It's ok to feel like you don't know what you're doing

You think I know what I’m doing, but I don’t really.

I mean, I sort of know. I have a general idea. But in many ways I’m still “faking it ‘til I make it”.

My confidence has just come from being comfortable with NOT knowing. I kind of know that work begets work. The more work I show, the more work I get. The more I work, the better I get. So it stands to reason that if I continue to work, I’ll continue to get better, and I’ll continue to get more work regardless.

But I don’t know how far I’ll get. I don’t know where this will take me. I don’t know what my maximum earnings are capable of. I don’t know what kind of impact I’ll have. I don’t know what the world will generally think of my skills or lack thereof.

I only kind of know how to draw and ink. And that may sound like false modesty, but if you can draw at all you’re already better than most people at that skill, and no matter how much people ooooh and ahhh, would YOU believe you know how to draw?

It’s the paradox of the more I know, the more I become aware of how much I don’t know.

So it’s ok to feel like you don’t know what you’re doing. The important thing is that you’re working on it.