I think I have lost some confidence lately. I can see it in myself: I have become somewhat withdrawn, my voice gets soft and hesitant when I talk to people, and I seem to lack presence. When I am mentally tired, I cannot even hold myself upright. My whole state feels weak and drained. Some of this may come from physical condition, and some may come from mental health, but I think the mental side matters more. My physical condition has been fine. I have kept exercising and paying attention to my diet. Mentally, though, several things have affected me recently. Repeated setbacks make it easy to feel discouraged. You stop taking the initiative to face difficult things. You stop communicating with the outside world. It becomes easy to close in on yourself. Once I noticed all that, I had to admit that I had lost some confidence.

But once you notice that confidence has slipped, it is not that hard to rebuild. Keep a regular schedule. Get enough rest. Start by doing small things and use that sense of accomplishment to take on bigger ones. Mentally, I should loosen up a little, trust my own rhythm, communicate with the outside world more actively, and keep taking in new information. I should not seal off my inner world. I should stay open and be willing to accept new things.