You know how I wrote my words for this year were courage and creativity? Well, last week my therapist told me I had to add a 3rd C: confidence. Three C’s seems pretty ambitious for New Year’s words. But then again, I am a pretty ambitious person. Plus, now I have to write a whole new blog post to make the new theme word “official.” But I try to do all my homework from all my providers, so here goes.
If you’re sensing some reluctance on my part, you are accurately picking up on my feelings. I don’t mind acknowledging that I’m good at a lot of things. But on the other hand, I’m also not so good at acknowledging things I’m good at.
Remember that post I’ve Been Masking All This Time? Where I talk about not being confident that I’m popular, smart, doing grad school correctly, athletic, or am up to date on current events? Well, the last one is true, but in all the other ones I was mistaken. So now I have to retract the statement that I’m not confident because I am confident? It kind of doesn’t make any sense.
But then again, it kind of does. Do I believe that I am going to make this podcast of Normal in Training? Absolutely. And maybe somehow it will make some money. But even if it doesn’t, I have no doubt that I will finish it and that it will help a lot of people.
Do I have confidence that I will turn this blog, NEUROSPICY AND FLYING, into a book? Yes again. And for the same aforementioned reasons.
Do I believe that I’m going to start doing conferences like what I described in Gift-Giving, Part 2? You better believe it. In fact, all of these “smaller” goals are for the grand finale goal of having these conferences and building communities where people can rest, play, socialize, feel safe, and thrive.
Not only that, but I have decided that I’m going to be at vendor at the conference and sell my jewelry with gemstones and crystals because these resources have healing properties. And this seems to be the hobby of mind that people get the most excited about. And I do miss it.
So I will now be doing every hobby as part of my business.
But there’s one more thing I did last weekend that is the grand finale of all grand finales. I entered a contest on TikTok to be a commentator for tennis. It’s just a $2000 prize, but I can see what they’re trying to do, based on the other contests. They want to get TikTok influencers to be commentators at all major sporting events, and this is their pilot study to determine viability.
Everyone who knows how much I love tennis knows that this is my ultimate dream job. The job where I would think, I can’t believe I get paid to do this! I mean, hobnobbing with all the tennis stars, past and present? Maybe even Federer! Giving my opinion on every thought and having a captive audience? Sign me up today!
Do I think I’m going to win the contest? Yes. Because in addition to playing tennis my whole life and watching tennis for the past 30 years, I am also a clinical psychologist. And all the commentators and analysts talk with reverence about the psychologists that players hire. Ever since So and So started working with that psychologist, she seems a lot more confident. She’s winning matches. Her psychologist travels with her. That psychologist is really something.What do you think they talk about?
Well, doesn’t Tennis Channel deserve to have a resident psychologist of their own that could give them some insight into what that psychologist might be doing with their client? How psychology can help any player’s game? Wouldn’t that be offering something unique to those other contest participants?
So heck yeah, I think I’m gonna win that contest!
And that’s when my therapist said I need to add confidence to my list of words.
This gemstone is Mookaite Jasper. It’s my latest addition to my collection. I think it looks like a planet. It is helpful in grounding your mind, heart, soul, and living in the moment.
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