Self Concious And Doubt
Doubting your decisions usually turns out poorly, sometimes, however, it works well. If you have a decision to make and feel slightly towards whether or not to do it, you should do what you think is the better decision and not doubt yourself. Usually second thoughts can lead to procrastination, which I believe to be the worse choice to make. Don’t doubt your choices and never doubt your beliefs, those make you who you are and questioning them makes you question yourself. You should be behind yourself completely at all times and follow through with what you want to do. Why do people doubt themselves? Usually when a decision becomes so closel to right or wrong, either choice you make might seem like the wrong one so you doubt whether or not to do it. People also doubt themselves because their self-concious takes over and tells them they might be doing the wrong thing or not acting how they should.
In Hamlet, Hamlet faces self doubt several times throught the whole story. He doubts whether or not to believe the ghost and trys to prove it for himself, causing more trouble and conflict. His doubt caused his procrastination and, sadly, leads to his death. I believe the smartest thing to do is to not doubt what you do and go with what you feel is what you normally do. It might be hard, but there is always a better decision and it’s up to you to make it. Don’t hold back, it often leads to more mistakes, it never hurts to go for it and do what you think is right. Everyone doubts themselves at one point or another, even after they make the decision they may still doubt themselves, but once it is done you should accept it and think about how it was the better choice.
Video At… http://youtube.com/watch?v=L_katrlLcyQ This clip is fit for this post because it shows how easy you can doubt yourself and what happens if you do.
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/self-doubt/ Some neat quotes on self doubt
April 24th, 2008 at 1:11 am
This is an interesting post, Glen. It sounds as if you speak with the voice of experience. Could it be that having doubts is a human quality that all mankind experiences, hmm? (Look at that! I just related it all to our English! Wow, I’m good!)
Consider this, though. You know how there was that one time you locked your keys in your car? (Just go with me on this. lol) Every time you shut the door, for weeks, even months, after, you were always nervous of whether or not you just were about to do it again. You double-checked the ignition, to see if they were still there. You double-checked the door lock, to make sure it was or wasn’t locked. Maybe you shut the door, but rolled down the window, just to be sure. Why do all this over-checking? From one moment, one error, you can lose such confience in your ability.
Now, consider how much worse your self-doubt would be when it was something bigger of more importance. It’s not usually the small stuff we squirm over. “Hmmm… do I get the number one meal or the number two!? (Dangit!)” No, it’s the Big Stuff. The things that can affect us as people, affect the direction our lives take, affect the way others see us, and so on. Is this the girl you want to marry? Will you make this right decision, or will you look back in five or ten years and realize you were only taking part of the reality into consideration. Is this the career path you want to take, or are you being too influenced by what direction your close friends are taking. Will you look back in five years and think you wasted your time, wish you had gone another route, but find you’re not able to start over?
Even realizing that there’s no decisive way to tell, in the here and now or down the road. It’s all perception, the way you rationalize things out.
You should just make your decision, based on gut (sometimes), and accept what comes as a result. It’s tough but a wonderful approach to life is to live one without regrets, only lessons learned. But again… it’s all perception.
I liked your post. M