I do not come across as shy...but I am. I started off by only inviting a few people that I trust to visit my website. It is a school project and one of the hardest I have experienced so far. Not building the website, although that was not easy. The hard part was overcoming my fear of being judged. I am posting this to social media at the last minute because I just could not convince myself to be exposed to the scrutiny of my peers. I believe they call it social anxiety. I am also a professional overthinker. The combination can make small things feel overwhelming. I subscribed to way too many sites to create posts for me, design my logo, track my progress...I didn't end up using any of it. It was such a waste of time. In the end, I just did it myself. I started with templates and then pretty much changed every aspect. So, what does any of this have to do with basketball? Well, it depends on your perspective.
To play basketball, you have to have mental toughness. I didn't have a clue what that meant or how to do it. As it turns out, the best way to build this trait is to be honest with yourself. Develop a sense of self-awareness. Well, I am uncomfortably aware of my social anxiety, how people will react, and how I will react. My fear of how people will react is probably misguided, but how I will react is something completely different. The first time I read something negative I can imagine feeling hurt, followed by hours of overthinking what I could have done differently. I have decided not to do that this time. Instead, I have decided to expose my mental toughness, also known as grit. I am choosing to persevere and show my passion for long-term success. That means learning how to overcome social anxiety by sharing my website and accepting whatever may come from this journey away from fear.
To everyone who is kind enough to visit my site and read this post, thank you. Every time you click one of my links or visit one of my pages, it improves my ability to analyze how I can improve. Not only my website, but my grit.
God bless.
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