My Imposter Syndrome

"They're going to realize I'm useless"
"Anyone else could do this better than me"
"I'm only here because of luck"
"I'm not cut out for this"
"I'm a fraud"

What you see above is a small sample of the thoughts that run through my head every single day.

And they don't strike during a moment of drama or an existential crisis. They come while I'm working, sitting in a meeting, or working on a personal project. It's as if my brain were programmed to send me daily notifications reminding me that I don't know how to do anything.

I would love for what you're about to read to be some incredible story about how I've managed to overcome it.

But it's not.

I think I've just learned to live with it. To recognize the voice when it appears, to not let it completely paralyze me, and to keep doing my thing even while it lingers in the background.

I suppose the takeaway is that you don't have to feel ready to keep doing things.