Why Confidence Matters

My personal goals and thoughts on confidence

Why am I writing a blog about confidence?

I mentioned in my first post that confidence is something I am interested in and I want to grow my confidence. But why do I have this curiosity and desire for it?

Growing up I have felt that I am not a confident person. I have often felt ‘less than’, incapable and intimidated by people and situations. There has been an underlying feeling of discomfort and being exposed.

However, the times I have mentioned to others that I feel I am not confident and want to work on it I have often received responses of ‘you don’t strike me as lacking confidence’ or ‘really, I would have never thought that about you’. These reactions have then surprised me as I always felt that it was apparent to everyone else, compounding the feelings of unease and inadequacy.

As a kid I would often write goals and spend time thinking about the future and how it could be better. I was very much a dreamer. It was not so much about my physical environment that I felt needed improvement. Rather it was about my own potential for success.

I changed somewhere along the way, losing sight of my natural optimism and belief in myself. I don’t believe there was a particular event that created the situation I am in now — of feeling I need to improve my confidence. It was more of a gradual decline and scaling back of self-belief of what my potential could be.

Now as a thirty-something I feel it is about time I approach this issue head-on and actively work towards improving my self-confidence. It is a case of, if not now, then when? The young dreamer in me is crying out for this, and I am finally listening to her.

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