Courage isn’t a single big jump. It’s a hundred small “fine, I’ll do it” moments.

Most of what courage consists of is small and unremarkable. Answering the message, going to the thing alone, admitting you do not understand, doing the task you have circled for days: each one is a minor act of going ahead when you would rather not. The famous moments are made of the same material.

Count them for a week. Each time you feel the pull to avoid something and go anyway, mark it down. Seeing the tally makes the next one easier, because you stop believing this is something you were not issued.