“I’m good enough, I’m smart, and doggone it, people like me.” Maybe if you grew up watching SNL like I did, you recognize this daily affirmation from Stuart Smalley. That was back in the days of Dana Carvey’s “Massive Headwound Harry”, Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey, and Chris Farley living in a van down byContinue reading “Goodness is relative”
Category Archives: Self-worth
What do you say?
It’s hard to call myself a writer. I don’t know why exactly. I guess something in me feels inadequate, like a poser trying to be something I’m not. At least, that’s what the voice in my head likes to tell me. It’s amazing how sometimes the words we speak to ourselves cut the deepest andContinue reading “What do you say?”
Hello, my name is….
Junior year of high school, I had a tendency to accidentally miss class periodically. I’m not really sure how it would happen, but inevitably somehow nearly every day something “came up” that got in the way of my class schedule and, well, decisions had to be made. Given that I already felt like I wasContinue reading “Hello, my name is….”
Green, Type 9, INFP
When I was in nursing school, our instructors thought it would be a great idea to divide the class up for a discussion. Self-identified introverts on the right side of the classroom, extroverts on the left. Still to this day, I’m not really sure what the purpose of that was but one thing is forContinue reading “Green, Type 9, INFP”
Who’s that imposter?
Recently I was having a conversation with someone about their job. The discussion was mainly about being replaceable in your position, and this anonymous friend said to me, “I don’t think they would find someone to replace me that would do the job as well as I do.” I’ve actually seen this person in action and believeContinue reading “Who’s that imposter?”