Hey world, I'm back. It's been a little bit since I wrote. Honestly, a lot of life has happened and I think I've been having a hard time dealing with it all. But we can break that down in another post. Confidence. Such a seemingly surface level phenomena, isn't it? People comment on it similar to the trait of being beautiful. "That girl is SO confident!" And she probably is. But what about those girls who used to spill over with confidence. Those who have had their sparkles dulled? What if I told you I'm one of those girls? The other day I asked my now fiancé ( one of those big life changes happening) does he remember me being more confident? What he said broke my heart. He went on to tell me that the girl he met used to be fearless. She used to be a go getter. She would never let anyone tell her she couldn't, whether that be at work or at the gym. She got shit DONE. She HANDLED her business. ..I remember her too. Then I thought back to the last
“Confidence is not what we’ve been told it is. Despite everything we’ve been told, confidence does not come from the experience of winning. True confidence comes from knowing you can give your absolute best effort in any given moment. Wheelhouse workout? Hell yeah. Workout full of weaknesses? Let’s f*ckin go. Never done this before in your life? I’ll figure it out. Confidence is being in complete control of how you respond to your circumstances, no matter what’s thrown at you. Do your circumstances influence your attitude and effort? Or can you perform to your potential anytime, anywhere, on any playing field? That’s confidence. And it’s a superpower.” - Christine Bald, CompTrain1 I read this blog that Ben Bergeron and his team put out after the first workout of The Open was released. The story was focused on Katrin Davisdottir and Brooke Wells going after their second attempt of 20.1. The post talked about their mindset of heading into the first redo of the season, mentioning