the wind it just whips her and Wails and fills up her brigantine sails

Confidence.

Confidence and work.

Confidence and love.

Confidence and life.

Why is confidence at the heart of so many things, and why is confidence so hard.

You can be the best worker but without confidence you may not progress.

You could be the best partner but without confidence not find a partner.

You could have so much to offer in life but without confidence not achieve or indeed enjoy.

Confidence is made up of many things. Genetic and life experience / ability to learn / change.

I don't think mine is naturally very high (my uncontrollable factors). But I'm going to try and have more faith in my own abilities and do a little assessment, trying to err on the positive side and see myself in a positive light.

It's now 15 mins later and the table below was really uncomfortable to complete. Natural low self confidence makes me challenge every time i write something positive and make me think 'people will think you're arrogant, you're a dick', but I'm not doing this for them, I'm doing it for me, so here it is......

So (being positive and confident) I'm actually in good shape, I have a lot going for me. 

The really interesting one was self trust, 80% of confidence is made up of these uncontrollable components and mine is a lot better than I would naturally think. I have not had a terrible time, my upbringing was not terrible, I can do lots of things and learn. So why don't I trust myself more?

I think that comes down to the other part of the table, the controllable factors.

Here (after another 15mins) is my honest, and positive assessment of those

So I think all of my controllable is in a pretty good place and I could:

- stand taller every day
- get back to the gym and eat more healthily
- smile more
​- invest more time in training my mind
- record, revisit and believe my achievements, no matter how small

and crucially, give myself a break, look at the positive bits and be thankful for that.
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So to finish.

Here's a picture of me on the beach last year. 

Or of my back at least. 

It took confidence to upload this.

I look ok, good even. 

You can see one of my scars on my shoulder and even that looks ok. 

Now I need to focus on believing that for my front.

And for my mind.



​Take Care...