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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Camilo, I relate so much to this! And I love the way you wrote it.

I do have conviction now but it's so recent. (thank you for the shoutout!!) I lacked conviction for most of my life! I can remember being in a similar place as you are now. It took fours years of weekly publishing to figure out what the heck I was doing, where I was going. But during those four years I really, truly followed the fun. I wrote about my struggles, I read books that lit me up, I watched documentaries that made me cry, I listened to endless podcasts. I didn't know where I was going but I believed in the direction I was going.... and I was having fun, waking up each morning, eager to get to my laptop and write.

For me, I also had to cut myself a lot of slack. I had nothing to show my family and friends during this time. Nothing to prove my worth as far as "being successful." I think the best thing I did during that time was just allow myself to learn. To be curious and excited about learning. To know that the conviction would come, eventually.

Conviction will come for you, too. You just have to keep moving. <3

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Rick Lewis's avatar

This is one of the best ways to describe authenticity I have seen. “authenticity made evident by the lack of tension between what you are doing and what you want to do.” I’m guessing it would be bad karma to steal your definition of authenticity and pass it off as my own. Though I’m pretty confident, I could do it without any tension.

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