A New Beginning
There are many changes happening with work and my life. I don’t know what will happen next, but I’m excited about it.
In the past few years, I’ve gotten too comfortable in my life. Anxiety, the unknown, and the fear of failure have always pushed me back, but now I know that it’s time for a change and the challenges to come.
When I think back to when these thoughts and feelings first started, it was when I finally finished college - I never thought I’d be able to attend college. It was my ultimate goal to graduate. Once that was done, I had no idea where to go, and then COVID happened. While both of these thoughts sound like excuses, it’s true. I got too comfortable with being complacent. It’s still something I struggle with now. While comfort is great in life, and work is always a great time to learn and grow.
Feeling like now isn’t the right time or constantly pushing back a day that turns into a week, then a month, and finally, years pass. We’ll never know when the right time will come; we must begin.
The best advice I heard is to “Just start!”
I think it’s the best advice to give to someone with self-doubt or imposter syndrome. Everyone starts somewhere; mistakes will be made, and that’s how you learn. The fear of looking like an idiot has stopped me—now, it’s something I will have to experience and move on from. It’s time to learn from mistakes rather than hide or run away.
That’s the best advice to give someone with self-doubt or imposter syndrome. Everyone makes mistakes and learns from them, but the fear of looking like an idiot has stopped me. Every time I’ve started and every time I stopped, I regretted it.
But this year, it feels different. I feel different. I’m more motivated and excited than before. It just feels right.
It’s a new beginning, and we’ll see how it goes from now.
