Challenge your imposter syndrome with me!
UPDATE: I decided to finish this challenge today, as I had such a beautiful outcome and it felt like the right moment to end. It is astounding, how much this has helped me in just a week! As a follow-up from @Melissa Fuller's post about imposter syndrome, I decided to do a little challenge. I just realized that imposter syndrome has me in its grip, and this is holding me back. I constantly think, I am not good enough, I do not know enough, others are far more qualified than me, and if I do not deliver an absolute immaculate and perfect outcome, I am not achieving something worth other people's money. So, for me, that definitely ties in with perfectionism. Also, I still believe these negative thoughts. So, the challenge is to find confidence in my abilities despite not being perfect and knowing everything. How I want to do this: 1. Every morning, write down three things, where I feel not good enough. Then for each of these things, find examples in my life, where I actually did deliver something good, proving that I, in fact, am good enough. 2. Try to get aware of negative thoughts, making myself small. This is tricky as these thoughts oftentimes go unnoticed. But if I remind myself to stay aware of it, I might catch one or two, here and there. Then, when I do get aware of it, I observe the thought, detaching from believing it to be true. It's just a thought, not a fact. 3. Before falling asleep at night, I recall one moment of the day, where I felt confident. At first, that might be difficult, but the brain will get better at noticing these moments, if we try to remember repeatedly. I invite everyone who feels imposter syndrome to join me. It would be great if you share point 1) in this thread, for all of us to see. Of course, this might be very personal, so just showing up and commenting "Done", is also fine. Starting date is today, December 8th, and I want to do this for at least a week (Dec 15th).