“Being told we cannot draw is the first step to telling people that no, they are not as competent as they believe themselves to be. Once you can convince a human being they cannot draw, you can convince them of mostly anything.

Someone is benefitting from making you believe you are incompetent and it is not you.”

This piece – “How to draw an orange” – from Mike Monteiro’s Good News really, really resonated with me, and not just because I’ve literally got a painting of oranges on my wall. I know that I’m my own worst critic, and I know that it’s held me back from doing things in the past. Someone reached out to me with an opportunity recently, and I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that they think I’m qualified for it. I’m a grown-ass, competent woman, and I can do this.