be more confident

I am a lot closer to where I want to be! Need to wait a while and get through some things before I tick this off but in terms of how I look, in terms of how I feel and how I am learning/growing all the time – I am a lot stronger and more confident :).

It’s only small stuff but I find the following helps me feel more confident:

Smiling just for the sake of smiling
Reading about spirituality
Praying to God
Wearing pretty nail polish makes me feel more confident for some reason!
Treating someone else – like buying a friend lunch
A regular exercise routine

Passed an exam today with 85.9%! :) – I felt over the moon!

I have truly come a long way since June when I joined this site and adopted this goal. Since then, I am a lot more strong, I look people in the eye, I keep my head up, I speak to people I barely know, I believe in myself and I own my decisions, my mistakes and my successes. I definitely get down sometimes but that’s just life, huh? However, unquestionably, I am on the whole a lot more confident. So why do I feel reluctant to tick this off still? What am I missing? Any ideas folks?

I have recently recieved and will be soon be recieving more opportunities to become more confident.

I am learning new things at work, very technical things and I’m totally not a techie kinda girl, so it’s quite challenging but I am picking things up quite well so far, which is definitely filling me with confidence.

In addition, I will be responsible for leading some training sessions at work every two weeks and that is going to be a wonderful opportunity to both teach and learn. I’m enthusiastic about it and I believe I will grow as a person by doing this.

It is important I keep believing in myself and not fall into the pattern of trying to please everyone again – only to end up miserable myself.

I stood up to this girl I work with last week and it felt good. She tried to make me feel bad about having to do the grocery shopping and I said to her – as I like to eat good food, I have no problem with doing the grocery shopping. She didn’t quite know what to say to that. It felt good to stand up for myself in this way – it wasn’t a major thing but suddenly I felt a lot stronger.

I trust myself more. Previously, I was kinda afraid of buying clothes by myself, not like, very fearful but I’d think – “What do I know? I need advice”. However I have bought a few things by myself recently and am feeling quite happy with my purchases. Other people have commented that the stuff I bought looks good too.

Also previously, I’d think I was wrong if I disagreed with something someone had to say – a lot, but now I understand that I’m entitled to my own opinion.

You know, I think I am more confident because I am no longer seeking approval from everyone – as I pretty much always have, my whole entire life maybe… It is a liberating experience that is making me more confident.

I went to a drinks gathering and spoke to some people that I hardly ever speak to and made some new acquaintances. In addition, I made some contact with people I have not had contact with for a while. I feel okay, less intimidated.

I feel more in control and that is helping my confidence. I think that feeling helpless was my problem in the past and no matter what people said, the lack of my own understanding of myself meant that I could not understand my problems.

Anyway, I understand myself and my problems better now and I feel more confident than before, without doubt. Nonetheless, I want to wait before I feel consistently confident and I want to wait until I have worked on confidence in some other areas of life, before I tick this goal off.

I’m getting there… I feel more secure and I am proud of who I am in many ways.