Interesting conversation in the Workshop today about impostor syndrome. I often articulate that I don't feel impostor syndrome, NOT because I feel like an expert, but because I don't like the assumption that I should always be questioning my place or seat at the table.

I feel like there is an odd implication that if you don't feel impostor syndrome, you're cocky or conceited. Impostor syndrome is about feeling like a fraud and undeserving/unworthy of success or opportunities. We should stop assuming that everyone feels that way or needs to!

It's OK to take pride in your work! Whose standards are we trying to meet? Who set those standards? Why do we uphold those as the standards in the first place? I think regularly evaluating those is important for creatives.

Every time I write something, I absolutely go through the phase of feeling like it's hot garbage. But I still know that the stories I want to tell are worth telling! And I hope you know that yours are, too!

The moral of the story here may be that I'm simply too stubborn to let people tell me how I should feel about my own creativity, haha. Sometimes it's a matter of faking it til you make it!

Feeling impostor syndrome is very normal, but you have permission to believe in yourself.