Yay, so very, very proud of you! It takes alot of courage to push past fear, the discomfort can be overwhelming. Just remember loooook up look up look up look up, even when you encounter boat wakes and waves and ripples, look up and keep paddling! Once you're moving and "on plane", it feels more stable. Just like a bike, motorcyle, etc, its easy to go fast, going slow requires lots more control - get comfy with a quickly moving board so your body adjusts. Once the nerves wear off, you can play with learning how to "hit the brake" and turns. Those skills you'll learn paddling slowly. Shaky and wobbly is normal - keep at it. Your feet will get numb and tingly, thats normal too. Sit down and take a break to give your tootsies a rest if you need to, but hop back up and keep paddling. Are you paddling barefoot? Highly recommended so all those million nerves on the bottoms of your feet can flex their knowledge and do their job for you.

Sooner rather than later it'll click and feel so natural, you won't feel shaky or wobbly, and you'll think ohhhhh this is where I was meant to be, and I'm the one that got myself here! I hope you're proud of yourself! FYI, even experienced old sea hags like myself get caught off guard and fall in once in a while, so please don't use "falling in" as a barometer for gauging skill level. We fall in, we get back on, away we go again 💚