I May Be Crazy (or...ambitious?)

On the Reward of Risk-Taking

Good morning world,

It’s 1:56am. I took a big great leap and applied for the job of my literal dreams.

I’m hardly qualified on paper. But is it crazy to say I feel qualified in my heart? On a level that’s deeper and more sentient? My soul knows. To that hiring manager out there that could be reading my application at this very moment - I hope you see my soul too. And my fire, my truth. My qualification is my gift.

No, I’m not delusional. I’m prepared. I’m prepared to set foot on my dream path, walk my highest timeline and take more risks than ever. “What’s meant to be will be,” I am reminding myself.

I’m writing about this now because, a year ago I would’ve thought it insanity to apply for a job like this. I would have shut it down and written it off in my head without even a second thought because “No, I don’t think I’m good enough for that.”

We all have an inner critic, a voice inside our head that doesn’t come from us to begin with. Get familiar with it. Ask it, why do you think so little of me? Chances are, your inner critic wants to protect you. It learned sometime when you were a child that being too big or too much got you in trouble more than it rewarded you. But what if you let yourself step out of that survival box for a moment? What if you entertained the possibility of your wildness and your bigness being your superpower, instead of your downfall?

Think of it this way, you aren’t doing yourself any favors by sticking to the same tired narrative that tells you you are always asking for too much or dreaming too big. That your goals are unattainable. Well, they are if you believe it. If you shut it down before it can even take root as an idea, you’ve already lost.