I hate the unknown. I am a researcher by nature, and I have always been an overachiever, wanting to be the most competent at everything, to do all things exactly right. Basically, I’m your classic perfectionist. Doing things perfectly protects me from vulnerability, criticism, judgment, weakness. This need to be perfect and for self-protection was the root of my fear and hesitation towards support-raising. After all, support-raising was something I hadn’t mastered (and didn’t know how to do in any way) and wouldn’t be able to without trial and error (I hate trial and error). It required…
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