Steemit Engagement Challenge S3-W2: I love myself to the moon and back by @olabillions

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Good day from this angle of the world, I hope you all are doing good in your daily activities, I wish y'all good health and success in anything you lay your hands on.

This evening I deem it fit to participate in the contest challenge and I am here to pen a piece to the contest in the steem for better life community.

What are the doubts you have (can be personal or related to Steemit)

I believe as a human, it is normal to have doubt, my guess though, but there is a lot of doubt occupying me in my thought which often win against my actions.

I have lived a life of many doubts I must say, doubts in education and doubts in the real life, life has a lot of challenges and it often tests our patience and honesty.

In recent days, I have had doubts about my life, precisely what my future holds, and if I can be successful. The current situation in Nigeria is something to look into, as such I wonder if, with this economy, I can become what I had dreamed or planned to become.

This situation keeps me in deep thinking as to when or how long will I be in the condition of financial instability, today am good with cash, tomorrow am on a zero account, and this continues till now which bothers me and put doubt in me, and doubt and fear are like brothers because doubt will put fear in you.

Doubt will take a toll on your thinking and fear will make you shiver on several occasions, I had a lot of doubt as a content writer, and one of my greatest doubts which brings a big fear in me is when I look at other publications which should motivate me, but unfortunately I often get demotivated when I compare the value of my content to others.

Although I can write to some extent, but a boss will recognize the real boss when posts are published, another doubt related to steemit is that if I can attain the height of some influencial users on this platform with good steem power, although they have worked hard and tirelessly to get to that position but there in the doubt, I wonder if can work as hard as they have done to get to that level of being a visible across communities.

What can you do to overcome these doubts

Presently, my doubt is being worked on, when I have doubt about my future about how and when I will become more successful in life.

I take a recap of where I was years ago and where I am currently.

That thought alone erases all of my doubt seeing that I am moving forward not too fast and not too slow, but in the right direction, with one step at a time, this often cancels my doubt and calm my nerves, as such I give thank to God for my current position and keep up with the hard work and I am certain grace will follow me.

As a steemian who wants to be influential on the platform, I have set schedules which in the current time have been effective, thanks to the initiative of the steemit team, it serves as a help to become more visible on the platform.

I know this doesn’t make me influential yet, but I have learned to take things step by step and with full prowess, I know I am on the path of being influential and this has led to several benefits recently that I have not tasted in several months ago.

To become influential, i have to become a good writer, and now I give my all in my publications as such i don't compare my publications with others anymore and instead of being demotivated, it motivates me more to do better than previous and now,

I learn from these writers to the extent that I use some of their words in my content in my way.

In general, I overcome my doubts by action, whatever I doubt I put it into action in the sense that, if I doubt getting to the stage of dolphin in the next 3 months, then I work toward achieving a dolphin in the next 2 months by making it compulsory to achieve that doubt.

By triggering my doubt I have been able to accomplish some doubts and if I couldn't, the effort counts.

When you look at people beyond you remember that there are also people below you, in any position we are in life we are always in the middle.

What makes you love yourself

A lot makes me love myself, and as such, I can't love myself less, I put too much effort, and sacrifice to become who I am today, and it is natural to love oneself, I do good and assist people,

Showing love without expectation in return, we owe people the least by showing love and care, giving affection, and showing kindness to people within our reach.

These are attributes that complete me, and by doing all these I feel fulfilled and I do all with joy, love, and zero expectations, sometimes people use such opportunities to use me, but I still never stop doing what I love to do.

In addition to what makes me love myself is that when I set goals I make sure to achieve them, I know it will not be easy, but I am always well prepared for the next challenge.

What must you do to prioritize your happiness and well-being

My happiness and well-being are priorities in my life, being happy comes with satisfaction from our inner self and to have such feelings there must be some certain thing you have done, I love being myself, not too engage with people, believe me, with the right resources and groceries, I can stay indoor alone for long as long as the resources are still serving me.

I don't allow people to get to my mental state which could affect my well-being, I do me always, by this I do what makes me happy, by fulfilling an obligation and surrendering myself to the Almighty, who has given us all without anything in return, and who are we to expect anything when we do good?

What are things that make me happy, success, achievement, being around loved ones, being good and kind to people, neighbors, the community at large, eating good food, listening to music, completing a post on Steemit, winnings, and many positive things that mankind can think of which make humans happy?

We might have lost some opportunities because of doubt and fear but the sun shining is still enough to dry our cloth.

It is relevant to know that doubt will always come with fear but when we trigger our doubt and put it aside we would be amazed at what we can become.

I would like to know what were your doubt growing up.

I would like to invite @emmy7924 @safemoontech52 @kay-owobia @zormar21 @jyoti-thelight @noelisdc @josepha @zormar21 @noha26 @eliany @mile16 to participate in this contest.