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I ask this question because there have been many times in everyone's life that they wished they could take the plunge on something but felt people would judge them or would never try because of the belief they couldn't get it right.

Discouragement then turns a goal you were so passionate about into a wish. The difference between the two is the goal is focused on going forward and achieving, when a wish is not putting in the necessary effort. I'm interested in the diverse answers that are out there.

#1

Be genuinely vulnerable with someone. Lean on someone else without constantly bracing for impact. Show love in a way other than trying to be useful.

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#2

Sharing my music. I've written my own music since I was 11 but nobody but me knows about it.

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#3

Being confident enough to stand up for myself!

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#4

Man I just wished I would have kept on doing watercolour. Stopped cause I didn't believe in myself

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#5

Backpacking abroad. Mentally I wasn't ready to embark on such an adventure when I was in my 20's. Too insecure, too indecisive, too dependant on others and too overwhelmed by the idea. For a long time I felt like I'd missed my window of opportunity for An Experience of a Lifetime (as others who HAD gone backpacking kept calling it). However I discovered that I wanted to go backpacking mainly because others were doing it and I felt I had to prove my worth.

I'm 33 now and after some work, very little of the aforementioned personal issues remain, so I've got a trip planned for next year to go biking in Vietnam and Cambodia :) It's not backpacking, but awesome nonetheless ;)

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#6

Go out in public by myself

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#7

Hike the Appalachian trail. I'm not talking section hiking, but through hiking, the whole thing.

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#8

Traveling by myself.

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#9

Skateboard. Even just a little, and I don’t care if I fall. I’m 60 next year, and I’m not dead yet, so ya never . I’d like to find someone patient enough to teach me.

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#10

Ask the guy I like out...

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#11

Tell my dad I'm gay. My mom already knows, but I'm not sure how my dad will take it.

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#12

Sky-diving. If there was a 100% guarantee I'd land safely!

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#13

Hang gliding. I'd love to feel like I'm flying, but I have very little upper body strength and even less joint stability, so I couldn't trust myself to steer or stick a landing.

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#14

Karaoke.

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#15

Go to college. For one, I'm broke and disabled, and for another, my disability is almost all mental. I have severe bipolar and ADHD, Anxiety disorder, dysgraphia, and I'm sure other things I haven't been diagnosed with. If I did go to school, I would lose my disability, and I doubt that I have the focus to do anything with a degree.

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#16

S*x. Really can't risk getting pregnant.

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#17

I’ve always really wanted to swim with sharks as there one of my favourite animals but im scared of swimming and putting my head underwater ☹️

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#18

Therapy, or at least asking for it

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#19

Be genuinely vulnerable with someone. Lean on someone else without constantly bracing for impact. Show love in a way other than trying to be useful.

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#20

Take time for myself instead of freinds,I may be the youngest but I'm the mom of the group

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#21

No.

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#22

Asking someone to please respect my pronouns and sexuality. I am genuinely tired of doing it but still with no success. Really tired...

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#23

Jump a freight train

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#24

There isn’t enough time to list all of mine.

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#25

Confess my feelings to one of the most well-liked guys in my school. He's the kind of person that is friends with literally everybody and everybody likes him. He's super nice and he's one of the only people in the whole school that has good standards. I feel hesitant though, because there are rumors he has a girlfriend already (but she's graduated already) and I'm sure several other classmates have told him they like him...

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#26

Flying in a small aircraft. The science has been explained to me, yet I still fear the experience.

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#27

When I was a kid, can't remember which grade, we had a new Afternoon activity added to our regular Afternoon activity curriculum (it's optional, you could chose any activity on the list or none at all) which was calligraphy. I had always wanted to try it out, but the requirement for this activity was to buy and bring our own calligraphy pens. As a kid, I had no idea how much those costed and knowing our family budget was tight, never asked my parents for that. Ended up never going, and the next year they didn't have calligraphy anymore, there were too little interested kids for it. My handwriting sucks to this day...

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#28

I want to publish a book. Reading has always given me the mental escape I needed when I needed to focus on something that wasn't my own troubles. At least, for a while. I want to offer that kind of break from reality for others, too.

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#29

I was afraid to stand out.
For nearly 30 years.
Now I'm the colorful freak and I love it.

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#30

To try and stop my friends bullies (trust me they are very rude.)

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#31

Telling people that songs in our school band were written by me. They'll never know.

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#32

Talk to people

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#33

Probably online shopping
This is a weird one, but I'm always scared they're going to scam me or the product comes damaged.
Also funny enough I'm in Gen Z, you think I wouldn't be scared of this

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#34

Driving a car. Its stupid because I am in the process of getting my Private Pilot's License so I am flying planes but I can't drive a car. Every time I try I just get terrified of losing control and dying or something. I'm at the end of high school so my friends are already on their P plates or full license and I am stuck on my L plate (I live in Australia). I really want to drive but I am just too scared.

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#35

Dating.

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#36

Be true to other people about how I feel

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#37

Go to med school. I don’t know if I have the drive for 8+ years of school, even though the intricacies of the human body has always fascinated me. It’s such a huge financial commitment.

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#38

I'd love to go scuba diving but thalassophobia and crippling fear of suffocation says no. :,)

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#39

Have an opinion on boredpanda

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#40

Be "normal "

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#41

Sharing my fanfiction

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#42

I want to go skydiving, but I have fear of heights and dying 🙃.

I also want to visit South Korea but I haven't learnt Korean yet.

There is a lot of things I want to do but I have school 😞

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#43

I always wanted to be an artist, and to sell my artwork online. But I cannot as it takes a lot of time and effort to set up an online store.

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#44

Go canoeing on a lake with friends without passing out. I have megalophobia and fear of deep water.

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#45

Tell my parents that I want to do arts like dancing and singing and maybe even acting. I have always been the "smart" one in the family and everyone's always expected me to do engineering but I don't feel like that anymore. I also want to start a YouTube channel where I sing but I'm too scared of my parents finding out.

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#46

Roller Derby! I've had a lot of head injuries in the past so I have a legit reason to fear doing this, and definitely shouldn't... but it's always been something I wanted. I wish I'd done it when I was younger before the head injuries.

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#47

skydiving..... I shudder thinking about it but at the same time, I would love a freefall that DOES'NT end in pain.

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#48

Move house. With my new partner. I’ve lived in my home for 16 years and I literally helped build it from foundations up. Leaving it will be a wrench but, it’s not quite big enough for us both plus he had kids. Plus all the pets.

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#49

Top surgery and T

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#50

sharing an actual oppinion on this website, anything remotely diffrent gets downvoted into oblivion. Even if its completely inoffensive and harmless.

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#51

I want to go to a Spanish-speaking country to learn about the culture. Specifically, I want to go Perú, Guatemala, or México. However, after hearing and reading both tourist and native stories, I am far too scared.

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#52

Asking the people who laugh at me what they find so funny.

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#53

Roller coaster ,bungee jump, zip line and horror games.

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#54

The parachute jump. I would have loved doing this' 😱

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#55

Tell my parents that I want to do arts like dancing and singing and maybe even acting. I have always been the "smart" one in the family and everyone's always expected me to do engineering but I don't feel like that anymore. I also want to start a YouTube channel where I sing but I'm too scared of my parents finding out.

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#56

Bungee jump!!! It looks so fun but I'm way too scared of heights.

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#57

I would love to try skydiving, but I don't even like rollercoasters bc of heights and drops lol

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#58

Have makeup professionaly done ,then have lessons on how to apply it ..

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