Monday, July 28, 2014

Lack of Confidence

Hello Everyone:

Woke up this morning with a sinus headache.  Not a good way to start the day.  I took a couple of Tylenol which kind of seems to be helping. I just need to let it pass.  I spoke with new guy yesterday.  He had an overnight stop in Toronto and just texted me to check in.  He's such a dreamer.  He's always thinking big.  It's a great quality to have, that kind of of confidence.  I wish I had more confidence.  Whatever confidence I have left is just channeled into the writing I do.  I don't think big, I think  small.  Just get to the end of the day without drama and it's all good.  It's hard to summon any confidence when life has beaten down.  I don't know how he can remain so optimistic when everything seems to be a struggle.  I've never had it easy.  I suppose I could say that having to really work for whatever good things come my way builds character and confidence but I work too hard and nothing comes from it.  Why remain confident?  Maybe I should take a page from his playbook and learn to think big.  I'm more about think small.  I guess this way we balance each other out.  It's had for me to be confident in anything beyond writing because I feel like such failure in life.  I mean my peers all seem to have wonderful lives, surrounded by people who love them and I don't have that.  I can't even think of one family show actually likes me.  Applying for work has become a soul sucking experience that just makes me want to give up.  Yet here is this person in my life who is telling me that he believes in me, even though I barely believe in myself.  The reason I don't think big is I don't want to be disappointed any more than I am already.  I let this lack of confidence me back from a lot things, which us not good. Maybe it is a good idea to take a page out if the new guy's "silver linings" playbook.

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