takes you out of the moment. Practice not thinking about the past or the future. Concentrate on what is in front of you -- there is probably something exciting about it.
HOW TO PRACTICE CONFIDENCE AS YOUTH 1. Embrace your interests: If there is a sport or hobby you have always wanted to be good at, now is the time! Improving your skills will reinforce that you are talented, and subsequently boost your confidence. Learn a musical instrument or a foreign language, take up an art like painting, start building projects—whatever it is that catches your interest. 2. Do not get discouraged if you are not immediately awesome: Remember that learning is a process, and you are in it for the small victories and the relaxing recreation time, not to be the best. 3. Take up a hobby you can do with a group: Finding likeminded people who share your interests can be an easy way to make friends and build confidence. Look around your community for groups you can join, or find kinship with fellow hobbyists. 4. Talk to strangers: Straight up, confidence is more than just a state of mind -- it is a habit. That is all humans are. So, to be confident, you have to do confident things. One of those is making conversation with strangers. It is intimidating at first, but with each time you will be more and more unfazed. 64
