Giving up ? Not an option !

Last evening as I was grappling with a post on FB, it was quite natural to turn to my daughter to help me complete it.  "Ma you give up so easily " she chided me. As I sulked, I realised that I have been tethered to my own thoughts of feeling rather inadequate when it comes to writing.

Time for some introspection!

   

I figured that I had locked up a small list of insecurities, tucked them away in an obscure place, which I would often like to visit. Sometimes the visit would leave be feeling all scalded and would take a few days to heal.

   

But strange, that instead of working on those insecurities, I have often taken the easier route of reaching out to people, sought their help and got the task done! I have never been refused help and that made my job very easy.

But then, I simply gave up a chance to learn something new.

   

It seems like I have been deftly avoiding the process of learning and better that “something”, that I was feeling inadequate about.

   

Every day brings its own challenges, but also an opportunity to learn something new. And I realise by taking the easy way out I have deprived myself a chance to go up the learning curve.

Well it’s not too late and maybe I can promise myself to finish that course on Coursera and not switch sessions for the “n”th time. I might have to advance my waking up time though ;-).

Looks like "Prioritising" is the new buzz word that’s going to help me get there !

“What you practice grows stronger “. This sentence spoken by a lady on a Ted Talk really resonated with me and makes a lot of sense now.

Clearly, giving up is not an option that’s available if I want to learn.

Having committed to that, I promise not to be harsh on myself, exhibit some TLC and pay some kind attention to those parts of me, which need it. But the next time, I need help on finishing a writing piece, get that excel numbers out of my way or some new ideas for a workshop, “Dial A Friend “is not an option J