{"id":23974,"date":"2023-10-23T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2023-10-23T18:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T22:48:34","slug":"how-to-be-confident-in-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/10\/23\/how-to-be-confident-in-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be confident in myself?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aw10232023-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aw10232023-08.jpg\" alt=\"How to be confident in myself?\" class=\"wp-image-23973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aw10232023-08.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/aw10232023-08-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">How to be confident in myself?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Patience with yourself and practice is the short answer. Often pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone, and practicing positive self-affirmation and positive body language are a good starting point. And avoiding comparison. As a wall, I&#8217;d say standing straight and being happy with who I am is key, and I&#8217;ve also accepted that I&#8217;ll never get as much human interaction as the library door and that doesn&#8217;t change how much I&#8217;m needed as a wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patience with yourself and practice is the short answer. Often pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone, and practicing positive self-affirmation and positive body language are a good starting point. And avoiding comparison. As a wall, I&#8217;d say standing straight and being happy with who I am is key, and I&#8217;ve also accepted that I&#8217;ll &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/10\/23\/how-to-be-confident-in-myself\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to be confident in myself?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23974"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24027,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974\/revisions\/24027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}