Ways I stopped doubting myself
Doubting ourselves is overrated. I’m learning to breathe and settle into rest and trust in my life and with myself! It takes a process of renewing to my mind and choosing to trust even when I don’t feel like it. But I am truly seeing the fruit of working to overcome self doubt.
I stopped doubting my ability to set and stick to my goals. I am great at starting things and having ambitious vision, but it’s easy for me to run out of motivation and excitement. I have practiced being faithful with the mundane parts of accomplishing goals. This has required learning to stick with things when they are no longer exciting and new, but I believe that is the substance of much of life—-faithfulness!!!
I stopped doubting my intuition. I would often ignore when I knew things were wrong in my health, because professionals couldn’t find the issues. But after being right with just a “knowing” many times, I’ve learned to trust my instincts.
I stopped doubting my decisions. I think and pray through all my decisions, but can sometimes still feel a sense of “did I make a mistake?” I’ve come to find that the right decision doesn’t always turn out how I imagine, and the wrong decision is still a learning process. And a lot of times, there is not one right or wrong choice! I’ve learned to take the pressure off and that most decisions are not final!!
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