Cocoon of No Self

Self-doubt is painful. It is crippling. Did I do well enough? Am I going to be good enough? Etc..etc..?  The solution is simple. Look outside. Look beyond the self. That is why it is called self-doubt. Without the self it doesn't exist. Look where you can help. Look where you are needed. Then you will no longer exist. You will get lost in duty.  When you find yourself again the self doubt might no longer be. It might emerge as self-confidence and self-esteem.

I wouldn't yet know I am still in the development coccoon, hopefully to emerge on the other side.