Previously, I wrote about the self-imposed stress that I had put upon myself about trying to achieve something that I really wanted. Well the exam was Friday and thanks to modern technology I know the results already, and they are I passed the exam. I achieved my CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) and now know that if I put my mind to something, I can achieve it.
This certification has been a lot of hard work, but I put the effort into achieving it and after wanting to postpone the exam because I doubted myself, I pushed ahead and wrote it. Knowing that I did this has helped me see that I shouldn't doubt myself as much as I have in the past.
So now that I have achieved this, I am going to start thinking a little differently about things and I will know that if I put my mind to it, I can do it.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Dealing with self imposed stress
Like a lot of people, I put undo stress on myself. I am admitting this because this week I have been adding more and more stress for no real reason. I think part of it is because of writing a CAPM exam on Friday, I am starting to worry about the outcome. Last night, I hit the point of wanting to postpone the exam so that I didn't have to deal with the outcome this week. Basically, all I was going to do was postpone the outcome instead of facing it head on.
This morning I woke up feeling a lot better about things and realize that no matter what the outcome, at least I have given it my best try and that is all anyone can expect. Yes, anyone does include me now, instead of how I normally deal with things and forget to include me. Knowing that people are there to support me is helping because sometimes being your own worst enemy sure doesn't help. I am the one that questions if I am ready, while everyone else is saying that I know the material.
Facing things head-on instead of always questioning your ability is what I should do more often because I know I can do lots of things and will continue to do them. Now the challenge until the weekend is to try not to add any more stress to myself and know that what happens, happens.
Off to do some studying, but will not try and pack the brain too much today so that I can also take some time to relax and enjoy life.
This morning I woke up feeling a lot better about things and realize that no matter what the outcome, at least I have given it my best try and that is all anyone can expect. Yes, anyone does include me now, instead of how I normally deal with things and forget to include me. Knowing that people are there to support me is helping because sometimes being your own worst enemy sure doesn't help. I am the one that questions if I am ready, while everyone else is saying that I know the material.
Facing things head-on instead of always questioning your ability is what I should do more often because I know I can do lots of things and will continue to do them. Now the challenge until the weekend is to try not to add any more stress to myself and know that what happens, happens.
Off to do some studying, but will not try and pack the brain too much today so that I can also take some time to relax and enjoy life.
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