For most of us, bungee jumping is a terrifying experience. We aspire to do it, we plan for it, we reach there but before the grand act, we panic.
This reminds me of the Impostor syndrome. Most of you must have heard about it at some point or other, and some of you must have experienced it. I don’t feel shameful to admit it — there have been times when I have wondered why I am doing something in a place where I don’t seem to belong. I want to focus on the situations where you begin to do something new and feel incompetent about it.
If you are always at the place where you belong and where you feel comfortable, growth will be limited. You will have to be in situations where you are not trained to be, and probably where you are not supposed to be - but you use that situation in favor of yourself by learning to survive that situation and eventually thrive. Sometime ago I realized I am not very good at writing, and I decided to force myself to write this blog and a few others. If I don’t write, how will I get better at it?
Even after convincing ourselves that the jump is going to be safe, we panic. Most of the time it is because we haven’t done it before and don’t know what we have in store, and because it is way out of our comfort zone. But we eventually do it and emerge out of it stronger. Similarly, when embarking on a new adventure, if you start to think you don’t belong there, just suck it up and do it. You will emerge stronger.
via MIND. IS BLOWN http://mindisblown.com/blog/2013/02/18/impostor-bungee-jumper/
