Why I Need To Overcome Self-Doubt and Stop Expecting A Disaster

I’m going through a strange time at the moment.

After over 20 years of working a 9–5 role and to someone else schedule, I now decide my own hours and what I need to achieve that day and it’s taken a bit of getting used to.

I’ve been doing some work for a small building company 2 days a week and I really enjoy it. As well as writing content for their social media & website, I’m doing quite a bit of admin.

It’s very flexible and it took me a while to get my head around the fact that I don’t “have” to be at my desk at 9 am.

This week was super busy so we decided that rather than work 2 full days a week, I would work a couple of hours each day and it’s working well so far. I just now have to get used to working this way instead.

I was speaking to some friends this week about my freelancing and I am finding it weird to talk about it like it’s not actually me I’m talking about. It doesn’t feel real and if I’m honest I’m experiencing a bit of imposter syndrome.

I am spending a lot of time reminding myself that I can write, I have been writing all of my life and I have been writing my blog for 6 years. But as always, when things are going well for me, self-doubt creeps in and I sometimes panic that my happy little bubble is going to burst.

But I am going to keep working hard on both myself, my business (it feels so weird to even…