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lumberjack_jeff

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7. I am not afraid of losing my job, I am afraid of failing at it.

Reply to Denninmi (Original post)

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 11:28 AM

Aug 2013

The other stuff?

I have been accused of being an asshole, well I'm belligerent toward my own weaknesses too. Fear isn't going to keep me down here on the ground. I might not be as graceful up on the roof as some of my friends... but fuck it, bones heal.

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Are you afraid is something, and if you admitted it ... [View all] Denninmi Aug 2013 OP

I am scared of waterbugs. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #1

Palmetto bugs (that's Florida for bug-ass roaches) Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #9

I'm afraid of losing my job. Inkfreak Aug 2013 #2

I think to some degree, everyone with a job is afraid of losing it, and everyone without a job nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #12

Nothing wrong with fear Gore1FL Aug 2013 #3

Remember this movie? rrneck Aug 2013 #4

I have an almost crippling fear of heights.... opiate69 Aug 2013 #5

dinosaurs and getting fat, wierd ones but thats why they are irrational loli phabay Aug 2013 #6

I am not afraid of losing my job, I am afraid of failing at it. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #7

Afraid of losing family members; most are old, now. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #8

Death and pain. eom millennialmax Aug 2013 #10

Hell no... MicaelS Aug 2013 #11

I'm afraid of being (permanently) alone. Though on the other hand, I *need* a certain amount nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #13

It isn't a catch-22. Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #15

You may be right. Sometimes I feel like I've sat back and let things happen too much. nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #17

I am afraid of all kinds of things. Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #14

So sorry for that. Denninmi Aug 2013 #16

Cockroaches freak me out davidpdx Aug 2013 #18