Can I get a pep talk please?

[OneRedSandal]

Today is day 2 of a training course I'm doing that will lead to a brilliant new career. I've done 6 weeks of theory which all went perfectly. Yesterday was the first time I actually did the practical and it was so much harder than I was expecting! The end result was good, the trainer and client were happy but I felt like I was drowning. I know it's just a steep learning curve but it's really knocked my confidence, I woke up with a ball of anxiety in my stomach this morning at the thought of doing it again. Please give me a slap and tell me stories of how you've overcome this feeling. I just want to crawl back into bed and give up 😔

I think you need to remind yourself how much you want this and that good things don’t always come easy.
You’ve hit a bit of a challenge and that’s great, you can push yourself through this and just imagine how proud of yourself you’ll feel when you finally crack it!

Yesterday was probably the hardest the practical stuff will ever be. You managed to get through that and so today will be easier and tomorrow will be even easier again. Speak up to your tutor if you need help, that is what they are there for.

You are good OP, you've done 6 weeks of theory and a day of practical, this is happening and you are doing it - keep going it will pay off. Remember everyone feels this way, it's life, you won't look back at 90 and wish you had dropped out on day 2.

Deep breaths, visualise yourself at the end of the course doing what you set out to do, 6 months on the job you'll feel completely different - if you could do it from day 1 there wouldn't be so much pre work and training 💐

I'm not going to give you a slap. You're doing a really hard thing very well! It's so difficult to risk failure but that's how we learn. You didn't fall - you did well - but if you had failed at all yesterday you would still be learning. Doing difficult, risky things is what life is about and you are doing it! You are really living! That's what the ball is inside your chest. It's fine to feel the fear but the fear doesn't own you! Do it anyway!

visualise yourself at the end of the course doing what you set out to do, 6 months on the job you'll feel completely different

This is so helpful, thank you. I know it's a just a hump to get over. You're all helping so much.