Rising to the challenge — and anxiety

I’m anxious. I’m anxious about not knowing how to do what I am expected to do. I’m anxious about a situation from which I don’t know how to get out. Wrapped in chains, thrown overboard and expected to swim.

What’s my escape? Go do what I know? Go back to teaching? I know teaching. I’m comfortable with teaching. I don’t want to teach because teaching doesn’t challenge me anymore. It doesn’t make me feel anxious.

This feeling of anxiety is one way I know that I’m in the right place — doing the right thing. If this feeling subsides, I need to move on. I need to find a new challenge. Something that makes me anxious.

Author: Filipe

I love language and spirituality. I also love education, technology and design. My favorite topics of conversation revolve around theology, poetry, linguistics, rhetoric, World Englishes, chinchillas, second language writing, how to kill a plant in 10 days, etc. I was a language teacher and now I build language learning products by day. I am an interpretive mind-dancer by night. I live in China. View all posts by Filipe