Impostor Syndrome

I wrote this a month ago and I quite like it.

Despite feeling like shit, feeling like I was a fraud, and feeling like I took a step back on my own mental progress at that time, I recognized the truth.

I know deep down I actually took a new step forward and that my misstep showed me a new personal solution to honestly a brand new problem/feeling.

This is great because it will help me avoid this problem in the future and my new realization that “screwing up less” should be taken as a win, well that will help me move forward, throughout my life.

Now does this mean the knot in my stomach sucked any less? Not really. But it did help me consider that life is a long-term game, and I have felt way worse.

Also writing as an exercise to cope with mental anguish I have found really works for me. Why? Well because that message above was way more accurate than the bullshit that was spinning around in my head at that time and between writing this newsletter and calling my Mom I felt a lot better. LOL!

So coming off of another moment of being reminded I’m humbly human.

Here is what I learned and what I want to share with you🤓

Ever heard of impostor syndrome?

Ever been called a perfectionist?

Did you know that perfectionism is a subcategory of impostor syndrome? Along with 4 other types BUAHAHHA 😈

Isn’t human psychology wonderful?

HERE is a quick article on the 5 categories of Impostor Syndrome.

Of the impostor syndromes in that article I would say I
💡Was the Superwoman/man in my late 20s
💡Felt like the Natural Genius impostor when I went to University
💡Definitely felt like the Expert impostor when I trained my first client
💡Recently found out that this year I have become the Soloist impostor

and I have always been a Perfectionist.

So yeah after finding this article and realizing impostor syndrome is something that I have struggled with and is currently my main struggle. Having words to define my feelings and something further to explore has already helped me feel just a bit better.

Maybe this 💡AHA Moment can help do that for you too :)

Your Coach,

Connor

Also, I wrote this entire newsletter spelling impostor… imposture before realizing I was wrong. Wow Connor could you be any more of an impostor writer c’mon!

😉Watch that self talk folks!