You do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.
Stuff that's hidden and murky and ambiguous is scary because you don't know what it does.
I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

