What to do when your doubt is winning over confidence

What to do when your doubt is winning over confidenceWhat to do when your doubt is winning over confidenceSome days I wonder what this is all for.Sometimes I ignore emails because I dont want to deal.Every once in while I could care less. About my work. About my goals. About things that Im insanely passionate about the other 95% of my time.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreHere and there I consider giving it all up entirely.I have moments where I wonder if Im doing any of this right.I have thoughtsvoicesthat tell me its never going to happen. I still dont know what the it is.I have mornings I dont want to get out of bed, convinced Im wildly behind. So far behind.Ill be walking to work wondering if my work matters. At least once a week.Occasionally, I see myself from someone elses point of view and am sure they think this is all total BS.On certain days I wonder if my future self w ill be proud. Or Disappointed. The rest of those days I know the answer.This doubt goes through my heada lot. Some weeks it barely crosses my mind. Other weeks its all thats there. Great things can be happening, and its still there. Sh*tty things can be happening, and its definitely there.The point is, doubt is real. And no amount of proving it to yourself, or proving it to others, or achieving, or external success, or manifesting is going to make the doubt disappear.We think it will. We think that when we have finally accomplished(fill in the blank), or when we finally have (fill in the blank), or when weve finally reached (fill in the blank)that well be bigger than our doubt. That well finally be the person that we want to be. That the voices will go away.Im here to tell you, unfortunately, they will not. Doubt is always going to be there. The mind is always going to be running. And no amount of anything will make it go away. Whats really a bummer about thatis thattoday, what your e up toright now, experience of this momentit will never be enough. But you (and me) we really, seriously, need to let today be enough.Doubt becomes less powerful when were able to step back into the present moment. When we pay attention totodayand find something wonderful, something we can appreciate, doubt doesnt have as much power. It becomes a thought instead of the truth. And coming back to appreciating today is the only way to keep yourself from being in a permanent state of holding out for tomorrow.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people