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Tag Archives: self esteem
Being Human
The inadequacy I feel is crushing. I can’t believe I am here. How did I even get here? I know the various traumas. I feel like a broken recorder. No one likes to hear complaints. Well perhaps you won’t mind … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Midlife Musings, Singapore Living, When Work Sucks
Tagged feelings, Life, Low confidence, personal, self esteem, shame
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Paralysed by Fear
In my head I know all the right steps to take, but I am paralysed by fear. Fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of not being good enough. I know I shouldn’t care because what could be the worse … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged 7 million, doubt, ego, failure, fear, paralysed, self esteem, success, thoughts
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What Were You Sure of as a 6 Year Old?
It’s sad that life beats us down and we don’t have the confidence we were born with. Was feeling introspective the other day and wrote this. Please indulge me. Always eager to hear your thoughts.
Posted in Midlife Musings, White as Milk
Tagged childhood, children, confidence, negative nelly, personal, self esteem, self fulfilling prophesies, self-fulfilling, thoughts
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Were Things Really Better in the Old Days?
Wrote more about my childhood. Hope you will like the post I wrote some time ago and will share your thoughts too. In all honesty, still feeling really down and finding it tough to write about temporarily happy occasions. Been … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, White as Milk
Tagged abuse, better, child, childhood, modern, Nostalgia, old days, self esteem, Singapore, Today
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Hollow
I don’t even hope for happiness. All I hope for is peace of mind and no more of this zero self esteem. It has plummeted so low and I feel like a total failure. I just have to keep writing … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged anxiety, burden, depression, fear, feeling, hollow, low, sadness, self esteem, worry, worthless
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10 Things I Wish Singapore Job Interviewers Would Not Do
{via ca4it} After reading this post about how applying for a job in Singapore can be draining, by the always brilliant Orange Foam Finger, it triggered off some of my suppressed feelings about the whole job interview process. Never wanted … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged 10 things, application, Bullies, bully, confidence, hell, job, job interviewers, job interviews, mean, nightmare, no respect, resume, rude, self esteem, Singapore, sucks
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I Don’t Want to Disappoint my Six Year Old Self
My bursting with confidence, six year old self, if she had the chance to meet the 40 year old me that’s plagued with self doubt would say, “You’re a writer. You love words and illustrations, remember?”. I finally need to … Continue reading →