Confidence and self-doubt go hand-in-hand. The point is you can thrive even when the doubt comes on Persisting in the face of self-doubt is possible.
Years ago I did this very thing by creating a list of everything I accomplished in my life by the time I was 50. I was 51 when I typed up this list.
The arrow point is that everything counts whether a big goal or a tiny action either way.
The times when you think something can’t be done are when you can refer to your list of achievements.
In lieu of accomplishments you can write a list of things you like about yourself that you’re proud of.
The goal with either of these lists is to free-write and number each item as it comes to you.
The list doesn’t have to be long.
My list featured 33 items. They were as simple as joining the St. George Library teen writing group to obtaining a driver’s license and as big as traveling to Italy.
Try to keep going until your writing hand can’t go anymore.
Re-read the list when you need a shot in the arm of confidence.
In keeping with this exercise I’ll talk in the next blog entry about novel ideas I have for getting confidence to tackle goals.
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