Maybe it's doing other things to take care of myself, but it felt good to finally put myself out there.
I'm nervous, but once I did it, I realized it wasn't as horrible as I thought. I partly want to thank this site and this community for giving me the boost to she a chance on myself.
Also, this is always my advice but keep submitting elsewhere if it doesn't get in. Most of writing shorts is honestly just getting rejected from journals lol. No shame in it, and most honestly expect it :)