February 22 2018

On the Way to Confidence

The year is more than six weeks gone and I am asking myself how my one word for the year is going. For those who are new to this site, this year I chose the word CONFIDENCE to guide me through this year. I don’t really feel like I exude confidence yet or anything. Maybe I never will. I don’t think of myself when I hear the word confident, it just isn’t who I am. But I am working on changing that, one step at a time. So since I have let six weeks of the year slip by, I am asking myself if I am doing things to make myself more confident and if so, what are they and how did they work.

I have read several books about gaining confidence this year. While I’m not sure any of them has exactly helped to boost my self-confidence, they have helped me to understand that having too much confidence can also be a bad thing.
So, let’s cut to the chase and talk about things I have done this year to show that I have confidence in myself, especially as a writer. Continue reading

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January 5 2018

Motivate (Five Minute Friday)

This time of year seems to motivate everyone to think about their goals for the new year and what they would like to accomplish. I too struggled with what goals to choose and what word I would pick to motivate me throughout the year as the word FEARLESS did in 2017. I chose the word CONFIDENCE to be my 2018 word of the year. It was very hard to choose this year. You see, last year was the first time I had done this word of the year thing and though I went into it half-hearted last year I tried my best to think about being fearless whenever I found myself with a tough decision to make. I think I allowed the word FEARLESS to guide me very well last year and it only seemed fitting to follow my year of being FEARLESS up with a year of CONFIDENCE.

You may ask yourself why I need confidence, after all, I am writing and putting my work out here on the blog for the whole world to see. Continue reading

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