This is such a wonderfully personal story, I really enjoyed learning all of this about you!
I think there is something in the confidence of not worrying about things that is magnetitic for success lol!
I try telling myself that the worst thing will happen, and then preparing for whatever in my mind as if that is a fact when I can't stop stressing. It leads me to have a life of being pleasantly surprised! 😂
As for the coffee story, I so felt for you when you talked about the lump in your throat- how it was amplified by feeling pitied and just got worse the more you tried to push it away. That's such a garbage feeling, been there before 😣. I'm so glad that the spill situation was turned around by a kind joke, and you were able to bag the job! ☕️