I just submitted my DMN column. Whew. It was due today. Naturally, I am now drenched in sweat. Literally. It's not pretty. Every time I submit something, I have to go through the obligatory self-loathing and panic just to appease the Gods of Humility or something. I guess I will never be a hilariously confident person. I've decided that is something you have to learn as a child.
But it is better to be under-confident than overconfident because it is less likely to land you in jail. For example, if you try to rob the restaurant where you work as a cook and your only disguise is one leg of a pantyhose jammed over your head, they will probably recognize you no matter how confident you are, and put you in jail. + Disclaimer: this example is purely hypothetical. Any resemblance to the antics of a family member of mine is coincidental.
And who likes confident people, anyhow? They're so predictable and boring. My new goal is to be confidence neutral. I may be inching closer, based on my slightly-less-diffuse sweat levels compared with the last column.
Manna
Lord,
give
me
eyes
to
see
the
beauty
in
nature
and
me.
-Kimberly Laustsen 2013
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