I’ve always found it hard to join a community.

No, not because it’s hard to find one nor hard to enter.

It’s that my anxiety makes it so much harder to join.

The thoughts in my head are always questions of doubt.

What if I don’t get accepted? What if I can’t pull through?

It’s a mental barrier, I know.

Like all mental barriers, it’s a product of my mind and can be beaten the fuck out.

Well, my goals are more important than my anxiety.

There’s a saying that’s always in the back of my head.

The best way to learn a foreign language is to live where that language is spoken.

Switch out language for any skill, then I believe that is true for all skills.

That’s why I want to join a community. I want to learn in an immersive environment.