LOH#.....Breaking free.

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Hello everyone, welcome to my blog.

The ladies of hive community posed two options for us to choose from and I will be choosing the second prompt that states

"Everyone has something they would like to change about themselves, what is that one thing you'd like to change about yourself,"

I like this prompt very much because it has to do with personality. It is said that our personalities define who we are and I have come to agree with it.

As I reflect on my personality, I have come to realize that shyness is a trait I would like to change. Shyness can be a significant obstacle that hinders personal and professional growth.

Shyness starts from fear of judgment, rejection or embarrassment. It manifests in social situations, making it challenging to connect with others, share ideas and take risks.

Shyness affect various aspects of my life. Like in social relationship, making it difficult for me to connect and communicate with others and feeling isolated in some areas because I will not be able to speak up where necessary.

Another thing I have come to realize about shyness is, it makes me miss opportunities. Failing to share ideas and losing potential connections in the process. At times I might have what to say that might help me but the fear in me will not let me do so. Shyness is not a good trait in human life because it brings about resentment, bottling up feelings that might lead to frustration.

It is this trait that limit personal growth, not allowing self expression and hindering confidence. It brings about self doubt, not having confidence in oneself, having to depend on someone else before thing could be done.

I am working on how to overcome this trait in my life by building self-confidence, trying to face my challenges than running from them. Also stepping out of my comfort zones, trying to communicate with people around me. Practicing active listening and being assertive in all I do.

Shyness is something that can destroy one’s life because there are places you would have to speak up but would not be able to. So this is one of the traits I would want to change in my life so that I will not miss great or potential opportunities in life.

Thank you all for reading.

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As beautiful and amazing all humans seem to appear. There's always a part of themselves they would really want to change, only if they have the power to do so.
I admire your zeal to wanting to be more self-confidence and facing challenges head on, instead of running from them.
Great write up. Well done

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I feel like the world is designed in a way that forces shy people to fit in. It's hard because, as you say, shyness stops opportunities ☹️
!LADY

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Shyness is not all bad and you can grow out of it. All you need is practice. You can try talking in front of a mirror or better still, break out of your comfort zone and make friends by fire by force😁😁

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Being shy can have an advantage but to get out of it, please out more, make new friends and take up challenges. Nice write up.

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I remember one time when I wanted to apply for a federal government grant, but because of fear and shyness, I went to cafe to do the registration. the cafe guy was just shouting at me for no reason, this is something I could do on my phone myself, but because of shyness I was embarrassed, since from that day, I took away everything called shy from my body and today people come to me to apply grant for them. You can change yourself, remember determination lead to success. Thanks for sharing.

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