A story about how the courage to say "I can do it" opened up my future

Even if I wasn't perfect, when I gathered the courage to say "I'll give it a try," more doors opened than I had imagined.

Saying "I can do it" to a skill you only touched on a little bit
several years ago takes an immense amount of courage.

I, too, am saying "I can do it" for something I did in the past.

There was a time when I worked with WordPress, but
I didn't particularly improve, and two years passed.
Honestly, I feel hesitant to say "I can handle WordPress."

However, in client work,
"I can do it while looking things up"
or "I can handle it to a certain extent"
are things you have to say, or opportunities won't come your way.

I took the plunge and told them I could do WordPress, which I had done before.

When I actually did it, I could do more than I thought.

When I tackled it as a job,
there were moments where I struggled, thinking, "Wait, how do I do this again?"

But strangely enough—
I was able to do more than I thought I could,
and the client even praised me.

The line between what I think I can and cannot do is quite subjective.

I realized that I had been raising the bar on my own.

As long as you draw your own limit line, you cannot move forward.

Even if I had been working with WordPress for years, I don't think I would have ever been able to say "I can do it."

"I don't know the code..."
"I have to be able to do it perfectly..."
I would have cornered myself thinking things like that.

In reality,
only by trying can you see the parts you are capable of.

You can look up what you need, and
there is a lot you learn while doing it.

Rather than running away by saying "I can't," the single phrase "I'll give it a try" changes the future.

Saying "I can do it" is not easy.
There is pressure, too.

But nothing starts unless you say it.

I have felt growth many times that I only understood after trying.
I realized that things I thought I "might not be able to do yet"
were actually things I could do, surprisingly, from other people's perspectives.

Not setting limits for yourself expands your life's options. I am truly realizing that right now.

Thank you for reading this far.
May your day be a wonderful one.