Excerrified

No, it’s not a typo…but I do think it’s a real feeling.

Excerrified is that feeling you get when you’re equal parts excited and terrified. 

And despite the discomfort and inherent confusion of this feeling, I’ve come to appreciate that the more I dance with being excerrified, the happier I tend to be in the long run. 

In fact, I’ve felt excerrified every time I’ve made a big bold decision. And I have yet to regret making one of these. 

Here is what I think this confusing and wonderful emotion is trying to tell me: 

• I’m doing something that means something to me. If it meant nothing, I’d likely feel a lot more blasé about it all. That healthy dose of terrified is telling me that this matters. 

• I’m stretching myself in a good way. The excitement is telling me that this is outside of my comfort zone, but not so far out that I can’t see it and get excited about it. If there was no excitement and just terror, that would be a different story. 

So, what makes you excerrified? What might that feeling be trying to tell you? And what might become possible if you had the courage to dance with this feeling?