MY INTERNAL CRITIC HAS A NAME — AND SHE NEVER SLEEPS__WEEK308

Hey Ladies 💛

For this week's Prompt 1, let me be honest....

Yes, I have an internal critic... and she is LOUD.

Her favorite phrase?
"Who do you think you are? You are not good enough."

That line plays in my head almost every day. When I want to post on Hive, she says "your English is not fine." When I want to try a new business, she says "you will fail, better stay quiet." When I see other ladies winning, she says "see, they are better than you."

When does she speak the loudest?

At night. 2am. When everywhere is quiet. She reminds me of all my mistakes. And also anytime I want to do something big. Before I click "publish", my heart will beat fast because of her.

If my internal critic were a person, I know exactlyyy what she would look like.

She would be that strict aunty in our compound. You know that one — wrapper tied tight, glasses on her nose, hand on her waist, always frowning. She never smiles. She sits down, looks you up and down, and says "is that all you can do?"

Her personality? She is proud, harsh, and she never forgets...... She doesn't shout...... She whispers, but her whisper is heavier than shoutingg. She pretends she is protectingg me, but really she is holdingg me back.

But this year I am learning to answer her.

I now tell her: "I know you are scared, but we are trying anyway."

I am not perfect. I still hear her. But I no longer obey everything she says. I post the article. I make the Okpa. I show up.

Sis, do you have one too? What does yours say to you?

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