I always have a difficult time with feeling as if I am enough on my own. Then I realized, being enough didn’t necessarily mean being alone the way I understood it. Here’s where I talk on being enough and what that means to me. Continuing my reading of “Girl, Stop Apologizing”.
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When Rachel Hollis talks about ‘being enough’, she means being without some intrinsic lack. On this particular axis, I do struggle with being enough. I consistently and constantly find fault with my ability to do things and even make myself understood. Despite having written books, I rarely think my work is any good. I suffer from imposter syndrome like many an author I know. Worrying that I’m too old to make a mark in the world, like all the world only cares about you until you’re thirty. I simultaneously cringe and hold my head up about my age. Those who know my story know I’m proud to have lived this long. However, I still cringe at the hubris required to think I’m going to do anything fantastic at this age. (My older counterparts are undoubtedly rolling their eyes at this statement.)
However, and this might be me reading too much into it, I don’t think one has to be enough on their own. Just as I make the tongue-in-cheek reference to my older counterparts, I am thankful for those who speak wisdom into my life to remind me that I am enough, capable, and things are possible. I couldn’t have gotten where I am today without my mentors. Invaluable to my life and success, my mentors have given me opportunities I perhaps could not have had or would not have sought on my own. Therefore, while I think it is very important to know you are ‘enough,’ it is also important to remember you often cannot truly succeed alone.
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