You know yourself, then you don’t. You go about with so much confidence, then you lose it. Walk scared. Walk like you don’t know where you’re going. You see it, I know you see it. You watch as it happens again and think to yourself, “what if it played out differently this time?”. The “what if”feels like a gut punch. It’s a confirmation that you don’t believe in yourself like you say you do. You say that no matter what, you’ll figure it out. Right now you’re hoping that one day it magically works out. Maybe it is magic, because the moment it actually works out, is the moment you decide to change. Right then and there magic happens, you become a brand new person. In the blink of an eye you’re new. Your issue is you’re waiting for the applause, but nobody cares that you did what you’re supposed to do.
Doubt has a clever way of disguising itself as thoughtfulness, but really it’s hesitation hiding behind fear. One minute you’re certain of who you are, the next you’re spiraling in a loop of “what if.” That moment of hesitation reveals the truth — you don’t yet believe fully in the self you’re building. But the shift isn’t gradual; the real transformation always happens in an instant. The second you decide you’ve had enough, everything changes. There’s no applause for it, no fireworks — just the quiet power of finally meaning it. And in that silence, you become someone new.
