I've found that I've always been one to stay away from competition, may it be an "best" essay in high school or a "best" project in college. Just to challenge myself, I recently entered an online contest and now that there's public voting involved, I'm sort of regretting it since people can see the number of votes. I guess I steer clear from contests/competitions because I'm afraid of being rejected or criticized. Does anyone else feel the same way?