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daddy-long-legssss · 8 months ago

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how do you get over imposter syndrome? i’m asking for a friend.

#currently my job role is editing copy for the organization I work for and making sure everything is on brand in our company voice and tone #my manager approached me last week Friday about editing our company magazine cause our current editor is moving onto a new opportunity #and im like 👁️👄👁️ uhhhhhhh #I have a background in journalism from my undergrad studies and I already edit copy for work but this feels so much bigger #I’m responsible for making sure the grammar/spelling and voice/tone is correct and if something is wrong it’s my ASS ON THE LINE #I’m honored and grateful that my manager thought of putting my name forward for this role and I know deep down I can do it #but I’m so SCARED #our current editor is so talented and comes from the OG newspaper editing so she knows her shit #I feel like my grammar and spelling is abysmal half the time #and I know if I was a man (especially a white man) I would do it whether I felt like if I was capable or not #so I need to give myself more credit and grace cause I know I’m smart and I have important skills/perspective I can contribute #but I’m freaking out yall #I also don’t want my job to become my whole life or focus and take away from outside pursuits of happiness and hobbies #but it’s an amazing opportunity and I feel like I’d be dumb to not do it #so my rambling about it is pointless but i need to quietly freak out here cause I can’t let them know I’m scared and shot myself in the foot #but imposter syndrome is BREWING and BUBBLY hot and fiercely #I’m such a control freak and I need to feel like I’m *ready* to do things before I do them but I know most of the learning comes from doing #researching will only get me so far #but I gotta sharpen my grammar skills (I know I’m bound to make a mistake I’m human) but I can’t let the previous editor see me slip #she’s like ‘this magazine is my baby and now it’s yours’ and I’m like BABE I DONT EVEN WANT KIDS #I feel like Alex in that TLSP interview when he’s in the mirror hyping himself up ‘it’s gonna be okay. just say your goodbyes’

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