Hey Montana! I’m starting school in a few weeks
and I was wondering what advice you have for
having good self-confidence. Thanks.
Julie, age 14
Hi Julie! Self-confidence can be tricky at any age, in
any situation. Somedays I have amazing selfconfidence, it normally happens when I’ve
accomplished something big or knocked off
everything on my to-do list and got a nap in, but
other days, it can be hard to feel confident about
myself.
The easiest, along with the most difficult, part of
good confidence is being confident in your own
skin, with your own skills. For years, I hid, I decided
that being invisible was better than having an inch
of spotlight on me. This was because I wasn’t
comfortable about myself and what was great about
myself. In the past two years, I have realized that
who I am is great! I am an advocate, I believe in
young girls’ empowerment and I think people
everywhere in the world deserve the same basic
rights we are afforded. Be proud of all you do and
all of your accomplishments, regardless if others
are.
A second piece of advice I can offer you, Julie, is
don’t look at the fluffy, photoshopped magazines for
confidence. I read magazines for years that had
titles like “Gain Great Confidence In Three Easy
Steps” or “These Jeans Will Have You Oozing
Confidence” and those articles never ma