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The only way to be truly confident is to simply become comfortable with what you lack.
Read that again.
The big charade with confidence is that it has nothing to do with being comfortable in what we achieve and everything to do with being comfortable in what we don’t achieve.
- Mark Manson in this article.
Read that again.
The big charade with confidence is that it has nothing to do with being comfortable in what we achieve and everything to do with being comfortable in what we don’t achieve.
- Mark Manson in this article.
The universe is having a good old time with me today.
I sat here contemplating what on earth to say - what to post - when I have nothing ready to show you. What to say when I am feeling less than confident about this whole being a human in the world thing.
I sat here contemplating what on earth to say - what to post - when I have nothing ready to show you. What to say when I am feeling less than confident about this whole being a human in the world thing.
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sparkles in the world of waterfalls
And then Manson's article falls in my lap.
The cure for missing confidence is becoming comfortable with what I haven't achieved. What I don't have. What I am not. As Manson brilliantly explains, neither external achievement nor internal cheerleading will build lasting confidence. And I'd like to be more consistently confident in all aspects of my humanness - both art and just being.
So here is a post where I say to you "dear reader, I have paintings all over my studio in various states, but nothing to show you today. I am okay with not having achieved this right now. I'm gonna launch some love bombs all over that unfinished business . Because I'm okay with that. "
Now off you go to be okay with everything you don't get done today, confident human! xo
"The only way to be truly confident is to simply become comfortable with what you lack."
What if we apply this to our lack of confidence about aging and our "looks"? As we swim into the second half or last third of life- what if we get more comfortable that we lack youth- we lack collagen compared to some people born after us-so what? We gots lots of other stuff. Like the ability to make art and the courage to put it out in the world, that's pretty swell. :) love your writing.