Written By: Lauren Howard
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Four.
Well, technically eight.
That's the number of eyeballs that have read my book.
There are two more, technically four, that haven't put eyes on it yet but who have a link and will very soon.
Ohmyfackingbobhyperventilationforreal.
Deeeeeep breath. Deeeeeeeeeep breath.
The part of me that is brave did not communicate with the part of me that is a giant, fragile chicken sh!t today.
Or most days.
It still feels insane to say that I wrote a book, much less that people have read it and have thoughts on it and that I have exposed my heart in such a way that people have immediate access to the roughest parts of it.
That will never feel normal.
I have been pushing through the crushing fear because I made a deal with myself. Do it scared, but don't do it unsafe. When it starts feeling unsafe, we have permission to retreat, but the scared part can't stop us.
So, um, I might be looking for a few more eyeballs. Not sets. Actually, eyeballs aren't required. You can use an e-reader if you need it. You know what I mean. This metaphor got messy.
Yeah.
We're doing this.
Yeah.
Founder & CEO at elletwo
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