Sorry I have not posted this week. Life! It has been crazy lately, getting my daughter off to college, interviewing for a job, plus normal daily activities. I know you all know what it is like. Life gets in the way sometimes of what we intend or want to do. There are so many topics I want to discuss, that run through my head and experiences I want to share, but again, patience!
Before I left to bring my daughter to college, her dad and I were having a great discussion with her. We were talking about how to make friends or talk to strangers at a social gathering. My daughter said she was not good at this. Her dad and I both explained to her that she really was, but she just thought she wasn't. Confidence. Sometimes we think we are not good at something, but we really are, we just lack the confidence. My daughter is great at striking up random conversations with strangers. Complimenting them, being kind, being engaged in conversation. She just did not realize it. Once we both gave her examples and told her how good she really was, she understood it was her own mindset that was preventing her from socializing. There are so many things in life that this applies to. We let our own insecurities, our own overthinking and mindset prevent us from doing things that we want to do. We let our lack of confidence prevent us from doing things we are perfectly capable of doing.
For instance, 90% of women do not apply for jobs that they are capable of doing simply because of lack of confidence that they are not qualified for it. They feel if they are not 90% qualified, they won't apply, whereas a male will apply if he is 60% qualified. In the past I had not applied for jobs that I knew I could do because I felt I was not qualified for. Now I know otherwise.
Be confident my friends! Try new things! Don't let fear stop you from living the life you deserve!
Love and light! ~ Josie
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