Janna Levin in Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World (p. 50). Written by Timothy Ferriss. Ebury Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Wednesday, November 7th 2018.
It’s not the beginning of a week or a month or a year. It’s not an automatic ‘good date’ to start anything, but I want to get going with blogging again.
I know that if I wait for the right day and the right date, more time will have passed and I will just have procrastinated and waited for something outside of my control to get me moving.
Instead, here I go. I’m starting!
What small thing can you start?
I was a desperately shy child who often avoided people and phone calls.
I’m older now and more self confident, but I have also done a lot of work on my social skills. A LOT!! Yet, sometimes I still feel like a fish out of water. Sometimes I speak up and wish I hadn’t. Sometimes my small talk is non existent and I just feel uncomfortable trying to fit in. Because I am empathetic and strive to see everyone’s point of view, sometimes I feel like I don’t actually ‘fit’ anywhere. That can be quite overwhelming and lonely. Sometimes this perspective taking also means I overthink situations, create drama for myself and feel hurt.
I suspect that social skills for many of us need to be a constant work in progress. No wonder so many kids struggle. It’s really quite a minefield!!