Be your own cheer squad

I have been reflecting a lot lately and realised that I have lost confidence in myself, in general, with everything I am doing in my life.

While that sounds bad, it's been a good thing because it has forced me to start focusing on how to become my own cheer squad again.  What's that you ask?  Good question.

Imagine when you were  a child, let's say you were part of a sports team.  And you had people on the sideline, cheering you on while you played.  Those people were most likely your parents.  And they were your own personal cheer squad.  Supporting you, motivating you and making sure you believed in yourself.  So as an adult, what changes?

As children we have a blank slate that has no judgement, no criticism and usually very positive support, so our belief in ourself is not clouded by any outside influences.

As an adult, over the years, I have gone through so many different experiences including relationship break downs, losing friends to illnesses etc that it's inevitable I will have changed.  Sadly with these changes my confidence in my own abilities became so minimal that I hit a point where I thought I was of no use to anyone anymore.

I needed to take a moment to stop and think.  Think about all my achievements and everything I am blessed to currently have in my life.  I needed to realise that it's ok if I don't reach all the goals I had originally planned, as long as I don't quit entirely.

If I'm not prepared to support myself, who else is going to?  I have to be my own support system, I know myself better than anyone else, I know what I need.  I know what I'm capable of.  I know my fears and doubts.

I have this quirky visualisation of me running up and down the sideline, while another me is on that playing field.  I'm cheering me on, while the game I am playing is called life.