BOLD

Positivity and Optimism

• “Be positive. Your mind is more powerful than you think. What is down in the well comes up in the bucket. Fill yourself with positive things.” – Tony Dungy

I am writing this from a place of excitement and anxiety and a whole lot more of a euphoric feeling. I planned on sharing my burnouts this week but somehow, I took a bold step, everything transformed, and here I am about to share a whole different thing. (I have great news to share)

“Life does take a twist” It takes less than an hour for your entire life and reasoning to change. Same for me. It takes less than a minute from being on a bench in a game to having to replace a player on the pitch.

Even shorter time to make a decision that changes your life. Maybe a little splice of being bold can do the trick.

A meaning I derived from the long definition of the dictionary for BOLD is “Fearless before Danger”. I’ve always been lucky enough to avoid danger, I’ve jumped out of a moving vehicle going to fall off a bridge - I made it out alive. I’ve witnessed a building raze down before help could come. When it comes to anything life-endangering, I’ve been lucky enough to avoid anything that could potentially harm me especially if I know beforehand. 

Fear does seep the joy of life out of us. The fear of people judging me, the fear of not being enough, the fear of failing, the fear of being ridiculed, the fear of losing, the fear of… what and what and what. We are constantly worried about our fears that we start to lose touch with ourselves and draw limits.

• While it seems like there are not so many dangers, we all have a lot of fears.
  

Our fears are sometimes disguised and presented as anxiety, depression, and any other tachycardic psychological expressions. Our fears could be the pressures of social engagements, the stress of attending classes, the most terrifying moments of exams, and the impact of student involvement all tied together with the terrifying concept of my future that makes Medical school such a terrifying place.

Our fears lead us to set boundaries and limits for ourselves. A complacent way of not having to face our fears is building a huge bridge to serve as our boundaries and then we call it “My limit”. 

Writing has always been something I enjoy doing. I once had the opportunity to work with an amazing writer sometimes during the year and he said, “I’m scared of how much you will charge”. He didn’t know this was what I loved doing. He was surprised to realize I had told the team head I wouldn’t mind if I wasn’t getting paid. I just wanted to be a part of the team because I ultimately had a fear, the fear of not being good enough to be a part of that team. The acceptance into the team broke my limitations.

My life gradually took a turn from the usual bore due to the limits I drew for myself. For every situation, I had put a benchmark on myself which I must not cross over or do more than. I buried myself, sank deep into the waters and you can barely see my ripples. I had limits but my subconscious had always wanted more, it wanted to be bold.

Realizing that what I wanted is to be bold, outspoken, and more confident, I created my definition for it and stuck with it. I created an ideology that in whatever I do, positivity and optimism should be high up the board while other supporting adjectives follow. Zero pessimism. I’m not saying there aren’t skeptical moments but I let go of the “what ifs” and just do my thing. 

Forging ahead of the altschmerz that has developed over time from constant fear.

This is my definition of being bold, not exactly what it means and it won’t necessarily heal every fear.

But isn’t every step a move?

A positive mentality changes how you see everything and your reaction to life in general. As cliche as this might sound, positivity is contagious. Positivity creates momentum to ride on in every clumsy loggerhead situation. 

Positivity will give you the confidence to walk up to your long-time crush across the room and express how you feel notwithstanding the response you get. You already have a mindset that answers “yes” prior.

When I see a network opportunity — what's wrong with taking that chance? Nothing! You never know the connections you can create by putting yourself out there because you have the power of creating a good fortune. 

This is the point where I share the great news I’ve been hoarding since the beginning of this piece.

Well, I am currently running for the post of EDITOR-IN-CHIEF for my department. It’s something I have always wanted. As someone that enjoys being a scrivener. I just feel like this is a good chance to use these skills for myself and my department as a whole.

There are still the elections so I’m at the campaign level but POSITIVITY and OPTIMISM all the way!!!! 

Well, thank you all for your support already, and thanks for reading this post. Make sure to subscribe, like, comment and share. 

If you are in my department, make sure to repost my campaign poster whenever you see it and tell a friend to tell a friend too.

Thank you.

Yours,

Adetutu Trisha❤️