Yikes, guys! I have a Social Studies presentation on Monday, a dance presentation in gym on Tuesday, and a piano recital tomorrow! and I am pretty nervous for all of them, not gonna lie.
So that's why today's post is on how to be less nervous! I'm not saying that you'll never be nervous again, because you won't. You'll always be nervous, unless you're the most confident, unafraid person in the whole world (sorry, but I highly doubt you are). Nor am I an expert in this, but here goes.
So that's why today's post is on how to be less nervous! I'm not saying that you'll never be nervous again, because you won't. You'll always be nervous, unless you're the most confident, unafraid person in the whole world (sorry, but I highly doubt you are). Nor am I an expert in this, but here goes.
- Practice!!!! You'll feel more prepared if you do! Practice until you feel like you can do it in your sleep- then do it 5 more times.
- Distract yourself. If you're just sitting around, thinking about how nervous you are, you'll, without a doubt, do a lot worse. So don't sit around, doing nothing! Do something that distracts you, like play your favorite Internet games, talk with a friend/family member, or ANYTHING at all. Or just distract yourself by practicing :).
- Fake it till you make it. Yeah, I was kind of hesitant and I thought it wouldn't work, but miracle of miracles, IT DID. It doesn't matter how much you think your butterflies are going to swoop out and shoot you down, pretend that you're confident, and eventually you WILL feel confident!
- Deep breaths, girl. I know, everyone recommends this, and like no. 4 of my list, you're probably like, "Nope. This girl doesn't know anything about being nervous so she's giving me this crappy advice." But, again, this is something that you gotta try. If you feel like dying of nerves, close you eyes and take 5 (or however many you want) big, deep breaths. Breath through your nose and when you breath, make sure you can feel your stomach + lower chest expanding (my chorus teacher calls this "barrel-breathing"). Then open your eyes and ROCK IT, GURL.
- Visualize it. {This doesn't always work for all scenarios.} This is something a lot of athletes do. They close their eyes and imagine themselves doing whatever they're about to do, to the finest, most minute detail.