Girl, back yo self...

No... you don't need to become someone new.. you just need to start believing in the person you already are.... and fucken embrace the shit outta yo self!

I am consistently thinking about how easily we label ourselves.. insecure, imposter, not confident enough, or not bloody ready! And guess what?! before we know it, those labels become part of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.

But what if we're just being a little too hard on ourselves? What if we're not imposters at all.. maybe we're just trying something new, figuring shit out as we go and getting a little uncomfortable because we're doing something we've never done before?

Because let's be real.. how many times have you wanted to do something, only to talk yourself out of it before you've even given yourself a chance? You want to start something new, put yourself out there, share an idea or try something different and suddenly your brain has a whole list of reasons why you shouldn't. You're not good enough, someone else is doing it better, or maybe you should wait until you feel a little more confident.

Girl, i dont know about you but at this rate, id be waiting forever. 😂

 

And why is it so freaking easy to hype everyone else up but so bloody hard to do it for ourselves? We'd tell our bestie to go for it, remind her how much of a bad bitch she is, and tell her not to worry about what everyone thinks. But when it comes to us? Suddenly we're our own biggest critics.

Maybe it's time we gave ourselves the same energy we give everyone else!!!

I'm not saying you have to think you're amazing at everything or pretend you have your shit together 24/7(i mean, if you wanna then defs go for it bestie). But sometimes we're just nervous because something is new, sometimes we have some things to learn, and sometimes we genuinely have no bloody clue what the fuck we are doing. That's just the way of life right?!

Not knowing everything doesn't mean you're not good enough and someone else being good at something doesn't mean there isn't room for you too.

You can be learning and still back yo self. You can be nervous and still give something a go (just so you know, your nervous system can respond pretty much the same for anxiety and excitement.. sometimes it's how you're talking to yourself about those feelings that makes the difference! So next time you're nervous, try telling yourself you're excited instead.. switch up that inner dialogue girl)

You can have a million things you're working on and still be so fckn proud of the woman you are right now.. youre an absolute fucken QUEEN!

And this is where YOUR inner hype girl comes in...

If you've been around Like A Bestfriend for a while, you know I'm all about being your own hype girl. Not some perfect future version of yourself who has everything figured out.. just YOU, learning to be a little kinder to yourself and stop talking yourself out of everything.

She's the voice that reminds you it's okay to try. The one that celebrates the little wins instead of immediately finding something else to criticise. The one that says, you know what, babe? Let's just fucken see what happens.

Yep, so many of us could do with a little more of that energy..

So girl, back yo self. You've got this. And if you don't? Just go for it anyway, because you never know which time to back yo self will be the one that pushes you to the next level...

Peace out,

Stace x