Starting Something New is Scary Starting a new project, experiment, or even just a new paragraph in your manuscript is exciting, but it’s also scary.  You’re excited about the potential outcomes but also worried about how much work is going to be involved, how your corals will respond, or how to convince others about your findings. You’re just trying to not mess this up. Instead of getting started, though, your fear leads you to put off the work entirely, finding other tasks