Stop hiding your accomplishments & the things you are proud of from those that want to hear about it! Know that what you do is just as important as what someone else does & how they share it with others! Let me encourage you on that in this episode!

Show Notes:
I was on my way out of church when someone stopped me to say Hello & catch-up for a moment. Within the first 30 seconds of the conversation, she mentioned her husband had shown her my podcast & how cool it was that I was doing that. But instead of being happy to talk about it, I immediately downplayed it & tried to move along in the conversation. I was trying to play it off as if it’s not important & that it didn’t matter that much. And unfortunately, my friend took that as I was no longer doing it because I showed disinterest. And I really had to stop myself and ask, ‘why?’

Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we think that the things we are engaging in or interested in or doing in our lives shouldn’t & doesn’t matter to others? I do this way too often. I think that I am doing people a favor by shutting down any conversation about myself or something that I should be proud of. When, if you actually think about it, they wouldn’t have asked you if they didn’t care to hear about it. But I never come to that conclusion in the moment. I have this bad habit of thinking that it’s so self-absorbed & egotistical to talk about myself, what I’m doing, what I’m good at & anything else.

It’s a problem that we don’t exhibit pride & excitement for the things we are currently loving, including ourselves. So this could be you working out & making the progress you want or starting a podcast/instagram/youtube & enjoying it as a side project or getting a promotion at work or getting through a really tough stage in parenting or a new marriage or a current marriage or making more money, saving more money, moving to a better house, finding a partner, or even baking a cheesecake without it cracking. It can be anything & everything for you to feel pride in it & joy in those achievements. 

And I believe it’s like most things, where you have to do it more & more for you to feel comfortable with it. If you don’t talk about yourself, you’ll never talk about yourself confidently. If you don’t enjoy someone else praising you for something awesome you’re doing or did, you’ll never enjoy it & make the same mistakes I’m making & just pushing off the conversation.

And not that it matters, but you might offend the person trying to pay you a compliment or talk about your accomplishments. Let them be the one that brings you up & pushes you to share about yourself. Despite how I told you I act, it’s much easier to talk about yourself when someone else brings it up than just bringing up the subject yourself.

I really hope this little chat has encouraged you to know you are allowed to be proud of yourself!

Thank you again for listening & I hope this episode was helpful.

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