You know what it’s like.
There’s some goal you want to achieve but you just don’t think you can.
You think of every reason and excuse under the sun. You think of all the what ifs and fears and doubts. You latch onto that feeling of anxiety.
You just think you can’t do it.
But you’re stronger and more capable than you think.
You can break through the “I can’t” and turn it to an “I can”
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So there is an important distinction that needs to be made…
Self-doubt vs confidence.
These are NOT two sides of the same coin – even though there is a fair amount of literature out there that suggests they are.
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What comes first – bravery or action?
So often in our heads we think we need to be brave or confident before we can take action – I need to be more confident before I ask that person out on a date; I need to be brave/confident before I go for my dream job or start a business; I need to be brave before I can speak out on these controversial topics.
If we think like this we start looking for answers outside ourselves, we start looking for what can make us brave or more confident.
Like, a new lipstick will make me feel confident. More research and experience will make me feel brave and so on.
But it doesn’t work like this.
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So my fiance Mark only went and self-published an e-book on our experience sailing around the coast of Great Britain earlier this year.
It’s titled – A Voyage Around Britain in a small Yacht: A true and honest log of two everyday people sailing around the UK.
I’m incredibly excited and proud!
Of course I’m biased but even with my former magazine editor hat on I can say it’s a great little read (even if there is the odd typo).
When we first announced we were going to sail around Great Britain, I was surprised that quite a few people said to me they, or someone they knew, had always dreamed of doing that but they didn’t know how to approach it or they were worried about certain aspects, like sailing around Cape Wrath.
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“If only I didn’t doubt myself then I’d be able to walk the length of New Zealand.”
That’s what I told myself over and over again when I was “trying to find” the courage to take on the adventure.
I thought my self-doubt was holding me back, stopping me in my tracks, and pointing to a belief that I just wasn’t good enough.
I finally got to the point where this thinking was driving me crazy and somewhere inside me wanted to prove it was all wrong. I’d put off doing the walk for three years, too consumed with self-doubt.
Enough was enough!
But my self-doubt didn’t vanish.
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I don’t consider myself especially brave.
Yet I’ve been called that a lot recently.
It all started with my solo trek down the length of New Zealand.
But I definitely didn’t feel brave when I stood at the northern tip of New Zealand about take the first step.
In fact, I was a total bundle of nerves and riddled with self-doubt and fear. I’d never done anything like this before. Who was I to think I could walk 3,000km (1,864 miles)?
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Almost four months on a cosy 28-foot boat with the love of your life, dealing with temperamental weather and an ocean as changeable as a teenager’s mood swings is one of those experiences that make you look at life and your place in it.
I don’t know if I’d go as far to say I’m stronger or that it was a transformational experience – during the sail I often compared to my 3,000km (1,864 miles) walk down the length of New Zealand, which really did change me as a person – but the sailing challenge made me sit up.
These are some of the things I learnt.
Continue reading“So, how are you feeling about your big sailing adventure?”
That’s the question I’ve been getting as the countdown to the start date of the big sail around Great Britain gets closer – just nine sleeps now!
And my answer?
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Four months with my partner Mark on a small boat, sailing approximately 2,000 miles clockwise around the coast of Great Britain.
Think wildlife, cute coves, spectacular sunrises and stunning sunsets, picture postcard views of the dramatic British coast, four months off work.
What’s there to worry about?
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Under three weeks until my partner Mark and I set off sailing clockwise around Great Britain.
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Katrina Megget 