Recap Of My Date/ Being Afraid Of The Unknown

Okay so my date ya’ll, let’s talk about it! Well if I’m gonna keep it 100, I definitely thought about rushing through the whole thing and coming back home immediately after. I also procrastinated like crazy about it for like the whole week.
At first, I had it in my mind to go on Wednesday. Wednesday came and “something came up” where I couldn’t go. I literally don’t even remember what it was, so I’m sure it was something SO small lol. Then I told myself I was going on Friday but when Friday came I “wasn’t in the mood”. Saturday, the procrastination had gone on far too long, and it was the last day of the week so I didn’t have a choice really. But let me tell you, I honestly ended up enjoying the time, like a lot (of course). Usually, the thing I am desperately trying to avoid is the thing I really need to do, and I almost always feel so much better after doing it and can pat myself on the back for taking that step. Now, it was very different just because it was something I’d never done before, but it wasn’t nearly as awkward as I thought it would be. I feel like it really gave me a better sense of independence. I liked the feeling of not having to have someone with me to converse with or to fall back upon after an awkward encounter with a waiter or whatever the case could’ve been. I actually enjoyed it so much so that I didn’t want to go back home afterward.
I really just had to decide though, that there wasn’t going to be this moment where I felt super at peace and comfortable with doing it because it involved me stepping out of my comfort zone. It was something I had never done or experienced before, so I couldn’t really expect myself to feel or be “ready”, because I didn’t even know exactly what it was that I would be ready for. It was still unknown territory. I think sometimes the unknown or uncertainty of how something will be, freaks me out and I have a tendency to count myself out before I even try. I know sometimes I have the tendency to get myself all types of worked up over something I’ve never done before or that I fear to do. But then, the very important questions come to mind. If I stay inside my comfort zone, what will it cost me? What might I be missing out on? What might others be missing out on because I chose my comfort over the impact I could have made?
Do you ever get this feeling when you know you are about to do something you’ve been scared to do, and you know it’s going to benefit you in a great, GREAT way but you’re still scared, and you are about to push through and do it? Yeah, that feeling. It’s terrifying yet, exciting in the strangest way. It’s that unique pair of fear and faith. Lately, I’ve been working on letting that feeling motive me rather than intimidate me. Constantly, striving for that feeling is a goal of mine because I know when I feel like that, I am about to grow. I am becoming one step closer to unlocking my full potential. Have any of you experienced this feeling before? If you have, I would love to hear about some of the times you did. Let me know in the comments (: