Monday Inspirtation: Killing Self Doubt!

For you were not given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and self-discipline

2 Timothy 1:7

It's hard! I don't know? I don't know how. I'm unsure. I may be wrong. What am I doing? These are all the phrases that roll through my brain when I am doubting myself. From my experience doubt has kept me from being bold, and having that spirit of power. It has kept me in my comfort zone, robbed me of the opportunity to stretch my wings and fly. As I sit on the edge of a major transition in my life, one that I know can make me or break me all the times that I have doubted myself scroll across the screen in my brain. It is in this specific moment in time where self doubt can cause me to stay in an unhealthy place. Self doubt told me that I was not good enough, that I did not know what I was doing, no one would listen to me, and ultimately I did not matter. Those thoughts killed my confidence and made me want to hide behind a rock many days. As I work on being Bold! I'm ready to KILL Doubt!

Here's the Plan:

1. Recognize: It's hard to kill something if you don't have it in your sights. I'm going to be checking for that little bugger and squashing it as soon as the thought enters into my head.

2. Forget what others think: One big trigger for doubt for me is what others will think of me. I want to be perfect, sweet, nice and charming, and I want others to think of me that way, so before I do anything I always think of what others will think. This hinders me from speaking my mind often for fear of being wrong. So now I say, who cares! The only way that you can learn the right answer some times is to give the wrong one.

3. Actions speak louder than words: Doubt keeps me from doing loads of things. I usually remain in a cycle of should I or should I not. Well no more of that. It's time to step out on faith. I'm ready to see where faith leads me.

Something tells me that pushing doubt out of the way could lead me right to my dreams!!!!!

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I hope you enjoy,

Shameka