I work hard. I show up. I try to be better than the examples I had. But still there’s this voice in the back of my head that whispers, “You should be doing more.”
More for my kids. More for my partner. More for work. More for everyone.
How do I feel proud of myself without feeling guilty for it?
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If you’re showing up and giving your best that is enough sometimes “do more” is just guilt talking.
i do my best and that is enough. Everyone who thinks i should do more is welcome to do ‘the more’ instead of me.
Ask yourself, “What exactly can you do more?”
Sometimes, in life, you need to learn to put your own needs first. It’s admirable that you care about others but in taking care of others, you don’t want to neglect yourself.
I need external validation. I know it ain’t the ideal, but doubt is the devil that haunts me, and if my self worth isn’t 100%, then I’m not longer confident it’s not actually 0. A very “first or last” self image. But I lean heavily on outside accomplishments. If I zoom out a bit, I’m doing pretty damn well. Could be little things, could be big, but every example of my success is ammunition to chip away at that devil’s charisma, and hammer him down with the same doubt he used on me.
The result fit what I want to achieve with my actions. Nothing more needed.
You don’t. Just keep showing up. That’s the trick to life, nothing else matters
By the results.