. It crops up in insidious ways—maybe your heart starts racing and your breathing gets shallow. Maybe a thought that you barely remember pops into your mind, and your stomach drops into your toes. Most of us know exactly how fear feels, and for better or worse, we have a pretty good idea of how it holds us back. So, during awhen fear seems like common sense, we’ve decided to chat with someone who, quite literally, wrote the book on coping with this emotion.
Below, Luvvie Ajayi Jones opens up about what she’s learned from facing fear, including during a global pandemic.Ajayi Jones:down—where I talked about fear—twice before I finally said yes. I was afraid that I wasn't ready. I was scared that I didn't have the time for it or that I would bomb. A friend of mine, Eunique Jones Gibson, caused me to say yes. I said, “I'm afraid that I'm going to bomb.” And she loaned me courage that I didn't have..
In 2012, I got credentialed to do press coverage at the Academy Awards. And here I am on the red carpet and backstage with journalists from CNN and NBC. And there's me: Awesomely Luvvie. And my words got me in that room. I think that's when I finally was like, Ma'am. You are out of excuses. You're a writer.
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