Let Me Fail

It's true! How many times have I needed to practice something - like machine quilting on my home machine, or sewing an appliqué on - and knowing that it will help me be a better quilter/sewer, I still can't bring myself to do it. Is it that I don't have time to practice? Is it that I think I'm good enough to plunge in and "just do it"? Is it that I don't want to see how bad I am at doing it? Unknown, but my sister and I have labeled this procrastination and paralyzation "fear of failure". And it is paralyzingly. There's got to be some psychological reason for it.