Conscious: fully aware of or sensitive to something
Confidence: belief in ones self, ones powers and abilities.
So I was nervous trying to figure out what my first entry should be. This is pretty intense. First impressions are very important! With that being said let's start with a little about myself so you can get to know the girl behind the words.
My name is Jessica. You can envision a big brown eyed, hair ever changing, bright smile, and on the shorter side of the 5 foot mark. I am a complete girlie girl. I am 23 and finding myself these days. I am hardly ever content with life, I'm always looking for more. I usually over analyze and question everything. Reason being I'm trying to find my way in this world and I'm always scared I am going to miss something. That is not necessarily a good thing I know, it often creates stress but hey that's me. In the past few years I have become true to myself. I am very much the same person with you as I am the next. I don't see the point in changing for people, you either love me or hate me. I have found that I love deep, sometimes too deep. Which I'm definitely getting into in the next few post to come. I am learning to not be so serious and be more playful. To take one day at a time, to be in the moment and not always concentrated on the future.That is so much easier said than done, but like I said I'm working on it.
Ever since I can remember I have had pretty good self esteem. That all has to do with how I was raised, my parents were always honest but encouraging to me. Yes I had my doubts and went through my awkward years but who hasn't? In school I was never the pretty girl, I was never the one with boyfriends. No, I was always just the one guys came to with there girl problems. To me at that time I thought my friends must have been prettier than me or skinnier than me. I never really understood why, and even though I would question it, and wonder why am not the one he has a crush on, in some way or another I still had a sense of confidence. Yes I know, that sounds like a bunch of in-securities but somehow or another it really won't. I like to think since high school I have made that transition from awkward but pretty into a beautiful young woman. I have come into my own, I now know that I am pretty, I have become the attractive one. I've learned to love my big brown eyes and know that you don't have to have blue eyes to be pretty, which is what I always thought. I am getting in shape as we speak, little things that use to bother me no longer do. My flaws for the most part I have accepted and know that they are what makes me, well me! Lets face it though, looks are only part of a person. I think when your not the one who's always been the prettiest you learn to be kind, encouraging, respectful, sweet and all that is what really makes you a beautiful person. Okay, okay I know how cliché, but how many people do you know that are extremely attractive to look at but there personality and attitudes are arrogant and they pride themselves in there looks alone. Then that makes them what? Ugly exactly. I think what I'm trying to get at here is my confidence comes from learning who I am, and knowing what I'm not. I don't try to be anything but myself. And that just happens to be a good hearted, sweet, always rooting for the underdog, respectful, kind girl. Now that I know who I am I don't need someone else's opinions or words to make me feel good and have confidence in myself. So enough about me for now let's concentrate on you for a moment.
So I was nervous trying to figure out what my first entry should be. This is pretty intense. First impressions are very important! With that being said let's start with a little about myself so you can get to know the girl behind the words.
My name is Jessica. You can envision a big brown eyed, hair ever changing, bright smile, and on the shorter side of the 5 foot mark. I am a complete girlie girl. I am 23 and finding myself these days. I am hardly ever content with life, I'm always looking for more. I usually over analyze and question everything. Reason being I'm trying to find my way in this world and I'm always scared I am going to miss something. That is not necessarily a good thing I know, it often creates stress but hey that's me. In the past few years I have become true to myself. I am very much the same person with you as I am the next. I don't see the point in changing for people, you either love me or hate me. I have found that I love deep, sometimes too deep. Which I'm definitely getting into in the next few post to come. I am learning to not be so serious and be more playful. To take one day at a time, to be in the moment and not always concentrated on the future.That is so much easier said than done, but like I said I'm working on it.
Ever since I can remember I have had pretty good self esteem. That all has to do with how I was raised, my parents were always honest but encouraging to me. Yes I had my doubts and went through my awkward years but who hasn't? In school I was never the pretty girl, I was never the one with boyfriends. No, I was always just the one guys came to with there girl problems. To me at that time I thought my friends must have been prettier than me or skinnier than me. I never really understood why, and even though I would question it, and wonder why am not the one he has a crush on, in some way or another I still had a sense of confidence. Yes I know, that sounds like a bunch of in-securities but somehow or another it really won't. I like to think since high school I have made that transition from awkward but pretty into a beautiful young woman. I have come into my own, I now know that I am pretty, I have become the attractive one. I've learned to love my big brown eyes and know that you don't have to have blue eyes to be pretty, which is what I always thought. I am getting in shape as we speak, little things that use to bother me no longer do. My flaws for the most part I have accepted and know that they are what makes me, well me! Lets face it though, looks are only part of a person. I think when your not the one who's always been the prettiest you learn to be kind, encouraging, respectful, sweet and all that is what really makes you a beautiful person. Okay, okay I know how cliché, but how many people do you know that are extremely attractive to look at but there personality and attitudes are arrogant and they pride themselves in there looks alone. Then that makes them what? Ugly exactly. I think what I'm trying to get at here is my confidence comes from learning who I am, and knowing what I'm not. I don't try to be anything but myself. And that just happens to be a good hearted, sweet, always rooting for the underdog, respectful, kind girl. Now that I know who I am I don't need someone else's opinions or words to make me feel good and have confidence in myself. So enough about me for now let's concentrate on you for a moment.
Are you confident? How
would you describe it? Are you just confident in your
looks? Work? What about love, are you confident in your relationships?
You may have read my title and thought "consciously confident.. That's
an oxymoron." I don't think so. I think its a brilliant way of looking
at life in all aspects. In order to be the best you can be and
successful you have to be confident in yourself, but being conscious of
the fact that your not the greatest thing God created there will always
be someone better. Its being conscious and not letting your confidence turn
into arrogance. I have found that confidence and arrogance easily get
mixed up. I once read this; confident people understand there are
people who are stronger in some aspects of life. They also know they
have weaknesses. Arrogant people yet similar neglect to acknowledge
their weaknesses and instead attempt to play up their strengths. Which
is caused by in-securities. So with a better understanding now, ask
yourself which one are you?
I have found in my whole 23 years of life that confidence gets you places. You have to have self esteem and believe in yourself. Because if you don't then no one else will. Its not about being good at everything. Its about being really good at one thing. Its not being the prettiest. Its being confident in your flaws and owning them. That is the key to being found attractive. Confidence I believe is like smiling, its contagious. People are drawn to confident people. I mean think about it, would you rather be around someone who knows who they are, who is confident in their abilities or be around the person who is always downing themselves, questioning everything and asking for everyone else's opinions and approval? Exactly. I guess my point with this blog is to just encourage you to be confident in your life. But do it consciously! Don't be the cocky know it all, nobody and I mean nobody likes a know it all. Be proud of who you are. Figure out why you were created. Find yourself and your place in this crazy world. That I think is the whole point in life. I can only speak from my own experiences in my blogs to come but I hope with each post I can brighten at least one persons day. Make you feel worth something, because you are. With all your baggage and all your flaws your still worth something. You deserve to be the best you that you can be and that you deserves the world!
I have found in my whole 23 years of life that confidence gets you places. You have to have self esteem and believe in yourself. Because if you don't then no one else will. Its not about being good at everything. Its about being really good at one thing. Its not being the prettiest. Its being confident in your flaws and owning them. That is the key to being found attractive. Confidence I believe is like smiling, its contagious. People are drawn to confident people. I mean think about it, would you rather be around someone who knows who they are, who is confident in their abilities or be around the person who is always downing themselves, questioning everything and asking for everyone else's opinions and approval? Exactly. I guess my point with this blog is to just encourage you to be confident in your life. But do it consciously! Don't be the cocky know it all, nobody and I mean nobody likes a know it all. Be proud of who you are. Figure out why you were created. Find yourself and your place in this crazy world. That I think is the whole point in life. I can only speak from my own experiences in my blogs to come but I hope with each post I can brighten at least one persons day. Make you feel worth something, because you are. With all your baggage and all your flaws your still worth something. You deserve to be the best you that you can be and that you deserves the world!
"Confidence it's what makes a girl sexy!"
"Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong."
"Confidence is freedom."
"I am not a has been, I am a will be."
"Self confidence is the difference between feeling unstoppable and feeling scared out of your mind. Your perception of yourself has an enormous impact on how others perceive you."
