How do you know what is “enough”?
How do I know I’ve done enough? That I am enough? That this is enough?
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These were the questions that started pinging my inbox, one by one, when I shared some prompts and thoughts about the inner critic on my Instagram recently, eventually turning into a steady flood.
I had done a poll on what course folks wanted me to create next, and had thrown in a course on the inner critic almost as an afterthought.
It got almost three times as many votes as any of the other options.
Intellectually, of course, I know that people struggle with inner critics but I hadn’t realized it was so prevalent amongst my audience. (I’m not sure why, since my journey with my inner critic has been a defining part of my life, but sometimes I miss this stuff in others.)
