There is one thing in this life that I can’t stress the importance of enough and that is the belief in yourself and the belief that you are capable of achieving many great things. The thing is greatness is truly in all of us, just the majority of us have not realized that yet and many of us never will until it is to late. The problem is that if you do not realize your full potential life is simply going to pass you by, you blink and it is gone in an instant, and your legacy nothing. The reality is that we should all be trying to create a lasting legacy on this planet, we should all be striving to leave our mark and we are all capable of doing so. For years I have doubted myself, at times I have devalued what I have to offer and I never believed I was good at anything, even though for years people have told me I am exceptional at writing- I could never see it. I was always afraid to put myself out there due to possible rejection or the thought of public humiliation, it was always something I enjoyed but it was for me and I never believed that another human being could actually enjoy my work. For years I felt like this, this mentality even moved over to my career choices. I managed to get my self stuck in an endless loop of Fast Food managerial positions, which never made me happy. The reason for this is that I was scared, scared to try anything new, I knew I was good at working in food so I stuck it out, I lost faith that I could do anything else with my life and just began to settle for mediocrity, I began to not value myself, I was trapped and my mentality had locked me in this metaphorical prison, bouncing job to job with no real purpose in my life. I am sad to say though that up until now I am still working in Fast Food and I am still miserable, the difference is now though that I have changed my mindset and I am breaking free.

Over the years I have realized that you have to truly believe in yourself because in this world the only person who is going to look out for you is yourself. My passion has always been writing, I believe that language and writing are the two greatest inventions that we have come up with, they are a foundation of almost every society on the planet and are incredibly important to the way the majority of people on the planet live. For years I wanted to be the best writer I could be but I never believed I was good enough and I never believed for a second that anybody would take my work seriously and honestly it is that train of thought that has held me back for many years.

Now my mindset has gone completely the opposite direction, I now live in the belief that I am the best writer that has ever lived. This opinion probably sounds kind of conceited but I assure you that it is not. You see the statement that I am the best may not be true, many of you will disagree with me and I would expect nothing less as that is the way that it should be. You should always strive to be the best at whatever you are doing and if you do not live in the belief that you are the best then what you are doing is probably not the right choice for you. Self belief should be the biggest driving force in your life, it should be the reason you get up every day, it should guide your life and forge your destiny and you should channel it to give yourself the best life possible. Living with a lack of self belief is something that a lot of us suffer with, it holds many of us back so I am here to tell anybody that has taken time out to read this that you can achieve your dreams, whatever they may be; you just need to believe in yourself and keep on pushing forward. It is also important to not care what other people think of you, people can be cruel for no reason and the world is not always fair. Some people may be jealous of what you have to offer and may cut you down, some may just take pleasure in making your lives a misery but all you can do is rise above that and keep on being yourself because at the end of the day your life is short and is yours alone. If you do not do things for yourself you will die with regret. For now I am going to go an live out my dreams and I implore you to do the same, I am off to be the best writer. This blog will act as my canvas and I will write for myself but if someone else happens to enjoy what I have to offer, then that is just a bonus. I intend to use this blog to convey my thoughts, you may disagree with me sometimes and you might even think I waffle but this is for me and this is my legacy and if you only take one thing from this; take forward the fact that you must possess self belief and you must live your dreams for that is what gives life meaning.