We all need help
So, if you had asked me a couple of years back if I needed help, I would have most certainly responded - "No, thank you." I used to think asking for help was a sign of weakness. It meant accepting that I could not do something on my own, or figure things out on my own without having to ask another human being to help me. I felt it was aligning to the damsel in distress trope that i wanted to get as far away from as possible. Another factor contributing to it was HOW i liked to do things. If the person i requested assistance from did not complete it in a certain way, I would get frustrated and feel I could have done it myself or would spend time re working the work. I know I am not alone in feeling like this. I only regret not fixing this behaviour sooner. I could have done so much more and so much faster had I just reached out for help. All I needed to do was to let go of the need to control the outcomes. I could always share feedback and refine the outcomes or just accept ...
