Do it!

i used to chronically avoid things i didn’t want to face until i realized that lingering in that anxious energy is so much worse than just doing something head on and getting over with it

“Nearby is the country they call life. / You will know it by its seriousness.” — Rainer Maria Rilke . . . Go to the Limits of Your Longing by Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Joanna... See more

I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

More than half of the value of writing an essay lies in how it forces you to reorganize and refine your thoughts. The finished essay itself is a bonus.