The "I AM" Blog
Doubt doesn't show up randomly. Pay attention to where it concentrates, and you'll notice a pattern. The things you doubt yourself about most are usually the things that matter most. You don't agonize over whether you're good enough at tasks...
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There's a particular exhaustion that comes from relationships where you're constantly editing yourself. Dimming your excitement because it might be too much. Hiding your accomplishments so others don't feel threatened. Softening your opinions to avoid conflict. Apologizing for taking up...
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It starts the moment you consider doing something that matters. Applying for the promotion. Starting the project. Sharing your work. Having the difficult conversation. Before you can even fully form the thought, that voice is there with a list of...
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Rest is always on the list, right after finishing everything else. Once the project is done, once the inbox is cleared, once things slow down, then you'll take that break you've been promising yourself. But things never actually slow down....
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There's a specific kind of pressure that comes from people who knew you before. Before you set boundaries. Before you stopped tolerating what didn't serve you. Before you started choosing yourself over keeping everyone else comfortable. They remember the version...
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