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The Everyday War With The Self.

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.“ I have always been a person who overthinks everything and, hence, rarely tried anything new. Since last year, I have been trying to overcome this, but it has been a really difficult journey. Whenever I decide to do something new, all that comes to my mind is: Will I be successful? Is it a good idea? Is it worth all I have to do to get there? Is it worth so much time and effort? Does this even have any value? Do I have any value? Am I good enough?  etc etc etc. So many questions keep wandering around in my head. And I have to fight with myself. I have to unlisten to these questions and focus on what I am doing. But this war goes on till I see any value in the things I am doing or working on. I always know in the beginning that the work I am doing has some worth, but I still doubt myself. I struggle with every step. I now realize that I actually doubt myself and not the actual work. It's been one year of tryin

You will never be ready. Just Start.

“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.” – Lemony Snicket In the last few months, I have realized that you are never really ready to do anything new. You need to start without being fully prepared. Yes. There will never be a ‘right time’. Last year in January, I decided to start blogging, but I never felt ready. Then by the end of that year, I started this blog page, thinking of getting out of my comfort zone. I thought that if I will create an account on a platform, maybe then I will be inspired to write or have the courage to post blogs. But I just kept procrastinating, I kept overthinking on the topic of my first blog. I thought that the topic of my first blog should be something outstanding. As it was going to be my first blog so I was stuck in the loop of finding the ‘perfect’ topic for my first blog, which I never really found. But, today, after almost 7 months of being on this blog page, even though I don't feel ready enough