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