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My Self-Consciousness Is Small Next to What I Could Tell You

I am self-conscious about how I look and sound on camera. But watching someone dig for years and stop a foot short of the gold is harder to live with.

September 15, 20263 min read

I am self-conscious too.

About how I look, about my health at the moment. On camera it is not my best image, not as attractive as I would like, and my voice is not what I would like either.

But something outweighs it

I was talking with a friend recently and realised: my self-consciousness is nothing next to wanting to help people with what I know.

When you know things that could help someone earn more, be healthier, spend more time with their family. When you know how to help someone learn English, communicate well, go abroad, open doors that were closed.

One image stays with me

It is like watching people digging for gold who are a foot short. Two more strikes and they would reach it, after years of swinging the pick.

If I do not tell them, that sits badly with me.

So

That is why I set aside the worries about appearance, about my voice, about all of it, and share more.

If there is something you are hesitant about that you know you should do, try weighing it: how heavy is your hesitation, and how heavy is what you are withholding from other people?