It’s not just the mind that remembers.
Sometimes your body remembers how it acts at certain times, and keeps acting that way – regardless of if it makes sense anymore.
For almost two decades after I graduated college, I had a back-to-school Gold Company audition dream. I knew I didn’t have that stress anymore, but the body prepared me nonetheless.
A quarter century into a teaching career, it doesn’t make sense to have the same first-day jitters of a first-year teacher. Experience, wisdom, and earned self-confidence should carry the day. The body still feels the racing heart rate.
Cut your body some slack. It’s doing its best to prepare you for a challenge.