Feel the fear and publish anyway

There’s been some discussion over at Creating Passionate Users about the most scary thing that people have done recently.  (This is in the context both of software and the Sydney Bridge Climb – an intriguing
combination!).  It has been interesting to read about the challenges people have set themselves: leaving jobs, snowboarding, sky-diving, sorting out personal finances, and jumping off a bridge…

The conversation is partly about what makes us scared, partly about how we feel the fear and do it anyway, partly about the buzz we get afterwards.  This is what the bridge climber Kathy Sierra said:

A short time ago I went on the Sydney Bridge Climb. At night. It was the most frightening thing I’ve ever done. But when it was over, I felt braver, stronger, and different.

And I realised that pressing the button to make this blogsite ‘live’ is scary too.  It’s not the scariest thing I’ve ever done and it’s not like jumping off the Sydney Bridge.  But there is a fear factor, an element of taking a deep breath, closing your eyes…and just jumping.