You are enough.
Lately, I have been experiencing a lot of self doubt as I have started this program. I compare myself to a lot of the other students who have amazing experiences at all these agencies and I feel like I don't have anything to offer.
It is really easy to get down on yourself when you compare yourself to other people. It is a pathway that leads downhill really quickly. You don't want to go down that pathway, trust me.
I was driving home from school today and it really got to me. I started feeling so inadequate and then I didn't even know why I was doing graduate school. I came home and then I just started evaluating why I was feeling that way. Graduate school is really hard. I am a full time student with a lot of demands and responsibilities. My graduate program is good, but sometimes I don't agree with everything they talk about in classes. Sometimes my religious beliefs and the program contrast, and it can be hard to find out which truth I want to cling on to. Which one is more important: the knowledge I learn in the program or my personal beliefs that I have known all of my life? This is the question that I have been reflecting on lately as I have started my program.
I talked to some of my leaders and unloaded about my worries. While talking, I realized that I needed to have my confidence in my identity. Sometimes I feel ashamed of who I am because of my personal beliefs. I feel so different from a lot of people in my cohort and It can feel hard to feel like I am part of my cohort. I am learning that just because I am different, doesn't mean that I am worth less. I will have a different philosophy then people in my cohort, but that doesn't mean I won't be a great therapist. What makes me different will make me a great therapist.
The great thing about social work is that you are offering yourself as a gift to your client. I mean that who you are is a critical part of social work. My background, beliefs and family values will help me as a counselor. Other counselors will have a different background, but that is okay. I provide different skills than other social workers but I am enough.
So, I am learning to trust myself and realize that I am enough. I am learning to be confident with who I am. I am enough. I was accepted to this graduate program. I have the ability to learn and apply the knowledge I learn.
To relate this post to everyone, you are enough too. We were created by our Heavenly Father who purposely made us different. Just because you are different than someone else, doesn't mean that you are anyway less valuable. You offer different skills because you are you. That was part of the plan that everyone would have different talents so we could learn and grow from each other.
Stop comparing yourself (I am talking to myself as well). It will only bring you down. There are a lot of things in this life that will bring you down. Don't bring yourself down when there are so many other forces discouraging you.
When you start to think negatively about yourself, just stop it. I know there are negative patterns of thinking, but stop those negative patterns. Instead of thinking about all the reasons why you aren't good enough, think about why you are good enough.
Don't let the world tell you are not good enough. Maybe we should try to be like this little girl and have our daily affirmations.
It is really easy to get down on yourself when you compare yourself to other people. It is a pathway that leads downhill really quickly. You don't want to go down that pathway, trust me.
I was driving home from school today and it really got to me. I started feeling so inadequate and then I didn't even know why I was doing graduate school. I came home and then I just started evaluating why I was feeling that way. Graduate school is really hard. I am a full time student with a lot of demands and responsibilities. My graduate program is good, but sometimes I don't agree with everything they talk about in classes. Sometimes my religious beliefs and the program contrast, and it can be hard to find out which truth I want to cling on to. Which one is more important: the knowledge I learn in the program or my personal beliefs that I have known all of my life? This is the question that I have been reflecting on lately as I have started my program.
I talked to some of my leaders and unloaded about my worries. While talking, I realized that I needed to have my confidence in my identity. Sometimes I feel ashamed of who I am because of my personal beliefs. I feel so different from a lot of people in my cohort and It can feel hard to feel like I am part of my cohort. I am learning that just because I am different, doesn't mean that I am worth less. I will have a different philosophy then people in my cohort, but that doesn't mean I won't be a great therapist. What makes me different will make me a great therapist.
The great thing about social work is that you are offering yourself as a gift to your client. I mean that who you are is a critical part of social work. My background, beliefs and family values will help me as a counselor. Other counselors will have a different background, but that is okay. I provide different skills than other social workers but I am enough.
So, I am learning to trust myself and realize that I am enough. I am learning to be confident with who I am. I am enough. I was accepted to this graduate program. I have the ability to learn and apply the knowledge I learn.
To relate this post to everyone, you are enough too. We were created by our Heavenly Father who purposely made us different. Just because you are different than someone else, doesn't mean that you are anyway less valuable. You offer different skills because you are you. That was part of the plan that everyone would have different talents so we could learn and grow from each other.
Stop comparing yourself (I am talking to myself as well). It will only bring you down. There are a lot of things in this life that will bring you down. Don't bring yourself down when there are so many other forces discouraging you.
When you start to think negatively about yourself, just stop it. I know there are negative patterns of thinking, but stop those negative patterns. Instead of thinking about all the reasons why you aren't good enough, think about why you are good enough.
Don't let the world tell you are not good enough. Maybe we should try to be like this little girl and have our daily affirmations.
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