For 24 hours, write down every negative or limiting thought you catch yourself thinking. At the end, analyze the pattern. What is your biggest mental loop? What is a counter belief you could adopt instead.
I don’t need 24 hours to know what’s been going on in my head for years now.
You see, ten years ago, I was doing something completely different. It made me rich.
And money (whether I realised it or not) was my scorecard. Every big win came with a number I could point to: “See?
I’m good at this.” It was comforting, addictive even.
But I don’t do that work anymore.
What I do now feels infinitely more meaningful. But here’s the thing: some days, I still wake up and wonder, who let me do this?
It’s as if I’m waiting for someone to tap me on the shoulder and say, “Nice try, but you’re not meant to be here.”
Imposter syndrome, in its purest form.
I don’t have the same markers of success I once did. No soaring bank balance reminding me I’m ‘enough’.
So instead, I search for approval in other ways (too much, if I’m honest). I’ll catch myself refreshing metrics, re-reading feedback, hunting for anything that says, “Yes, you belong here.”
But here’s the counter belief I’m learning to hold:
External validation isn’t proof of worth.
I don’t need to be the loudest, the richest, or the most followed. I just need to keep showing up, telling the truth, and doing the work I believe in.
Because if I’m still here, still choosing this, then that’s a kind of success I never had before.
And maybe that’s worth more than a number ever was.