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Hey Pandas, Is There Something That You Always Wanted To Try But Were Too Scared To Do? (Closed)

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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.

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#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.

Final score:

35points

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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.

Final score:

27points

The Forgotten Loser

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#3

Being confident enough to stand up for myself!

Final score:

25points

DV Zara and Headless lesbos

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#4

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

Final score:

21points

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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 ;)

Final score:

20points

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#6

Go out in public by myself

Final score:

19points

Gay Doctor of Plague

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#7

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

Final score:

19points

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#8

Traveling by myself.

Final score:

17points

Who cares what I think, but...

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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.

Final score:

17points

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#10

Ask the guy I like out...

Final score:

16points

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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.

Final score:

15points

Be Gay Do Art (he/she/they)

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#12

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

Final score:

13points

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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.

Final score:

13points

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#14

Karaoke.

Final score:

13points

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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.

Final score:

12points

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#16

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

Final score:

12points

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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 ☹️

Final score:

11points

Goth Mouse (he/they)

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#18

Therapy, or at least asking for it

Final score:

11points

Unproductive Panda #3

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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.

Final score:

10points

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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

Final score:

10points

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#21

No.

Final score:

10points

Inside looking out

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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...

Final score:

10points

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#23

Jump a freight train

Final score:

9points

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#24

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

Final score:

9points

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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...

Final score:

9points

LoyalHufflepuff07

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#26

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

Final score:

9points

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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...

Final score:

9points

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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.

Final score:

9points

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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.

Final score:

9points

#30

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

Final score:

8points

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#31

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

Final score:

8points

#32

Talk to people

Final score:

8points

#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

Final score:

7points

Chickens are fluffy

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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.

Final score:

7points

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#35

Dating.

Final score:

7points

#36

Be true to other people about how I feel

Final score:

7points

‍️‍️‍️Random Dark Gamer Person

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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.

Final score:

6points

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#38

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

Final score:

6points

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#39

Have an opinion on boredpanda

Final score:

6points

#40

Be "normal "

Final score:

5points

Whatifimrighttho

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#41

Sharing my fanfiction

Final score:

5points

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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 😞

Final score:

5points

Shaba Ding Dong

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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.

Final score:

5points

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#44

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

Final score:

4points

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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.

Final score:

4points

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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.

Final score:

3points

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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.

Final score:

3points

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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.

Final score:

3points

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#49

Top surgery and T

Final score:

3points

#50

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

Final score:

3points

#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.

Final score:

2points

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#52

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

Final score:

2points

#53

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

Final score:

2points

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#54

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

Final score:

1point

#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.

Final score:

1point

#56

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

Final score:

1point

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#57

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

Final score:

1point

#58

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

Final score:

1point

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Agne Dracanovaite

Agnė is a Community Manager for Bored Panda. She is a dreamy, down-to-earth person who believes practice makes perfect; this is why after school, she wasn't planning on continuing education at university, but rather decided to travel the world to find her true calling. Agnė's hobbies are rooted in creativity: painting, sewing, leather crafting and cooking are the most popular ones she chooses to invest her time in.

Agnė is a Community Manager for Bored Panda. She is a dreamy, down-to-earth person who believes practice makes perfect; this is why after school, she wasn't planning on continuing education at university, but rather decided to travel the world to find her true calling. Agnė's hobbies are rooted in creativity: painting, sewing, leather crafting and cooking are the most popular ones she chooses to invest her time in.

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Celia Karac 2 years ago

Secretly always wanted to be a nightclub singer. Unfortunately have a voice like a boys choir voice (soprano) so doesn't really fit

1point

Sarah Hush 2 years ago (edited)

I've always wanted to be an artist but I heard the same trope " you can't make money from that" now almost 15 yrs later I'm finally getting back into it

0points

Celia Karac 2 years ago

Secretly always wanted to be a nightclub singer. Unfortunately have a voice like a boys choir voice (soprano) so doesn't really fit

1point

Sarah Hush 2 years ago (edited)

I've always wanted to be an artist but I heard the same trope " you can't make money from that" now almost 15 yrs later I'm finally getting back into it

0points

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