I've been writing a book for over 5 years now. When I first started writing I would only go in spurts of manic typing followed by months of nothing. Looking back on what I had written was always interesting because I don't remember what I wrote, and I am generally surprised at the insight and elegance of what I typed out. I find old writings of mine all the time, and some of them I still get so anxious about sharing, but I noticed that comes with a theme of prior personal judgment of self. One self in particular. I have no faith in my inner teacher. I am not the most confident person when it comes to sharing new ideas or my perceptions of situations. Oh I'm definitely a bold and thoughtful person, but I don't want to discuss my reasons for my choices. When I do, afterwards I get anxious about how others felt about what I said or how I said it. I will tell myself I don't have valuable insight, everyone already knows what I know, no on...