"When the moderator asked who had read Loneliness & Company, everyone raised their hand." What an absolute dream <3 Thanks for sharing these magical moments.
It's interesting (slash sad, lol) how our thoughts can sometimes get in the way of truly *receiving* moments of accomplishment. This is sort of adjacent to dealing with imposter syndrome, but I've found it really helpful: when I am incredibly nervous for something, usually due to imposter syndrome (like the first reading I ever did at a bookstore), I remember that "nervous" and "excited" feel really similar in the body. I tell myself, "I'm not nervous, I'm excited." Then I stop saying I'm nervous altogether and completely replace it with "I'm excited!" It is a total lie and I end up walking around repeating, "I'm excited! I'm excited!" in a maniacal & crazed fashion BUT it really does help shift the energy, and in the end I kind of convince myself of it haha.
Wow, I love that Lindsey!! And so true... I'm going to keep this in my head for the future :) I think the brain is powerful ha, so that kind of 'convincing' or just reframing is so important. Thank you for reading and for sharing!
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"When the moderator asked who had read Loneliness & Company, everyone raised their hand." What an absolute dream <3 Thanks for sharing these magical moments.
It's interesting (slash sad, lol) how our thoughts can sometimes get in the way of truly *receiving* moments of accomplishment. This is sort of adjacent to dealing with imposter syndrome, but I've found it really helpful: when I am incredibly nervous for something, usually due to imposter syndrome (like the first reading I ever did at a bookstore), I remember that "nervous" and "excited" feel really similar in the body. I tell myself, "I'm not nervous, I'm excited." Then I stop saying I'm nervous altogether and completely replace it with "I'm excited!" It is a total lie and I end up walking around repeating, "I'm excited! I'm excited!" in a maniacal & crazed fashion BUT it really does help shift the energy, and in the end I kind of convince myself of it haha.
Wow, I love that Lindsey!! And so true... I'm going to keep this in my head for the future :) I think the brain is powerful ha, so that kind of 'convincing' or just reframing is so important. Thank you for reading and for sharing!