

The BIGGEST PROBLEM is that once people see you out, they assume that’s it.  To most of them, you are now cured.  If you fall back, that works against you.  People do not see the cost of the effort to plan, and hope to go out, on any efforts to feel… good.

We can get very easily discouraged when others expect us to make more progress now, because we did so well……… so…… why should we try so hard… again?