My Fear of Being Seen Held Me Back From Starting My Life For Years

Angelica Mendez
5 min readApr 12, 2021

And how I am finally gathering the courage to take it back and live the life I’ve always wanted.

I always thought that life was about a few steps to having it all together. Go to high school, go to a college or seek some form of education after high school, get a job, get married eventually, have kids and buy a house. Done.

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Angelica Mendez

Sharing my journey, struggles, and lessons I learn along the way as a 28-year-old figuring out my purpose.