I’ve never had a surplus of self-confidence. I assume this is apparent to the astute observer or anyone who’s gotten to know me somewhat well. It’s not that I can’t function, or even summon the chutzpah to tackle some challenge, or project, but I’ve always had to deal with a sense of inferiority or some such thing. The way this manifests itself is in my hesitancy to try anything at which I might fail, for fear of looking impotent and stupid, for fear of being called out for not knowing something that should somehow have been common knowledge by now.
There often seems to be some mountain to climb.
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