"Take relentless, true baby steps"

Fifty one days ago, I took away my safety net. I decided this is going to be my last travel nurse assignment. I solidified volunteer plans for October and signed up for a month long Wilderness EMT course in November.

Eighteen days later, I was speaking with a program director for an air ambulance company about  flight nursing and critical care transport positions.

Seven days from now is my formal interview for this job. A dream job that I didn't think was feasible for another two to three years.

I've never felt so simultaneously ready... and scared. Scared it will work out, and scared that it won't. 

What's one to do with the conflicting sentiments of readiness and fear? Take actual baby steps, as Issac Moorehouse explains in the Forward Tilt podcast:

"Babies don't take baby steps. They take wild, flailing movements of all kinds, which is a high risk strategy. They try things they are physically incapable of. As their skills get better, they take more guarded, precise steps to get the outcomes they want. They don't gain that ability unless they start by taking big risks on wild feats."

Wobbly baby steps - safety net = opportunities.

Opportunities for imperfect progress, growth, and failure. That will always be far more valuable than a safety net masquerading as a comfort zone.