Personal Narrative on Self-confidence

Personal Narrative on Self-confidence

Self-confidence is the ability to give assurance to oneself in our judgment. Confidence is not something people need not be taught but rather understand the extent to which they believe in themselves. I am at a level in my life in which I need to believe in myself before people start believing in me. Some are born with self-confidence. Others have to work for it, and some have no clue on how to obtain it. It is something that can be accomplished over time. I have come to realize that time, trust, and friends are all needed for any individual to achieve it.

Growing up, I was always a shy kid. I never really talked around individuals I didn’t recognize, nor did I begin discussions with others. The reason being, I have struggled a lot with confidence.  I just really remained to myself and had a few friends, and that was good enough for me. I wasn’t really into presenting in front of the class, either. I would always go up there nervous and get it over with because I had to. I would turn red as a tomato. As time went by, I improved when I went into high school. I had a larger group of friends. It was much more comfortable as I grew up. I even had solid relationships with the teachers. It helped me a lot with communicating and benefitted me with better grades.

What helped my confidence expand as my musical instrument, piano. For the past four years, I have been playing Kurdish music on my brother in law’s piano. I have always loved Kurdish music, but my brother in law got me into piano when he got himself one. I used to go to his house and play whenever he was not. He used to guide me on how to play it and corrected all my mistakes. I gained confidence through practice, as I believed in my ability to play the piano. As I was progressing, he sold his, so I was encouraged to get one. About a few days later, I went out and got myself one as well.

Recently, I came to realize that playing the piano and the skills gained was a value-added in my life. I started developing the urge to showing it off as I believed I am capable of going out there and compete with others. Learning how to play the piano was a new thing in my life that later came to enhance my sense of self-worth. I never thought I could do much with it. I just really enjoyed it and loved the challenge. I was getting better, and the Kurdish community realized it too. Eventually, I got booked for my first event. The event was the Kurdish new year. The whole community would be there, and I started to panic, just thinking about it even though the event was a few weeks away. Kurdish new year’s day comes, and as much as I prepared for this day, it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. Until I got on stage and played acting like I was in my room, and no one else was there, and it worked out pretty well. And it benefitted me in multiple ways. It boosted my self-confidence, and it is much easier for me to talk to people and carry on conversations.

And on top of that, I get money from all of the weddings and parties I get booked. I really enjoy doing what I love and getting paid for it as well. It makes what you do a lot easier now and in the future.

Practicing piano helped me achieve a higher goal of earning a living out of it after helping me accomplish the initial goal of building confidence and self-esteem. We always strive for big goals but have learned that the small goals we set to act as a pathway to greater goal naturally. Therefore, when you struggle with low-self esteem, change the way you view yourself and start practicing in visualizing the best version of yourself. For example, you can identify something that scares you every day. Face it head-on, and you will be able to overcome fear. With every day’s experience, you will gain confidence and get to see yourself as self-confidence soar. Do not be discouraged about your ability. Start by setting achievable goals that will help you build a stream of success. Reflect on significant goals achieved as a way of reinforcing confidence in your skills.

Conclusively, self-confidence is an aspect where every person strife with at a certain level in their life. It can only be gained once we build trust in the abilities we possess and interact with those who are supportive and ready to help us achieve one another’s goals. The key to enjoyment and achievement in life is being comfortable in one’s own skin, so start with some confidence. With confidence, we can always achieve what we want in life since it only takes courage, determination, and believing in our abilities for one to perform a specific task at hand.