A Rant on Confidence
I was always taught to have confidence, but isn’t every child told that at one point? Anyways, I probably did not have much of this from my birth to around Sophmore year.
Since I was still in the pre mature growing stages, there were many things I was insecure about. I’m not going to go into details because I’m sure it’ll bore you.
I guess my definition for confidence has always been the way you carry yourself. And I don’t think I can stress how important it is with my state of being right now (It’s 11:53 and I can’t really think). Confidence is very powerful in the sense that it has the ability to attract others to you. Men and women often say they look for confidence in the opposite or same-sex when searching for a partner. It’s kind of obvious if someone doesn’t have confidence and I’m not saying it’s unattractive but it’s not attractive either (And I don’t mean attractive in a “Oh he/she’s cute” kind of way).
But to those of you who don’t have much confidence, I’m sure it will come sooner or later. I don’t know if it was soon or late for me because I don’t know the statistics of how early someone gains confidence. Regardless, I think it is important to look at all the things you are good at. It doesn’t matter how small or big the subject at hand is because that is a minor problem. If you’re great at AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Literature, AP Chemistry and AP Calculus BC when you’re a junior, that’s wonderful. And if you’re great at uncovering an apple without disconnecting the peel, that’s great too.
It’s good to believe in yourself, because you are one of the many things in life that are worth it.
