I guess I will just have to keep working on it. For all the people who want to know why bother, I think this is a good skill to have. First off, it's annoying to have to unclip at every red light/stop sign, and you can get back up to speed while other people are still fumbling around. Also, I feel like learning to do this has improved my bike handling skills considerably, never a bad thing.

And yes, I know I'm going to fall. That's cycling. If I never did anything that caused me to fall, this would be boring as hell. I fell when I first got clipless pedals. I fell when learned to hop curbs. I've fallen learning to trackstand. Luckily I'm a retired gymnast and I know how to fall properly without bashing myself up too badly. But if I let my fear of falling stop me, I'd never learn anything new.