The very definition of which is:
self-con·fi·dence
[self-kon-fi-duhns, self-]
noun
1.
realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power,etc.
2.
excessive or inflated confidence in one's own judgment,ability,
etc.
(Dictionary.com)
or as Wikipedia so aptly states:
The socio-psychological concept of self-confidence relates to self-assuredness in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc., sometimes manifested excessively.[1] Being confident in yourself is infectious if you present yourself well, others will want to follow in your foot steps towards success.[2]
My thoughts:
Self Confidence is attained and sustained ideally by positive means, it is valuing ones self.
Self Confidence is something that cannot be measured,examined or checked by a medical doctor.
Self Confidence is the sum of so many of our emotional and mental parts.
Self Confidence should be defined by ones "Self".
Self Confidence is made up of our emotions and
feelings,thoughts,impressions,opinions,experiences,body image,mental state,physical state and so much more.
So tell me, how's your Self Confidence lately?
Be Honest.
If I am being completely up front and brutally honest with myself, and I intend to be. I will have to admit.. my self confidence is shaken. Life creeps up on you, when everything seems happy and rose coloured and takes little pieces of that confidence, if you let it.
So you roll with the punches for some time, and take things with a smile on your face, until you wake up feeling a little less than happy and realize you can't look yourself in the mirror without
wincing. Life has taken me by storm, as I have said recently.
I find myself falling off the health and wellness wagon almost daily, my weight is creeping up on me, stress comes in and out. I've lost touch with myself, and I am feeling the aftershocks.
I am consumed with confusion, emotionally feeling quite literally drained and life is just a plain mess. So how do I clean up the mess, sort myself out again and find my feet?
How do you regain that confidence when all seems lost and you cannot face yourself?
Well, a blogger in Australia has answered this question for me.
Her name is Melissa and she is the fabulous writer, blogging goddess and head liner for http://www.sugercoatit.com/
Her page is full of inspiration, fashion, health, advice and just
plain beautiful life! I definitely recommend you check her out!
This month she started a blog series called "28 Days to a MORE Confident You" or #ConfidentYou. Every day for 28 days she posts about confidence, tips, tricks and positive ways to boost yours. There is a challenge piece as well, challenging you to do the same, turn your world upside down, a 360 on your own confidence.
I am hooked. I am subscribed and receive her newsletters,and sometimes admittedly..do an excited little dance when she's updated. I love to read, what can I say? and she is a wealth of awesome!
Here's where I come in. In her introductory post to the "Confident You" series, she challenged her readers to follow along, and become a part of this movement (I don't know what else to call it, it's just that brilliant) She stated and I quote:
"Every morning from now until the 28th you will have a morning post {6am Australian Eastern Standard Time} with a daily challenge to improve your confidence. I hope you’ll do the challenge and share your successes and your failures with us. You can share your experience in the comments section of each post. You can blog about it {there’s a button below}, share on Twitter or Instagram using the #ConfidentYou hash tag OR on ourFacebook wall. However you want to join in is just fine by me. We’ll have ourselves a little Confident You community." sugercoatit.com
Here I am. Beyond thrilled to jump in.
I am as always the master procrastinator, and I am 13 days behind the challenge. Behind or not, I'm in. I will post in response to the challenges posed by Suger Coat It, 2-3 challenges per post until I've posted about all 28 challenges. You will likely want to follow her post series to attempt to make sense of mine.
http://www.sugercoatit.com/tomorrow-it-begins-confidentyou/
Hooray for blogs!
For those of you not interested in intensive reading, I'll try and post something light and funny in between, perhaps some doodles from my sketchbook?
Until then stay tuned...
Because in 5 minutes or so I'll post about the first two challenges.
Love,
Erin
" Self Confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings"
1 comment:
I love this! I'm so glad you're on board and there's no such thing as late with this. Take your time, do the challenges and keep me posted on how you go. :)
And you're too kind. I appreciate your words here and on my blog. xo
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