Seizing the Moment

  I use to be the girl hiding in the corner at children's party, the girl that when the other kids from school would see her and wave would hide behind her Mum. As I grew up I was the girl too scared to ask someone for a job, that girl who was too scared to speak over the phone or learn to drive. I was the girl who was too scared to tell the person I went on to marry and have a child with that I liked them. What I'm trying to say is I was the girl with no self confidence. The over-shy girl. I don't know why I was that girl.. Looking back I had no real reason to be. 

   I'm not that girl anymore. I recognised my lack of confidence and decided to do something about it, I took a job that was an hour away from home and where I spoke on the phone every single day. The job I joined forced me to become more confident. 
    Since having Ethan I have found an all new confidence, I'll call it 'Mummy confidence'. Having him in my life and with me forces me to do things I'd never usually do i.e stick at blogging and attend things like a post-natal group. Being a Mum really has changed my confidence levels. I'm not going to pretend that I'm Mrs. Confident, I still have moments of shyness and days that I lack self confidence but on the whole I'm pleased with where I'm at.
    This new confidence of mine has taught me something -  it's taught me to 'seize the moment'. And by that I mean go for things that perhaps I would have let pass me by previously. Say 'yes' to things rather than 'no'. Be bold and ask- if you don't ask you don't get. Believe in myself and know my worth. Talk to people. Be spontaneous. Take a chance. Stop caring what people think and just be me. But most of all - know that there's no such thing as 'But I can't'... 
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