I rushed over as soon as I got the chance. A group of my former coworkers were meeting to exchange stories over coffee. I couldn’t pass up re-uniting and getting updated on the gossip. But as we shared what was new, I found myself giving updates on how I’d been feeling. I weighed how my current workload with what I thought could be my ticket to getting ahead might actually be holding me back. But on the flip side, is there really any other option?
“You’re so smart. You could do anything.”
It was said so casually but assertively. If she believed it, why didn’t I?
This year I’m working through how I see myself. I’m working to inflate my sense of self instead of continuing to walk about deflated. I am so busy being myself that I can’t see me for who I really am. If I were to zoom out and look at myself like an objective third party observer, what would I see?
I would see my education, my life experience, my talents as they appear on paper and quite honestly be impressed. I would see the value of bringing on such a fantastic employee. I would definitely want to hang out with that friend. And potentially, just maybe if I took away all the ways I’ve been programmed to see myself and just peeked in as someone looking from the outside in, I might envy my life.
If you actually saw your life with fresh eyes, what would you see? Would you more clearly see the value in who you already are?
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