Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it.
A very painful part of being a parent is having really negative feelings about your children when you love them so much.
I like pressure. Pressure doesn't make me crack. It's enabling. I eat pressure, and there might be times when I get a bad feeling in my gut that this might be too much, but you feel pressure when you're not doing something, you know?
I do have very deep, fond memories of my family in Mexico City, but I also remember feeling funny for not speaking English - I was basically an immigrant. But I picked up the language fast and soon I knew that I wanted to be a writer.
