Waiting for confidence is the stealer of your dreams — if you wait until you feel confident at something to do it, you'll likely never get started. This hack will help you stop procrastinating and start doing the things you want to in life, even when you feel afraid to.

How often have you said to yourself, "Once I'm more confident, I'll..."?

As a certified life coach for young adults, I've heard it hundreds of times from students who are putting off goals like asking out their cute lab partner, joining the volleyball team, or being honest with their parents about their change in college majors.

As a human, it's natural to feel afraid when you're about to do something new or challenging. But if you let fear dictate every decision you make, your life quickly becomes empty and flat. Probably notice that, huh?

Your goals - big or small - are going to require you to do things you won't feel comfortable doing yet.

So how do you find the confidence to follow through on doing it anyway? That's what this hack is all about.

And no I'm not going to tell you to just 'just believe in yourself' or fake your confidence — this is real talk on how to stop talking yourself out of doing the things you really want to do, even if you're going to fail and faceplant along the way.

Because no one wants their grave to say, 'I was going to, but I was scared.'

Let me teach you how to replace your fear with confidence.