2025 - Week 11 - Tools - Part 4

Why Struggle? Podcast w Barbara J. Faison

All the links: LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON

This is the podcast about using affirmations for increasing your confidence.

If you're new to the podcast, welcome, and if you listen regularly, thank you.

If you're interested in learning about the other tools for living that I've covered, check out, episodes, six, seven, and eight. A few weeks ago, I mentioned embracing change. Which if you lived any life, you know is the only constant you can count on. Lol.

In July 2023 I started a part-time job as a library assistant at my local library. My father was a librarian at one of the local high schools as well as the neighborhood I grew up in. Just a little background information and I know that really informed my love of reading, books, and learning.

At our library and Stockbridge, GA we are a passport processing facility. When I first started, I was asked if I was interested in becoming a passport agent. I declined because I only work 20 hours a week and I was also heading up the crochet group which met twice a month and the seniors computer class that met once a week. I felt like that was enough.

Well, here comes change. Our Director mandated that everyone that worked at our branch needed to be certified in processing passports. So all of us had to go through the training. We have all completed and passed our training. And like most things in life, we gain our confidence by doing. And I'm also a believer that it's important to remind myself of who I am and my abilities.

I’ve been using some form of affirmations since the 1990s. LoI
Just thinking about the 90s makes me laugh. I've created quite a few affirmation tracks, here's one that I've been listening to to remind me to be confident.

I hope you enjoy these affirmations for confidence.