If anyone wanted to see my process for the last sketch I did  <3

I had a lot of fun drawing this and listening to Amen by Amber Run

Self doubt. Everyone has it and no one wants it. Where does it come from and how do you dispel yourself from it?

Doubt in the mind hinders any and all progress. Its job is to eat at you until you become complacent to not want to rid yourself of it. 

Doubt will start as small as a seed. A person makes a snarky comment, someone indiscreetly makes a judgmental look, someone asks probing, personal questions without prompt. This thought that lingers takes root and grows until it’s unable to be removed by hand. That’s when you realize you have a problem.

Where did this doubt come from? Certainly from these people making these remarks!

What if I told you YOU created this doubt? Would it anger you? Would it make you say “certainly not! These people did this to me!”?

Yes... those people did make you feel that way. But... you also didn’t do anything to stop those thoughts.

Today’s society is based on other’s approval. It’s based on constant gratification, approval, and feedback to the point that we don’t give ourselves feedback, gratification, or approval. Because if we can’t audibly hear it from another person why should we trust ourselves? We were never the voice of positivity. Someone else was.

While there are outside factors to your doubt, always remember you will always have the final say if it sticks its seeds into the soil of your mind. Or you can weed it out.

How do we overcome this doubt? Start small. Take something that your doubt constantly tells you you’re not good at. Start at step one even if you’re currently at step 100. With each attempt at this particular step, tell yourself good job for completing it then to try a different approach. If your doubt tries to creep in assure yourself it’s not because it’s wrong, it’s to find the approach easiest to YOU specifically. Everyone knows you spell “eat” as e a t. But you can’ also spell it as “eet”, “eit”, and “ete”. Just because you don’t spell it like everyone else means it’s wrong...

Build your confidence. Enjoy your own approval.